Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The first Amendment to me, is allowing American citizens their basic and normal rights and are rights we use everyday as it pertains to government. As I just learned in a freedom of speech video, these rights only pertain to government and not to private companies or businesses. If you say something or do something that possibly is harmful, you can be fired for that, unless your employer is the government (in some cases).
I decided to use this picture to represent the first amendment. because there are Americans that believe they are not being protected by this amendment. These people include minorities, religious groups, as well as varying communities around our country.
While browsing around the internet I came across this video on YouTube. It is about a cop protecting citizens first amendment rights at an airport. A lot of times, police get a bad rep for things that have happened in recent years and how police do not protect our rights or even go against our rights. I believe this was a few years ago, but it is good to see a policeman standing up for citizens and giving cops a good rep.
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