Idiocy roundup

I've heard a lot of nasty things about New Jersey, and this fits right in:
The administrator walked away when Lonegan said that they had a right to protest a public meeting peacefully and that he wanted to see the board's written policy on the matter. A dozen police officers then insisted that Lonegan move at least one-quarter mile from the school. When Lonegan replied: "Nope," he was handcuffed and placed under arrest. Former Atlantic City Councilman Seth Grossman was likewise arrested for being among those holding signs that read: "No Toll Hikes!!! Repudiate Unconstitutional Debt!" Bold mine

Not enough to say "You can't stand here", they wanted them "at least" a quarter-mile away? What's Jersey for 'bullshit'?

University PC idiocy:
Nor is the University's explanation for its silence remotely justifiable. As best I can tell from the accounts, the University's argument is that it can't describe what specifically was said because it needs to protect the student's confidentiality — but if this was supposedly said in open class, why would revealing the statement jeopardize the student's confidentiality? (The article that quotes Jane quotes her as saying that she "came to [her] professor and said, 'this is crazy'"; presumably she means someone other than Hindley when she says "my professor," but if she did tell him, then I'm still more baffled by how there could be any risk to the student's confidentiality here.)
And at another of our bastions of education:
But in any event, the university doesn't even claim that the student is punished solely because of the alleged threat: It expressly says that part of the reason for the investigation (and, one can infer, the ultimate punishment) was the anti-gay viewpoint of the statements. That's a pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.
But, as we've been told, the 1st only counts if you're not hurting the feelings of a protected group. Or being generally non-PC.

Remember the tiger at the San Francisco zoo? Well, look at this. The damn wall was 1/3 shorter than it should have been. And it looks like there's some other problems there. You know, I don't care if the clowns were yelling at the cat: that makes them jerks, but it does not relieve the zoo of its responsibility in this mess.

On this, I can't decide for certain whether to be worried or not; you could make the case either way, just an unfortunate piece of wording or a sympathizer with the enemy speaking.