United States v. John T. Shiel

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was a participant in a September 1, 1978 demonstration at the Pentagon opposing nuclear arms. The demonstrators gathered in the middle of “Concourse 10”, an area similar to a public shopping mall. The Concourse is approximately forty feet wide and open to the public during daytime hours. It contains a bank, a post office and retail stores.

Without interference the demonstrators chanted and displayed placards, e. g., “Every bomb a theft from those who hunger.” Shortly after noon, appellant and eight others collapsed upon the floor of the Concourse to symbolize…