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Chris Rickert: Arrest reveals free speech conundrum of #TheRealUW

It seems reasonable enough for police to wait until class is over to arrest a suspect who isn’t otherwise causing a problem. But if you’re going to suggest the hearing of constitutionally protected political speech is more important than the cops’ interest in enforcing well-established and legal limits on how that speech can be expressed — like in spray paint, on state property — then you can’t really discriminate based on the content of the speech.