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Protestors with a permit teargassed on the way to vote.

Journal by DeathMonkey

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 Tuesday November 03 2020, @03:11PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 03 2020, @03:11PM (#1072440) Homepage

    The Biden bus was forced to slow to 20 mph,

    Correction: Someone associated with the Biden campaign said that the bus was forced to slow down to 20 mph. The clips that I have seen of the bus all show the bus rolling at speeds in excess of 40 mph.

    which most certainly violates the law.

    If so, then we must castigate every police officer who fails to write hundreds, even thousands, of tickets every rush hour morning when the traffic slows below 40 mph.

    The bottom line is that you have different standards

    Perhaps. And, you're saying that you don't? Face it, you're up in arms because a bus was slowed down a little bit. But you have not one word of sympathy for the woman who was on her way to the hospital, and was forced to sit in traffic for a half hour or more when YOUR SIDE completely closed an interstate.

    A little honesty on your side would be a good thing. If, in fact, you were honest, then maybe you could claim the high ground here. Now, kindly fuck off. I'm really not into drama, and I'm not voting to give you an award. America's got talent, but you aren't that talent.

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