A group of recent Latin American immigrants in New York City applied for and received a permit to conduct a peaceful demonstration in front of  the United Nations building. On the day of the demonstration , one of their leaders approached a New York City policeman to ask where the demonstrators needed to confine themselves to. As the two men were talking, the police officer became increasingly uncomfortable because the Latin American demonstrator kept getting too close to him. The officer told the demonstrator to “get out of my face”, but owing to language differences, the demonstrator didn't quite understand what the policeman wanted. The Latin American just continued talking to the policeman while standing closer to the officer than the officer felt was appropriate. Within minutes ,the Latin American was arrested for threatening the safety of a law enforcement officer.