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Protestors with a permit teargassed on the way to vote.

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In other totally-not-a-slide-into-fascism news, peaceful protestors who had a permit to march were teargassed on the way to vote.

Peaceful march to the polls in North Carolina is met with police pepper spray and arrests, causing outcry on eve of election

They have elections in all those shithole dictatorial countries too. They just make sure the wrong people don't vote.

The participants in Saturday’s “I Am Change” march had intended to conclude at an early-voting site to emphasize turnout in the final days of the presidential campaign. Those plans were thrown into disarray when law-enforcement officers in riot gear and gas masks insisted demonstrators move off the street and clear county property, despite a permit authorizing their presence.

 

Reply to: Re:Ok

    (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 02 2020, @08:26PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 02 2020, @08:26PM (#1072129) Homepage

    Re the Trump Train:

    New York State Police say the caravan briefly slowed traffic going over the bridge three times for between 2 and 7 minutes but the bridge was never closed completely.

    So at worst, you might say that the Trump Train constituted a "rolling roadblock". At worst.

    Re the "counterprotest":

    A Trump caravan was scheduled to roll through Manhattan on Sunday, but the vehicles never showed up. Instead, a group of counter-protesters marched from Madison Square Park towards Chelsea Piers and they were met with police in riot gear.

    Police began warning protesters to leave the roadway and officers then went on to arrest 11 people.

    So, the counterprotesters were actually blocking roadways?

    Gotta make up your mind here. Is blocking a roadway a public safety issue, or not? What constitutes "blockage" anyway?

    All of us who drive have sat in traffic for uncountable hours. When is it a crime? When is it not a crime? Does it all come down to political party affiliation, or do you have some more objective criteria?

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