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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.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 02 2020, @10:19PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 02 2020, @10:19PM (#1072202)

    Is it just me or does anyone else think DM would be singing an entirely different tune if a bunch of Trump supporting protesters were marching towards a polling place?

    Probably just you and a few other Trump supporters. As for me, I have no problem with a bunch of Trump supporters marching to the polls if they are coming to cast their votes. It's when those "protesters" attempt to discourage, or otherwise intimidate, others casting their ballots that I get a bit irritated. You do believe in allowing people the right to vote, yes?

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:25PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday November 03 2020, @04:25PM (#1072460) Homepage Journal

    Calling rabid haters of Trump on their insane bullshit is not even sort of the same as supporting Trump. Thank you, please come again.

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