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Six journalists could spend up to 10 years in prison after being arrested during protests against President Donald Trump's inauguration.
The Guardian identified the journalists as freelancer Aaron Cantú; Vocativ senior producer Evan Engel; Jack Keller, producer for the online documentary Story of America; independent journalists Matt Hopard and Shay Horse; and RT America reporter Alex Rubinstein.
The group was charged under a District of Columbia statute penalizing "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" in a riot causing more than $5,000 in property damage with the potential 10-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $25,000. More than 200 people in total were arrested the day of the 20 January 2017 inauguration; they were reportedly arraigned the following day and will be back in court in February and March.
[...] Another independent journalist and documentarian, Tim Pool, said on Twitter that he and two NBC News journalists were also arrested during the 20 January 2017 demonstrations but released without charges. Pool said that a supervising officer told him "no less than three times" that they were under arrest. NBC News has not responded to our request for comment regarding Pool's account.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Friday January 27 2017, @10:05PM
"Protesting has steadily been equated with terrorism for a while now. Unless we reign in the police "
Smashing windows, lighting things on fire, throwing bricks, etc. for political purposes is fscking terrorism. The Police are the ones fighting against that violent political action.
Right wingers did not break the windows of completely uninvolved restaurants, damage private citizens' property, or public property when Obama was elected.
The left cannot both scream that peaceful protests should be allowed unconditionally, yet unabashedly support BLM smashing windows, burning cop cars, beating up white people, etc.
Call things what they are. Honesty is more appreciated by thinking people than political correctness.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Friday January 27 2017, @10:35PM
Those are all crimes, we call it rioting not terrorism. You've already fallen prey to the ideological conditioning that will let the government indiscriminately deal with protests they don't like. We don't have any decent accountability for LEOs, and its already proven that some LEOs will subvert the protesters by having covert operatives instigate violence so they have an excuse to come bust heads.
This isn't a partisan debate and the same arguments can be thrown at conservatives. I'll go ahead and call things what they are just for you: protesters destroying things is called rioting or vandalism. Law enforcement agencies planting bad actors is treason. People supporting such authoritarian policies are bootlicking cowards.
I tend to stick to nerd news so I miss a lot of the crap going on, but a quick search found some interesting stuff which shows you to be full of preconceived bullshit.
You are so wrong [quora.com]
No violence here, just disturbing protests [revelist.com]
A good write up that honestly addresses the problem [thelibertarianrepublic.com]
The religious people of the US should address this wikipedia page... Christianity, the religion of peace. About as peaceful as Islam it would seem [wikipedia.org]
I will agree with the assessment that liberals have caused more property damage, but if you bother to read the 3rd link there is quite a good explanation. Do you care about logic and reason? Or is it just an us vs. them issue?
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday January 28 2017, @01:51PM
"You are so wrong"
Peaceful protests. Crashing meetings, etc. Not beating up innocents, lighting things on fire, and destroying public property.
"No violence here, just disturbing protests"
Racist/insulting imagery. That is peaceful protesting. Not beating up innocents, lighting things on fire, and destroying public property
You probably think that those people are "Extremists" please view this video to rectify your worldview on what extremism actually looks like
" liberals have caused more property damage, but if you bother to read the 3rd link there is quite a good explanation."
BULL. FUCKING. SHIT.
No amount of rationalization is going to convince the the innocent elderly man that was pulled from his car and had his head kicked against the asphalt in the name of "tolerance" by anti-Trump protestors that he was actually a victim of "peace."
"I mean yeah a muslim just killed 50 people for being gay but remember that one time a christian refused to bake a cake for a gay couple???"
"Do you care about logic and reason? Or is it just an us vs. them issue?"
Logic and reason without evidence are mental masturbation.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday January 28 2017, @01:55PM
Forgot link!
https://www.zerocensorship.com/uncensored/isis/beheading-executions-of-five-men-accused-of-working-with-u-s-backed-new-syrian-army-video-285790 [zerocensorship.com]
Please show me the Christian equivalent of this video - if what you use "logic and reason" to claim is true (never minding evidence, I should add), that all religions are equally violent in the present day, you should have no problem finding several such videos.