In Germany, dozens of people are in 'preventive detention' because they might otherwise engage in climate protests

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Some European tell me again why you believe you have free speech.

To be fair last time I checked Germany isn't all Europe. They did try once tough....we prefer not talk about it too much nowadays tough.

Is disrupting traffic by glueing yourself to the road covered by the first ammendment in the US?

No, but we have this thing called the 6th amendment that lays out the minimum requirements for prosecution. (known as due process). Pre-crime clearly breaks those minimums.