is impolite both to those speaking and to those trying to watch and listen
to have signs raised in lecture halls," he wrote.
But the parents, who acceded to HUPD's requests and held their banners just outside the lecture hall, said they were surprised by the reaction.
After the parents left the lecture hall, HUPD officers watched them from the doors to Science Center B.
Judi Laing, parent of PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean '02, said the HUPD officers were unable to give her any real justification for their demands that she put down her brightly-colored "Living Wage Now" sign.
"I was very surprised. What we were doing was not illegal in any way," she said. "I asked [the officer] why and all he could say was, 'because.'"
"The whole thing is just ridiculous," McKean said. "It shows us to what extent the administration fears expression on this issue."
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