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Jacob Frey: “First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one…”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 00:18

Good morning to you, Mr. Mayor. The secretary. Good morning. Specifically called on you to set up a safe zone where protests would be contained. Is that something you're looking at? First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You are allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully. And by the way, we. We've got tens of thousands of people in Minneapolis that are grinning down the bear, that are peacefully expressing their First Amendment rights. (00:18–00:24)

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Asserts that First Amendment rights are not geographically restricted within a city.

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