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Activism is activism, sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes it gets out of hand depending on the people involved which any one activist can't control, sometime

by devoply 10y ago

Activism is activism, sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes it gets out of hand depending on the people involved which any one activist can't control, sometime those people work for the government. When you have reporters being arrested at events, I almost certainly know it's not the reporters being violent. And to place these sorts of limits on protesting is again chilling effects.

TenOhms 10y ago
I've never heard of anyone being arrested for peaceful protests, not since Martin Luther King at least. I'm not saying it doesn't happen ever (your case might be a good example), but peaceful protests virtually never led to arrests.
- devoply 10y ago
  That's most likely because you have not been looking. https://www.google.com/search?&q=non+violent+protestors+arrested https://www.google.com/search?&q=non+violent+protestors+arre... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/amy-goodman-arrest-warrant-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/amy-goodman-...
- yardie 10y ago
  ^^ alternative facts, folks!
  - grzm 10y ago
    Please stop with the canned dismissal memes. The poster may honestly be unaware of any such examples. Regardless, a comment such as yours doesn't add substantively to the conversation. Much better to provide evidence, as sibling comments have done.
- danaliv 10y ago
  You've never heard of it, really? Do tell us all about the comprehensive research you've done on this matter.
- anon2264 10y ago
  Amy Goodman at the Dakota Pipeline: an absolutely egregious example of arresting a peaceful protestor and charging her with rioting (she's a very respectable journalist)
- justifier 10y ago
  it happens so often that san francisco has a policy of dropping all arrest charges.. in the courts, on the court date you are required to attend, unfortunately.. when said arrests occurred during protests i know from experience and talking directly with the arresting officers, and my assigned defense attorney, and the judge that dropped mine and a number of other identical charges in the room > A protester at the NC General Assembly invites her arresting officer to Christmas dinner. She was one of several arrested while protesting a power grab by Republican legislators during a surprise special session. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article121388538.html http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-p...
  - ihsw 10y ago
    Thankfully the judge's misguided naivete will be rectified, employers will receive push notifications and emails immediately when it becomes clear someone is a danger to society.
- snsr 10y ago
  > I've never heard of anyone being arrested for peaceful protests, not since Martin Luther King at least. I'm not saying it doesn't happen ever (your case might be a good example), but peaceful protests virtually never led to arrests. Cops arrest and assault people engaging in peaceful, legal, constitutionally protected protest all the fucking time.
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by devoply 10y ago

TenOhms 10y ago

I've never heard of anyone being arrested for peaceful protests, not since Martin Luther King at least. I'm not saying it doesn't happen ever (your case might be a good example), but peaceful protests virtually never led to arrests.

devoply 10y ago
That's most likely because you have not been looking. https://www.google.com/search?&q=non+violent+protestors+arrested https://www.google.com/search?&q=non+violent+protestors+arre... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/amy-goodman-arrest-warrant-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/amy-goodman-...
yardie 10y ago
^^ alternative facts, folks!
- grzm 10y ago
  Please stop with the canned dismissal memes. The poster may honestly be unaware of any such examples. Regardless, a comment such as yours doesn't add substantively to the conversation. Much better to provide evidence, as sibling comments have done.
danaliv 10y ago
You've never heard of it, really? Do tell us all about the comprehensive research you've done on this matter.
anon2264 10y ago
Amy Goodman at the Dakota Pipeline: an absolutely egregious example of arresting a peaceful protestor and charging her with rioting (she's a very respectable journalist)
justifier 10y ago
it happens so often that san francisco has a policy of dropping all arrest charges.. in the courts, on the court date you are required to attend, unfortunately.. when said arrests occurred during protests i know from experience and talking directly with the arresting officers, and my assigned defense attorney, and the judge that dropped mine and a number of other identical charges in the room > A protester at the NC General Assembly invites her arresting officer to Christmas dinner. She was one of several arrested while protesting a power grab by Republican legislators during a surprise special session. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article121388538.html http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-p...
- ihsw 10y ago
  Thankfully the judge's misguided naivete will be rectified, employers will receive push notifications and emails immediately when it becomes clear someone is a danger to society.
snsr 10y ago
> I've never heard of anyone being arrested for peaceful protests, not since Martin Luther King at least. I'm not saying it doesn't happen ever (your case might be a good example), but peaceful protests virtually never led to arrests. Cops arrest and assault people engaging in peaceful, legal, constitutionally protected protest all the fucking time.
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