Lawyers: CU Students' Rights Violated

BOULDER, Colo. -- A University of Colorado freshman who said he smokes marijuana "religiously" plans to sue the University of Colorado for posting his photo online, after campus police took the unusual step to identify students last week.

Benjamin A. Bock, 19, was among more than 2,500 people who participated in the annual April 20 "4/20" marijuana rally on Farrand Field. This year, campus police posted notices that the field was closed and that participants would be photographed and could face prosecution.

Bock, along with the other participants, ignored the signs and went onto the field, despite the posted warnings and the fact that uniformed police were circulating among the crowd, taking pictures.

Civil rights attorneys Perry Sanders Jr. and Robert J. Frank met with upset students Thursday night and said CU violated their constitutional rights.

"Whenever the government does something or takes an action designed to keep you from engaging in free speech, then that's an impermissible government intrusion into your First Amendment rights," said Frank.
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Best of luck to him!:thumbsup:

Wow thats pretty good stuff. When is everyone gonna learn that ganja isnt as horrible as the government makes it out to be!

it's good to see someone standing up for themselves here and not just bitching out and taking the pot charge or whatever

unfortunately, i have this feeling that since signs were posted not to trespass and pot IS still illegal, they don't really have ground. it's like a riot, police take pictures or use public cameras to catch the criminals, same thing here i'd think.

but if they can win this one... hell yea