• Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Lol put this in front of a jury. Id never convict in a million years. These fat fuck federal politicians want to charge us for putting our hands up while they’re shooting us with ammunitions. The fact there’s even a law to charge for this tells me how broken our system has become.

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      This is why jury trials are super important. They’re one of those last-ditch safety measures against a police state.

      That’s why the people ICE arrests usually don’t get to have a trial. They’re trying to make a new system where they just get to decide what happens to people.

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      We have this law in Germany too. It’s illegal to bring protective items or face coverings to a protest. When the cops start beating people you’re expected to just sit there and take it. It’s totally fucked up.

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    Prosecutors allege Orellana was helping protesters withstand less-lethal munitions being deployed by Los Angeles police officers and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after an unlawful assembly had been declared. […] Asked how handing out defensive equipment was a crime […], Essayli insisted Orellana was specifically handing out supplies to violent demonstrators. “He wasn’t handing masks out at the beach. … They’re covering their faces. They’re wearing backpacks. These weren’t peaceful protesters,” he said.

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    They want to push us until we start handing out more dangerous things than face shields. Then they’ll just start shooting at every protest.