Mobs form easily in the presence of alcohol and idiots. The New York Times reports:
Another guard later said they were not permitted to do anything about the chants at Gate D because of free speech laws. Yet when a reporter tried to interview two security guards after halftime, he was detained in a holding room, threatened with arrest and asked to hand over his tape recorder.The appropriate response of a reporter in this situation is to be arrested or call the bluff. And, when writing the story, to tell readers what happened.
But that's not the most important thing missing here. Free speech rights protect one testosterone-soaked moron shouting, "Show us your tits." Four hundred morons is a public disturbance not protected by the First Amendment.
If someone shouted, "Moon us," to a bunch of hairy-assed Jets fans, do you think the security guards wouldn't escort him from the building?
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