They are blocking sidewalks with their 24/7 wooden structures and encampments. Lawyers, if they are thus blocking access for pedestrians and people in wheelchairs isn't that something that is actionable? Doesn't the city have an obligation to maintain ADA access?
Also, neighbors, don't just complain to Frumin. Write and call all four of our at-large council members and to the mayor. https://dccouncil.gov/councilmembers/ They did a good job of clearing out the homeless encampments in Dupont, they can take care of these Nazi campsites, too. |
Call the mayor and ask her to enforce
the law: This is Bowser’s neighborhood liason 202-340-7853 This is the Mayor's general number 202-727-2643 The demonstrators are in violation of laws. They have set up unauthorized permanent structures - against the law. |
There's no one there after 6 p.m., from what I can tell from commuting past there. |
The scaffolding and signs are 24/7.There are usually only 1-2 protestors (often sleeping in chairs or a tent) on their “night shift”. |
Protestors gotta eat too, you know. |
80DB is enough to cause permanent hearing damage with the length of time the are playing the sirens. Nearby residents should sue the protesters for inflicting bodily harm.
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This. Freedom of speech is not an unfettered freedom. It wasn't conceived that way. |
If enough people would complain, something would be done about it. By the way, these are paid “protesters.” |
I think they're real protesters; you can disagree with them without needing to pretend they're fake. |
How do I apply and how much do they pay? I could use some overtime |
Are anti-abortion groups going to use the same tactics at clinics in DC, since now they have a precedent? Sirens and big signs STOP THE UNBORN GENOCIDE? |
Well, the antiabortion movement did, for a long time, refer to babies born after Roe as “survivors of a second Holocaust,” so… maybe |
It sounds like the legal argument about the decibels needs to be directed to the secret service? Is anyone doing this? |
I think they are just using secret service as an excuse to avoid responsibility for the problem. The side walk is probably owned/controlled by DC anyway. The secret service is unlikely to respond to your requests and they almost certainly won’t help you. This secret service excuse is the perfect way to redirect people and make it seem like there is nothing DC can do. |
MPD is the one to enforce noise, and blocking streets and sidewalks. (Also DDOT because they have unauthorized structures blocking sidewalks.) But it is Mayor Bowser who instructs MPD whether or not to enforce (as with the GW encampment and vandalism). Residents have to call the mayor’s office and demand enforcement 202-727-2643 |