Maybe I don't understand the First Amendment

[iatrogenic]

One of the hardest things to understand used to be that the First Amendment in all it's glory means people can say things I find vile and disgusting. And the mark of someone who truly supports the constitution is when someone defends a POS's right to burn our flag or scream a fallen soldier was a *** and deserved to die.

So this confuses me. What did these people do to warrant getting arrested for disorderly conduct and why there would be special rules defining a public area?

This is a vid of Christians distributing literature OUTSIDE a Dearborn Muslim festival. They are standing on a public sidewalk and in this vid do not appear to be abusive or harrassing to the people they hand lit to.
Notice less than 3 minutes there 8 cops surround them, confiscate their literature and their cells and camera and take them to a detention area and booked them.
They are then told they must stay 5 blocks out side of the festival gate.
Even the vile Phelps only is restricted to 300 feet from a funeral of a fallen warrior and he is yelling vile crap and holding vile signs that disparage the dead soldier.
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I am sure the ACLU will be on this.

Here are some cases that are similar. Don't know if they are the most current.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/326/501

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/447/74

 

[Crockett]

So if I bought a movie ticket and stood in front of the theater preaching the gospel louder than sound system, would the First Amendment protect me from the authorities? I'd want some beefy Christians to protect me from fellow movie patrons.

 

[Joe Fan]

So if I bought a movie ticket and stood in front of the theater preaching the gospel louder than sound system, would the First Amendment protect me from the authorities? ......

No, not on private property