Julian Heicklen made rounds in dc metro area
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse at 401 Courthouse Square in Alexandria, VA at 7:59 am. It was a chilly and overcast day. The courthouse is set in a court, so that there is almost no pedestrian traffic except for people entering or leaving the courthouse. I stood on the sidewalk, which was federal property, in front of the entrance.
At 8:01 am a courthouse security officer told me that I had to move across the street. I declined his request. I asked his name, but he refused to give it to me. He left.
At 8:08 am another security officer took a pamphlet and read my flyer in my presence. Then he left. I was not approached by any officer for the rest of my stay.
I continued to distribute pamphlets with flyers unmolested. At 9:20 am a person exited the courthouse, identified himself as a defense attorney, and said: “good stuff.”
At 9:30 am I left. I had distributed about 50 flyers. Everyone who accepted entered the courthouse.
FIJA Demonstration in Washington, DC on August 24, 2010
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC at 11:25 am. It was a chilly and overcast day. The front of the courthouse was set back in a courtyard away from the street, so that there was no pedestrian traffic. However there was an entrance at the side of the William B. Bryant Annex where everyone seemed to enter. In front of that entrance was a pedestrian sidewalk on federal property. I stood there.
At 11:29 am Court Security Officer Rodriguez asked me to move across the street. I declined. He told me that I was in front of a U. S. courthouse. I answered that: “I knew that. That is why I was there.” He left.
At 11:31, his Supervising Officer Anderson took a pamphlet with my insert and told me that I had to move. I declined again. He left.
I continued to to distribute 42 pamphlets. The officers kept popping their heads out the door to see that I was not harassing anyone nor blocking the doorway.
At 12:13 pm, a person who took a pamphlet looked at it. then he asked me to autograph it, which I did. At 1:12 pm, I left.

