Security Guards At 9/11 Memorial STOP A School Choir From Singing The National Anthem (Video)

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Fifty children from Waynesville Middle School traveled all the way from North Carolina to New York to sing the national anthem at the 911 Memorial on Monday.  To perform at the memorial, the group was required to pay $35 for a permit.   In a case of regulation overkill,  a a security guard interrupted the children and stopped them, in the middle of their performance.

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WPST reports NEW YORK— Officials at the Sept. 11 memorial in New York say one of their security guards shouldn’t have stopped a North Carolina middle school choir from singing the national anthem.

A spokeswoman for the memorial says the guard didn’t respond appropriately Wednesday when he silenced some 50 students from Waynesville in the middle of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

CBS New York reports that in the middle of their performance, the choir was approached by two security guards who told them to stop, because the singing could be considered a public demonstration.

Video posted to Facebook by an adult on the school field trip sparked outrage and led to an invitation to perform Monday on Fox News.

Chorus teacher Martha Brown told Fox that one security guard at the memorial plaza had given the students permission to sing, but another guard told them to stop.

Groups wishing to perform at the Sept. 11 memorial are supposed to apply for a $35 permit. The North Carolina group did not.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Is the guard trying to judge the thoughts of the children. It is not his place to be preaching ANYTHING TO THESE CHILDREN. He has no right to interefere with their rights to sign. He NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!!! IT IS NOT HIS PLACE TO JUDGE THESE CHILDREN AND CLAIM THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE SINGING IN PUBLIC. I THINK THIS POLICE MAN IS A THUG AND NEEDS TO BE FIRED FOR INTERFERENCE!!!!

  2. The children didn’t need to hear about this policemans inferiority complex, because he is not intelligent, to get a superior position, paying a high dollar amount, making it possible to write off dinners, automobiles, trips, etc… They did not need to hear about his personal greviences . The children didnt need to hear about his NON CONTRITE BORKEN HEART AND SPIRT. He is not a Christian because he is judging the children and saying they are NOT! They do not need to hear about his personal opinions on communism. ITS NOT ANY OF HIS BUSINESS TO INTERFER THE CHILDREN WITH THIS BULL SHIT DIALOG AND HE WILL LIKELY BE FIRED. HE IS A VERY BITTER AND JEALOUS PERSON BECAUSE THATS ALL HE TALKS ABOUT!!!!

  3. SPIRIT AND BROKEN…MIS SPELLS….tHIS GUY IS NOT GIVING, NOR CONTRITE, AND NEEDS TO REPENT OF HIS SINS AND FOR INTERFERING WITH THIS PERFORMANCE. I HOPE THE CHOIR LEADER COMPLAINS TO HIS PRECINCT CAPTAIN, AND TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL…HE HAS MANY PROBLEMS, INFERIORITY COMPLEX,. AND DOES NOT NEED TO BE A POLICEMAN…

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