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A reminder that hundreds of people were prosecuted with felonies for peacefully protesting Trump's inauguration, before those cases fell apart due to a lack of evidence that any of the defendants had committed any violent acts. theintercept.com/2017/12/21/j20
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Canada is now officially arresting dissidents. A country that considers itself a democracy arresting people for the crime of organizing a mass grassroots nonviolent protest should horrify each and every one of you. Surely we can all agree on that, whatever side of this you're on. twitter.com/Honking4Freedo…
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The J20 protests really are such an interesting mirror image of the J6 riots, because many participants were charged with much more serious crimes, under a more tenuous legal theory, and pretty much all the coverage I've read is from The Intercept.
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