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Charges dropped against all 57 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested on UT campus (www.kut.org)
submitted 6 months ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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Hell yeah, Austin. Hell yeah, Garza.

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago

The individuals who were arrested could sue for wrongful arrest and related things, but that takes time and money.

[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Getting fucked by the system is quick and efficient.

Fighting back against the system is difficult and costly.

Unless you're wealthy, all by design of course.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

The problem here isn't that wrongful arrest is legal, it's that it's inconsistently enforced. So the solution isn't to make new laws, but to restructure policing so there's an incentive to enforce the laws we have.

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