The Smithsonian wasn't the only Washington, D.C. institution hostile toward pro-life supporters during the March for Life. Three women serving coffee and bagels were booted from the Washington Monument — twice — by local authorities cwtremo writes.
The women were setting up a table to provide some fellow pro-life supporters with bagels and coffee when a park ranger told them they were in a"First Amendment-free zone" and had to move out of the granite plaza surrounding the famous obelisk. They relocated on the grass, inches next to the plaza, with the approval of the park ranger. Later, a police officer approached the ladies and told them they were allegedly"getting complaints" about their table being on the path.
"So we had been in that exact spot last year with no issue. We used the stone benches as our table for materials to hand out. But this year, from the start, I felt something was off, like we were being watched from the staff as soon as we started to set up," said Donna Molloy, one of the women involved."While bringing things up, you could see the staff coming out of the monument and looking at what we had dropped off.
"Just say it, 'First amendment-free zone' at a monument celebrating the men who fought for our freedom. It's mind-boggling," Molloy said. Three women are significantly less than 25 people. A table with pro-life signs and buttons could be considered a"demonstration." However, when the police told them to leave, there weren't any large groups of people or confrontations. Furthermore, D.C. police seemed to take more action to stop three women giving out bagels and coffee than they did when BLM and antifa were assaulting innocent people, lighting cars on fire, and vandalizing buildings in 2020.
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