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Fire the rent-a-cops as well as the cop who made the arrest. This is such a cut-and-dried case of 1st Amendment rights violations, I can't even believe the cop made the arrest
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Actually it depends. The only cases they've discussed this issue was based on state law b/c state law defines what is public and private property. You can't actually go into someone's house and claim 1st amendment protection, b/c that would be trespass. Some states regard malls as private property, others regard it as public b/c it is open to the public. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.