this is true because that is also a right of the people
Dank
Mocking
The situation in the first sentence leads to the description of that area that is very dank. In the second sentence a person laughing because of the lights would imply that they are being mocked.
Possibly to emphasize it, or to mark it as being sarcastic. You choose.
Friar Lawrence was the man in romeo and juliet that had a secret wedding for them to get married