NYPD Eject Fan who tried to go to bathroom during "God Bless America"

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Mandatory nationalism...





The NYCLU seems inclined to follow through with last year's promise to sue

the Yankees over their policy of confining fans to their seats during the

national anthem and "God Bless America," which is played during the seventh

inning stretch. Yesterday Red Sox fan Bradford Campeau-Laurion, a Queens

resident, told us about his rough ejection from Yankee stadium at the hands

of the NYPD after he tried to go to the men's room during the seventh

inning's moment of mandatory nationalism Monday night.



Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the NYCLU, tells CBS 2 that "because

they are enforcing a rule of that imposes political correctness through

refusing to let somebody go to bathroom while a patriotic song is playing,

that violates Constitutional rights." But Michael C. Dorf, a constitutional

law professor at Columbia Law School, disagrees; he told the Times last year

that ³it doesn¹t violate the Constitution, because the Yankees are not the

government. If they were a municipally owned team, you could have an issue

because the team would be a state actor.



A spokesman for Yankee Stadium is referring inquiries to the NYPD and

calling it "a police matter." A statement from the NYPD reads, "The officers

observed a male standing on his seat, cursing, using inappropriate language

and acting in a disorderly manner while reeking of alcohol, and decided to

eject him rather than subject others to his offensive behavior."



Campeau-Laurion says that he only had two beers during the game, which he

attended with a Yankees season ticket holder who says the police are ­ make

sure you're sitting down ­ lying! He tells CBS 2: "That's ridiculous. That's

completely false." But until some videotape surfaces, it's their word

against the NYPD.