Who is First Amendment Activist Joey Johnson? (Patreon)

Who is First Amendment Activist Joey Johnson?

Gregory "Joey" Johnson was arrested in 1984 for burning a flag during a protest at the Republican National Convention. His case went to the U.S. Supreme Court where the 5-to-4 ruling meant that such acts of protest were protected by the First Amendment as symbolic Free Speech. Mr. Johnson would later join a chorus of protesters on the steps of the U.S. Capitol where he would be arrested again, and another 5-to-4 Supreme Court decision, U.S. v. Eichman, in 1990, held that flag burning is protected “free speech” that could not be banned by the United States. Now, Gregory “Joey” Johnson has announced a July 4th, 2019 protest at an undisclosed location in Washington, D.C., in a four-minute video released on YouTube and tagged with hashtag JULY4BURNFLAG. Mr. Johnson's announcement video: https://youtu.be/dHdDX8dhuqA The Full Version of the Interview is available to our Supporters. If you support on Patreon or Sponsus, check your posts for a link to the full 46 minute interview. ***DISCLAIMER: While we are honored to interview such an important historical figure as Mr. Johnson, we do not take any position as to his political views. As always, Mr. French values learning from many perspectives. Some of our personal views align with Mr. Johnson's, and some don't. We hope that you enjoyed hearing Mr. Johnson's perspective and that your efforts are able to make the world a better place for you or everyone as you see fit. #july4 #freespeech #firstamendment * COMMUNITY! * Join our live discussions on Discord: http://discord.gg/mnzSKwP Discuss worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leonardjfrench Support more videos! https://www.patreon.com/ljfrench https://sponsus.org/u/lawfulmasses * THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! * July 2019 supporters: $50+ Supporters: John Steel, Gavin Barnard, Kyle Mudrak, Eevi, Michael Pearce, Richard Fournier, Spirit Bear, Jan Negrey, Daniel Perez, Snorre Wisotzky $5+ Supporters: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Georg Monsen, JH, Dustin Rodriguez, Evan Burdge, Fatal Foxtrot, Beef, Cindy Campbell, Stephen Bank, Hayden Ainger, Christen C Cloar, VladimA­r StATMA­teskA1/2, Terry Crisp, Lydia Collinson, Michael Jones, Arya, Michael Morris, Mark Randall, Richard Shotwell, Justin Myers, Paul Bible, Emeric Stexen, Nicholas Romano, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, David Silvester, Michael Potter, DreadPirateDuo, Casey Smyth, Pat Delaney, Michael Howard, Mario Bonales, Michael Kenton, Euchale, Lauren, charlieabelar, Vaylenisme, Oddport, Brody Eastwood, Ian McDonald, Jamie Sawyer, Marcus Agehall, Joe Roberts, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Michael Russell, JAXMerrick, Henrik Eriksson, Amanda Gillies, Sheila Boettcher, Derresh, Scott, Justin Waddell, Tim Springer, Zzyzx Wolfe, Andrew Sellers, Vienticus, Matthew, Brendan Horn, Camilla Sandman, Del, Nathaniel Cherry, Tony Cruickshank, Christoph Bolliger, Zoe, Gregory Ford, Tron BAYrdgAYrd, TwixOps, Cash Steel, Druid, Kari Sunderland, BodhyOhs, Richard Jeffery, Simon Dompeling, Daniel Kertesz, Jason Lingle, Bryan Mitchell, CivMaster, Chris Hendrickson, Kasierith Atrovska, David Oglesby, Oisin Creaner, Andrew Spahr, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, Patrick Schaadt, Jerry Knight, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, Edward & Hila Goikhman, Frederick Cooper, Wes Morrison, Casey Kikendall, Keith Myers, Eric Johnfelt, KnifeEdge, HenTropy, Carla Jean Lauter, Juliusz Wilczynski, CombatZAK, Alys McClelland, Catherine Tetzlaff, Jaimeson LaLone, D Schmidt, Dan Chevrie, Alexander Sihn, Darkwolf, Kate Rijacki Ledum, Olav, Naomi Pool, SJ Zero, Andrew Reid, Ian Scott, David McGuire Jr., EnvyingWrath, Brandon, Haris Bukic, sehro, Brian Rossman, Steven Hess, Nurminax, FunnyHats, Rob Frawley 2nd, Ana Razo, Lord bork, Chris Lindsay, Albert Demello, Caleb Veenstra, Jojo Evans, Seranata, Rico Robbins, Kean Maizels, Durga Devi, Anthony Webb, Mark Curtis, JOSEPH ALEXANDER BROWN, Powers Bilodeau, Dave Vike, RedR0ze, Bernard Saturday, Scott Inwood, Euan C, Evan Foster, Nathaniel Reindl, Josey Howarth, Chris Norman, Lauren Wright, Kai Raphahn, Malcolm Yarbrough, Andrew FastLizard4 Adams, Jesse Stam, Gumblejak, JP Stone, Schawn Schoch, Georgio Mosqueda, Marco Cavatto, Martin Rafferty, Si Wellings, Daniel A Carey, Robert Balayan, Mitchell Thatcher, atypicalgeek, Aphiala, Kevin Welsh, Gail Myers, Yoshiman__, Joshua Davis, Jonathan Gaffers, Brian Flowers, spaghettio, Anonymous Lizard, Biking With Panda Thank you!