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> Right now, your social media might be mined to classify you as an "anarchist" If police want to classify you as that, that's fine. It's meaningless. > after
by sdinsn 8y ago
> Right now, your social media might be mined to classify you as an "anarchist"
If police want to classify you as that, that's fine. It's meaningless.
> after which you may be pulled over and arrested when you are driving close to an anti-war protest
Arrested for what? Police would only be able to arrest if they have a reason, and being an anarchist / going to a protest is not a reason (in the US, at least).
Please don't spread fear and misinformation.
- princeofwands 8y agoPlease don't accuse me of spreading misinformation. The case was linked on the page I cited. https://www.aclu-wa.org/docs/chinn-v-blankenship-complaint https://www.aclu-wa.org/docs/chinn-v-blankenship-complaint > If police want to classify you as that, that's fine. It's meaningless. No it is not meaningless. Police see anarchists and alt-right activists as "harboring ideas that are subversive to state control", meaning, you get on their shit list. > Arrested for what? The police stopped the car after it was identified as carrying 3 anarchists (stop & search under false pre-text) close to an anti-war protest. A police officer then arrested the driver for seemingly being under the influence of weed, without any evidence or probably cause, and had him locked up at the police station. So while you are correct that being an anarchist going to a protest is not a valid reason, if the police wants you off the streets (because they classified you as being shit), they will use another reason (such as: "He looked under the influence of weed" or another popular one: "contempt of cop", which rarely carry any penalties for the cops and kind of act like Joker cards so they can go with a gut feeling over solid proof or cause) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_cop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_cop