"Free-Speech-Zone"

What more need be said? Sure, I had heard about the free speech zone (or "FSZ") absurdity at the Democratic National Convention up in Boston and other places. But then I just saw the photos (exhibits A & B) of the space and it completely flipped my lid. A small area enclosed with razor wire under a bridge?! Is it me, or did the Boston Police and Secret Service simply go on the cheap and buy the old set from Mad Max's "Thunderdome"? (note unruly protesters with crazy hair waiting to enter the FSZ)

and of course, more nuttiness.