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Is Pere Marquette Park actually the Goldilocks spot?

By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN

The Republican National Committee's letter is the latest in the growing fight over where to put convention. protesters in Milwaukee.

The Republican National Committee is demanding that the Secret Service director get involved to move the protest zone farther away from the convention in Milwaukee this summer, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

To do? are they better off? im a wondering. thats a question i put before the world. are they better? are they better then? im not saying i thought they should be slaves. i never said they were better off. im a wondering if they are better off. >> "the kelly file" dug into this a few times reporting how mr. bundy has no legal leg to stand off. the feds showed up on his property and this ugly confrontation was documented on wednesday, april 9th. mr. bundys son was tasered before it was done. dogs...

Against real terrorists? they have no problem calling ranchers terrorists, but radical islamists, oh, no, we cant. >> he was a little per tushed about harry reid, he was perturbed, take a listen. >> i think what we should all be calling for is for calmer heads to prevail. i dont want to see violence on either side. i dont think calling peoples names is going to calm this down. i think its liable to stir it up. i think all parties, including senator reed should calm the rhetoric a little bit, let...

Harry reid defended him and within the first few weeks on the job, he orders this para military raid on the bundys. so if these guys are domestic terrorists, thats not excessive. he didnt do anything wrong. he is trying to defend administration and his staffer. >> and it comes out in the wake of him -- of us seeing video of, you know, the feds using dogs, using tasers, you know, folks standing out there creating a first amendment zone in the middle of the range, rounding up cattle, they rounded ...

Be told we have a first amendment zone in this country, its call united states. the way the government reacted is the problem. the way they handled this was off the whale. >> you know something, they have been trying to do this through the courts with this guy for 15 years, and he refused to pay his fees on the assumption that he said his family was ranching here before the bureau of land management. the fact is why are we here and excusing -- >> im not excusing it. >> how can you excuse harry r...

And that is just terrible. it violates our constitutional right. violates our bill of rights. >> who came one that dumb idea? first amendment zone is pretty stupid. you you know, who came up with that idea? i will give that you one for sure. >> i have been told it was blm that did that they are just trying to contain speech. and thats wrong. and so what -- the reason why arizona -- the members from the legislature are heading to nevada is we want to meet with local officials we want to meet with...

Ground because in the last 20 minutes those protesters took off. were told the assemblywoman men was talking to them and were going to show you these signs over here. this is where she was standing and addressing them. they were shouting at her telling her that three protesters were arrested earlier this afternoon at over ton beach and she said -- she was standing against the burro of land management and this situation and they were saying -- telling her if thats how she really felt, maybe she c...