The Bonus Army's First Amendment Rights

The Bonus Army marched the streets and caused chaos for everyone. They were belligerent and had to be forcefully removed from private property. There has been a lot of evidence brought to this court today, though the only evidence that has no inconsistencies is the evidence to defend president Hoover. President Hoover did not violate any of the Bonus Army’s first amendment rights because they forfeited falling under the amendment’s protection when they were no longer protesting peacefully. Also, President Hoover was not responsible for the destruction of the camps because he did not send an order to enter the camps, he actually sent the exact opposite order, but it was General MacArthur who refused to obey those orders. Lastly the Bonus Marchers were breaking the law and the Police were enforcing the law no matter who it was. The police take an oath to protect the citizens of …show more content…
One example being that the prosecution called a witness to the stand named Reznick Boris, an ex-communist and he said that the Bonus Army beat him and his friends when they tried to enter the camp. Boris admitted that the Bonus Army was violent and that they did attack him and his friends and left them bruised. The Bonus Army did that to the people who were trying to help them, imagine the force they used on the police when the marchers surrounded them 5-1, and attacked them. The police felt the need to use their weapons in self-defense because they were being beaten so severely. Also the prosecution referenced a man named Glassford quite a bit and how he had thought that the bonus army was not violent at all, but actually Glassford thought that the police firing their weapons at the bonus army was a justified action, because the Bonus Army was acting out. All things considered I hope the jury will come to the right decision, that President Hoover is not guilty of what he is being accused