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> So if Bill White, the US ambassador, pays to rent out the park for, I think it was 2 weeks, they can have whoever they want removed from this public park. Inc

> So if Bill White, the US ambassador, pays to rent out the park for, I think it was 2 weeks, they can have whoever they want removed from this public park. Including any reporters. That would be by private security not police though. You aren't generally arrested for annoying an event organiser.

Aerroon 4mo ago
If you get trespassed then wouldn't the police get involved?
- darreninthenet 4mo ago
  Depends on the laws in Belgium (I've no idea what they are)... in the UK for example trespass by itself is not a criminal matter, even if somebody refuses to leave your property... they need to be doing something else.
  - n4r9 4mo ago
    Just to clarify. The UK police can assist you in ejecting trespassers, whom you have told to leave your house, in order to "prevent a breach of the peace". They won't arrest or charge trespassers unless they have reason to suspect criminal activity. In this case the Belgian police might have been justified in escorting the journalists off the premises. But I'm not sure what grounds they had to detain and question them.
  - 1234letshaveatw 4mo ago
    They should have claimed the reporters were using AC
- gspr 4mo ago
  They weren't trespassing, they were invited! Aside: why do Americans always talk about trespassing as something that is done to the trespasser? Isn't trespassing the act itself? If I plant myself in your livingroom uninvited, then surely I am trespassing. Why do so many people instead say that I "get trespassed"?
  - Aerroon 4mo ago
    Because in semi-public places, like a store, you are only trespassing if you've been told to leave (you are trespassed).
    - gspr 4mo ago
      Why "are you trespassed" if you're told to leave? I understand that you might not be engaging in the act of trespassing until you have been made aware that you must leave. But refusing to do so surely then means that you are trespassing not that you "are trespassed? Trespassing is the act. The trespasser is the subject undertaking the act. The object that is being trespassed upon is surely then the offended location and/or person?
  - NopIdoN 4mo ago
    the trespasser got trespasserized* by the trespassee, who was trespassed against when the trespasser did a trespass on them * trespasserified
  - darthwalsh 4mo ago
    Because it's a common phrase? Same as "get carded"? English is flexible; almost any combination of words can start to have meaning.
    - efreak 4mo ago
      Tresspass is not a reflexive verb. It does not happen to you, rather it's an action you perform. Saying someone got trespassed is like saying you were driven when you go somewhere in your car, or that the door opened itself; you're taking the agency away from the person doing the trespassing and saying that they didn't actually do it themselves, but rather someone else did it/it something that happened to them. This isn't a judgement on the article; it you don't want to say they were trespassing, then you should say it differently: they were _charged with_ or _accused of_ trespassing, etc.
      - bentley 4mo ago

Aerroon 4mo ago

If you get trespassed then wouldn't the police get involved?

darreninthenet 4mo ago
Depends on the laws in Belgium (I've no idea what they are)... in the UK for example trespass by itself is not a criminal matter, even if somebody refuses to leave your property... they need to be doing something else.
- n4r9 4mo ago
  Just to clarify. The UK police can assist you in ejecting trespassers, whom you have told to leave your house, in order to "prevent a breach of the peace". They won't arrest or charge trespassers unless they have reason to suspect criminal activity. In this case the Belgian police might have been justified in escorting the journalists off the premises. But I'm not sure what grounds they had to detain and question them.
- 1234letshaveatw 4mo ago
  They should have claimed the reporters were using AC
gspr 4mo ago
They weren't trespassing, they were invited! Aside: why do Americans always talk about trespassing as something that is done to the trespasser? Isn't trespassing the act itself? If I plant myself in your livingroom uninvited, then surely I am trespassing. Why do so many people instead say that I "get trespassed"?
- Aerroon 4mo ago
  Because in semi-public places, like a store, you are only trespassing if you've been told to leave (you are trespassed).
  - gspr 4mo ago
    Why "are you trespassed" if you're told to leave? I understand that you might not be engaging in the act of trespassing until you have been made aware that you must leave. But refusing to do so surely then means that you are trespassing not that you "are trespassed? Trespassing is the act. The trespasser is the subject undertaking the act. The object that is being trespassed upon is surely then the offended location and/or person?
- NopIdoN 4mo ago
  the trespasser got trespasserized* by the trespassee, who was trespassed against when the trespasser did a trespass on them * trespasserified
- darthwalsh 4mo ago
  Because it's a common phrase? Same as "get carded"? English is flexible; almost any combination of words can start to have meaning.
  - efreak 4mo ago
    Tresspass is not a reflexive verb. It does not happen to you, rather it's an action you perform. Saying someone got trespassed is like saying you were driven when you go somewhere in your car, or that the door opened itself; you're taking the agency away from the person doing the trespassing and saying that they didn't actually do it themselves, but rather someone else did it/it something that happened to them. This isn't a judgement on the article; it you don't want to say they were trespassing, then you should say it differently: they were _charged with_ or _accused of_ trespassing, etc.
    - bentley 4mo ago