Fat sow J-Lo's pre-taped Fourth of July performance angers locals

[Daily Mexican]

Jennifer Lopez was in Long Island City, Queens, Friday pre-
taping a performance for Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show —
but some locals weren’t thrilled about Jenny on their block.

Residents of a building on Borden Avenue, near the park where
J.Lo and other acts perform, say the broadcast turns their block
into an annual nightmare and robs them of their liberty to
celebrate the Fourth.

“J.Lo is pre-taping today,” groaned resident James Edstrom on
Friday, adding that cars were “being towed.”

Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum and Sheryl Crow are reportedly
performing at the same spot on the Fourth — that’s when Edstrom
says a full lockdown is in effect. A local blog warns: “The
night of July 4, no one can get into the park at all without
tickets .?.?. as it is fully cordoned off and accessible only to
Macy’s VIPs” and ticket holders.

Edstrom says that his Hunters Point South building, which has
some tenants who are veterans, will be “in a frozen zone,” which
means residents can’t leave the property after 1?p.m. on
Independence Day due to tight security measures. “Homeland
Security allows us to have four guests [come to the building],
but they have to be here by 1?p.m.,” he said.

Residents can’t use other areas of their building to watch the
fireworks: One told local NBC News, “It feels like a prison.”
Edstrom added, “The mayor is having a party on the roof of the
adjacent school — so I am locked in my building and all I can do
is watch Mayor de Blasio party on a roof.”

A Macy’s rep explained that the NYPD and other agencies
implement a safety plan for the event and “a command and
broadcast center must be placed within close range of the
fireworks barges. Unfortunately, that may result in some
restricted access for local residents.”

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Post by Daily Mexican
Jennifer Lopez was in Long Island City, Queens, Friday pre-
taping a performance for Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks show--
but some locals weren't thrilled about Jenny on their block.
Residents of a building on Borden Avenue, near the park where
J.Lo and other acts perform, say the broadcast turns their block
into an annual nightmare and robs them of their liberty to
celebrate the Fourth.
"J.Lo is pre-taping today," groaned resident James Edstrom on
Friday, adding that cars were "being towed".
Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum and Sheryl Crow are reportedly
performing at the same spot on the Fourth-- that's when Edstrom
says a full lockdown is in effect. A local blog warns: "The
night of July 4, no one can get into the park at all without
tickets... as it is fully cordoned off and accessible only to
Macy's VIPs, and ticket holders."
Edstrom says that his Hunters Point South building, which has
some tenants who are veterans, will be "in a frozen zone", which
means residents can't leave the property after 1PM on
Independence Day due to tight security measures. "Homeland
Security allows us to have four guests [come to the building],
but they have to be here by 1PM," he said.

And what are they going to do if you have more than the
government-allowed number of guests in your own home? Arrest people?
Good luck with that. Someone should defy these 'rules' and then sue the
city for any enforcement action as an unconstitutional taking of private
property.

The Secret Service tried this sort of thing back in the 80s and found
out that it doesn't fly. The president came to a suburban neighborhood
to visit a particular resident for some kind of photo op and the USSS
told the other residents that they couldn't be on their porches, lawns,
and patios, etc. and had to stay inside their homes with the blinds
drawn. They couldn't even look out their own windows when the president
was on scene. One guy refused and sat on his front lawn in a lawn chair.
When he was arrested by the locals for violation of the federal security
perimeter around the president, he challenged the constitutionality of
the law itself as applied to a person on his/her own private property.
The trial judge agreed and directed a verdict for acquittal, which was
affirmed on appeal. The appellate court ruled that citizens don't lose
their private property rights just because some VIPs come to their
neighborhood.

Now when the president stays in a private residence on a street with
other homes, the USSS has to make provisions for allowing the other
residents to come and go, along with any guests and even workers (pool
boys, maids, etc.). The residents may be inconvenienced-- required to
have vehicles searched and swept by bomb teams as they enter, names and
IDs checked against lists of authorized residents and visitors, etc.--
but the government can't lock people out of their own homes or keep them
imprisoned inside their homes just because the president decides to
visit one of their neighbors.