Bernice: Actually that had nothing to do with free enterprise, that was a blatant attempt to get arrested and make a point, they had every right to set up a stand LEGALLY and make as much as they could, unfortunately their point was apples and oranges, citing Martin Luther King as an example, If they wanted to make public speeches like King that would have been alright, the only thing that the police did wrong may have been the lady cops pushing the camera, but that is questionable as it is hard to tell from the camera angle how close the camera was to being in her face (interfering with police business).
You will notice that the police did first ask them to stop or to give it away, so they tried

Vikings: I agree that cops were just doing their jobs and I also agree that the people selling the lemonade were only interested in making a point. However, when I was little, we used to have lemonade stands all the time. Some kids still do this in their neighborhoods. But in the news there are dozens of situations where the authorities shut down little kid’s lemonade stands because the children were operating without a food permit etc. Sometimes government takes itself too seriously.

As for that lady cop, she was cute. But she was out of line. There was no need for her to put her hand in front of the camera. It goes with the job of protecting the rights of others. Which she was only there to enforce the law (the lemonaid stand clearly violated the law) she was out of line in her attempts to get the camera person to stop filming her. She should have been as concerned about the rights of the person behind the camera as she was concerned about the violation of selling goods on the Capitol grounds. The protesters got to her and she lost her cool.

Artful Dodger: I agree about shutting down kids lemonade stands in front of their own home,that is clearly wrong, but this was a public place, what if they were selling legal porno

Vikings: legal porno? if it was legal then it was legal, and it should be allowed to be sold....unless it had a health risk hahahah.

You wouldnt be allowed to sell lemonade in Australia like that because of the health risks...but I always thought the lemonade stands were part of the American way of life....so sad :(

Bernice: It used to be that having a lemonaid stand was something normal in the US. Kids could earn a few dollars. It should be no big deal. But the government likes to stick its nose into everything. On one level I understand it but where does all this government intrusion stop? It's gone too far.

Artful Dodger: I see lemon-aid stands all the time,three in the last day. One radio station here has a contest every year and advertises a lemon-aid stand for the winner, comps the lemon-aid and cups, and matches the take for the kids for a college fund.
most of the time I hear the harassed ones are in liberal towns with high taxes or neighborhood associations with by laws

Vikings: That's probably it. And I wouldn't put it past the unions to issue complaints for the kids not using union labor.

Vikings: True. They were just trying to make a point but I don't think things like that are as effective as local inititives.

Of course one could make an argument that even an innocent lemonaid stand could pose a health risk. After all, it's a very different world from even 20 years ago. And 40 years ago, when I was a young kid, we could go anywhere in the neighborhood and even to the lake a few miles away and mom never worried. Today, you have to keep your eyes glued to your kids there are so many sicko's out there.