Do you know what’s even funnier than having police present for a protest against the police?
Having to pay $2,500 for those officers to be there!
A teenager in New Jersey got the shock of a lifetime when she was billed $2,500 by the city for hosting a Black Lives Matter protest.
The entitled teenage girl is in utter disbelief that she was charged, but as the city stated, it’s standard protocol to bill a group for hosting an event (or protest) in their city.
An 18-year-old in New Jersey was hit with a $2,500 bill to cover police overtime after she hosted a 90-minute protest in support of Black Lives Matter and affordable housing.
Emily Gil notified the city of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, that she would be hosting a protest in June. She met with an official from the city and organized the logistics of the event. The event went on as scheduled. Gil thought everything was great until she got the bill in the mail.
“I would say it went really well,” Gil told NBC New York. “We stood there with our signs, and people were honking and showing support.”
“I was shocked when I read that I had to pay to exercise my First Amendment right,” she said, later adding, “I feel like if that voice is taken away, it’s really a big loss for the community at large.”
Mayor Mario Kranjac said it was standard policy for organizers to be billed for events. He said that he supported the causes championed by Gil in the protests despite Gil’s assertion that she was targeted for her efforts to draw attention to the city’s shortage of affordable housing.
“We always bill … the bicycle race or running race or any other event where our police are used, including utility work. People pay for the overtime,” Kranjac said, later adding, “We made sure that we fulfilled and satisfied our obligation to make sure that they can exercise their freedom of speech and to peaceably assemble.”
Oh boo hoo!
You’re the one who decided to arrange this “event,” now you’ve gotta pay up pumpkin!
It’s not like someone made her do this against her will.
This is just yet another example of how clueless and entitled the left really is.
This piece was written by Sophie O’Hara on September 7, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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