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Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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thirtyseven wrote: post #67
skrebbel wrote: post #42

So this is what the NY Times know: - In a certain area, protest turned into riot - Cars were being set on fire - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people - 6 of those 230 people were reporters And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all. What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we a…

What's notable is that the reporters are actually being charged after being identified as such. Even if they were caught in a sweep and arrested, the charges should have been dropped when it became clear that they were just covering the protest and not participating. That's how it normally works anyway.

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Post by guelo »

meanduck wrote: post #38

I have no sympathy Im afraid. People who cheer to rob certain section of society gets to feel the burn in turn. Karma is a bitch as the saying goes. I just hope lessons have been learnt. EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-statism The people are the ones who gave their blessing and made state powerful because state promised to share the loot with them. If only people have resisted the temptation ...

Nope, not learning that lesson, you're going to have to arrest a hell of a lot of us.

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by exabrial »

photoJ wrote: post #63
exabrial wrote: post #36

A journalist has no more rights then any other citizen for a lot of obvious reasons. They should be treated with the same due process as any one else for a lot of obvious reasons. It's really time to end authoritarianism in the USA.

That is not how the news business is practiced. The assumption is that journalists are not participants and therefore are not prosecuted as such. Similar to a security guard standing near a protest.

Please cite the passage in the Constitution for that?

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Post by Meekro »

brndnmtthws wrote: post #58
jeffdavis wrote: post #8

This kind of reporting encourages people to form opinions before the facts are in. None of us know what really happened there, but it will probably get sorted out soon. By that time, it's too late because we've already jumped to a conclusion.

I was there. Protests were peaceful, until the cops started throwing grenades and arresting folks. I took some photos from a distance[1], and also posted a couple videos to twitter[2][3]. There was a heavy police presence on Friday (inauguration day), which was in stark contrast to Saturday (the Women's March), in which the police were noticeably absent. Not surprisingly, there was no violence during the Women's Marc…

So you're saying that the police antagonized people, and that made them so angry that they set a limo on fire? That doesn't ring true to me. It makes much more sense the other way: the police were there because they were needed, to protect bystanders and property from the mob.

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Post by daeken »

photoJ wrote: post #57
meanduck wrote: post #38

I have no sympathy Im afraid. People who cheer to rob certain section of society gets to feel the burn in turn. Karma is a bitch as the saying goes. I just hope lessons have been learnt. EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-statism The people are the ones who gave their blessing and made state powerful because state promised to share the loot with them. If only people have resisted the temptation ...

How do you know the journalists were cheering?

And even if they were, what does that comment add to the discussion whatsoever?

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by scrollaway »

Meekro wrote: post #74
brndnmtthws wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was there. Protests were peaceful, until the cops started throwing grenades and arresting folks. I took some photos from a distance[1], and also posted a couple videos to twitter[2][3]. There was a heavy police presence on Friday (inauguration day), which was in stark contrast to Saturday (the Women's March), in which the police were noticeably absent. Not surprisingly, there was no violence during the Women's Marc…

So you're saying that the police antagonized people, and that made them so angry that they set a limo on fire? That doesn't ring true to me. It makes much more sense the other way: the police were there because they were needed, to protect bystanders and property from the mob.

Police is always there during these types of protests. There's plenty of peaceful protests with police around.

It's absolutely possible that, if the police starts being violent, the violence spreads very quickly and cars get set on fire. Crowd control has a lot of strategy to it...

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Post by rockdoe »

warbiscuit wrote: post #37
problems wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He'll be lucky to get the 20% tariff on Mexican imports he currently wants. I'll be surprised if he manages to do anything seriously speech crippling.

Is that a typo? Shouldn't he be taxing exports? Taxes on imports just raise the price for Americans, it's taxes on exports that would bring money into America.

Taxing imports makes American goods comparatively cheaper so it is good for local businesses. (But makes them more expensive for consumers)

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by photoJ »

exabrial wrote: post #73
photoJ wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not how the news business is practiced. The assumption is that journalists are not participants and therefore are not prosecuted as such. Similar to a security guard standing near a protest.

Please cite the passage in the Constitution for that?

You can't be serious.

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Post by heartbreak »

warbiscuit wrote: post #37
problems wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He'll be lucky to get the 20% tariff on Mexican imports he currently wants. I'll be surprised if he manages to do anything seriously speech crippling.

Is that a typo? Shouldn't he be taxing exports? Taxes on imports just raise the price for Americans, it's taxes on exports that would bring money into America.

It's not a typo, and you're not wrong.
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