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UK police watch passively as far right protesters hold up non terrorist "kill them all" slogan in front of asylum seekers (lemmy.ml)

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In Falkirk ~~today~~ saturday aug16

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

J6 rioters were successfully found guilty of numerous things and jailed

Most of the rioters weren't jailed. Less than one third earned prison sentences. Of the 1500 who were charged, roughly 900 were convicted with 300 ongoing, which is surprisingly low by federal prosecution standards (typically feds convict in excess of 90% of cases).

One individual notably exempt from prosecution was, of course, Donald Trump himself.

I don’t want to live in a society where the freedom to protest is so eroded that it’s worthless.

Then you need to leave the US asap, because the freedom to protest went out back during the Founding Fathers Era. It has never existed in any practical sense, whether it was the Whiskey Rebellion, the Bonus March, or the Columbia anti-genocide Protests.

I see people regularly bring up the Hundred Flowers Campaign in China, when they want to dab on "Unfree" countries and their illiberal habits. But then I see security services like Anduril and Booz Allen Hamilton vacuuming up the name of every dipshit who posted "I'm going to the No Kings Day March! Join me!" on Facebook or Twitter. And then what?