tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post1894809268082718903..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: They Are the Po-Po Troopers, Vigilant Guardians of Citizen DisciplineChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-1499176573711112742012-09-10T14:02:16.761-07:002012-09-10T14:02:16.761-07:00"I get con-fused
when the law
changes every ..."I get con-fused <br />when the law<br />changes every day..."<br /><br />This is one of many means being employed to corral and stifle dissent in this country. It was like this back in the Gilded Age... <br /><br />No, it was worse, actually. Much as we complain about the repression right now, it was worse when people were being routinely shot down for marching and acts of civil disobedience.<br /><br />The jail time issue is a big one these days. What with the mass arrests and the various official sanctions available for use by courts and police at their sole discretion, it's a wonder anyone takes to the streets any more. <br /><br />Which may be part of the reason why there were so few in the streets of Tampa and Charlotte.<br /><br />People are scared.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-48032248281173485062012-09-10T03:14:10.110-07:002012-09-10T03:14:10.110-07:00Check it out, Che.
So seven people lie down on th...Check it out, Che.<br /><br />So seven people lie down on the sidewalk on Wall St. holding signs. They are not impeding foot traffic, as the pedestrians obviously move freely around them. (Until the police put up some barricades themselves, that is.) The seven are arrested. The two who have had their trials so far have been found guilty by the judge. Obstructing traffic and disobeying police orders. It turns out that the judge agreed with the Ass't DA that you don't have to actually be blocking traffic - only "risking the possibility that you might block traffic", whatever the fuck that means. Furthermore, the judge imposed a "conditional discharge"; if the same protester gets arrested a second time within the next year, he automatically and retroactively gets the full penalty imposed in this case (which includes jail time) rather than the probation these two got for now. The other five face their trials soon.<br /><br />Making up new laws on the spot at trial ("the possibility that you might block traffic") sort of puts a damper on protester enthusiasm, as does the possibility that any further protesting can result in automatic jail time.<br /><br />http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2012/09/disorderly-conduct.html<br /><br />-Teriteri49noreply@blogger.com