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What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by mcantelon »

joshstrange wrote: post #8

I honestly didn't think you could be arrested for protesting like this without at least a warning and even then if only if it turned violent...

Yeah, it's pretty bizarre. Protesters are often arrested, held for 12 hours or so, then released without charges. Another thing I don't think the author mentioned is they often make you sign a form certifying your belongings are OK before giving you your belongings, so if you piss off a cop they can, for example, smash your smartphone and get away with it.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by mc32 »

kw71 wrote: post #18
icelancer wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? They are allowed to express their right to free speech and expression as well, just as the protestors should be able to.

What would you expect would happen to you if you made such a brazen, public display of disrespect against your executive management? Would you have your job after? They certainly could have gone on strike, when they were not on the clock.

They have strong unions. That allows them lots of things regular workers don't get. Unionized workers get these kinds of benefits --not that I agree with unions, as I think they are past their expiration date, but the strong ones provide great extra-work related benefits.

Similarly longshores get pretty sweet benefits too.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by golemotron »

> I just got back from 12 hours in NYPD holding. If I can get arrested (with all of my white privilege and generally perceived non-threatening stature), so can anybody. ... Obviously I don’t know what happened in each person’s actual arrest, but I do know that the criminal charges overwhelmingly fell to people of color and those with more masculine gender presentations.

One of the most distressing things I find about the language of 'privilege' is that it denies that women can have it as a group. In this last sentence, she recognizes that women can be privileged over men in some situations.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by [deleted] »

privong wrote: post #15
icelancer wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? They are allowed to express their right to free speech and expression as well, just as the protestors should be able to.

Yes, they should be free to express their opinions. But free speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. One could make a case that that sort of behavior could be considered insubordination and grounds for termination.

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Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by MarkG509 »

Perhaps it time someone built a web site where the opinions, comments, and especially actions/votes, of every politician running for office, from City Council on up, were tracked.

Scoring the politicians based on their support for the constitution and especially human rights, plus encouraging the vote, could fix this after just an election cycle or two.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by revelation »

AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #13
revelation wrote: post #9

NYPD needs to be disbanded. If you have officers repeating the same conduct one just got charged with depraved heart murder for, it's out of control. This stuff is simple enough. Get out of your escort, stand among the other normal people and do some dogfooding of the police experience. I guess nobody higher up wants to spend the day doing that, because at the end of it there wouldn't be anyone still employed at NYPD…

Two officers supposedly do this, so therefore the NYPD needs to be disbanded? There's plenty wrong with the NYPD, but that doesn't follow at all.

I guess it's just two bad apples then.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by crusso »

joshstrange wrote: post #8

I honestly didn't think you could be arrested for protesting like this without at least a warning and even then if only if it turned violent...

I was curious about this. I guess the protesters were blocking traffic? Maybe the people following in the back didn't realize what the people in the front had done in terms of blocking off the street. The followers then were among the arrested.

Re: What happens after you’re arrested at a protest in New York

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Post by hurin »

mcantelon wrote: post #21
joshstrange wrote: post #8

I honestly didn't think you could be arrested for protesting like this without at least a warning and even then if only if it turned violent...

Yeah, it's pretty bizarre. Protesters are often arrested, held for 12 hours or so, then released without charges. Another thing I don't think the author mentioned is they often make you sign a form certifying your belongings are OK before giving you your belongings, so if you piss off a cop they can, for example, smash your smartphone and get away with it.

Well you could refuse to sign that form -- though they'll probably find some excuse to hold you for an extra 6 hours.
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