Police officers always seem to align with the interests of the capitalist (Epstein) class. What is it about that job that attracts so many people with contempt for the working class?

That YouTube video is wild. Approximately 20 seconds from being first notified that his time was up, officers had already come up to him. 20 seconds. He handed them his documents. He was done. There was no logical reason for the arrest.

ACAB

That must be that "freedom" that Vance and Rubio say Europe lacks.

This is exactly why there are non-profit bail funds to donate to in many communities. These funds frequently help cover these people that are the vanguard of democracy.

This data center they're hysterically agitating to build is going to take part of someone's yard, someone's entire house and property, and it will be right by a neighborhood making it's stupid noise. And a lot of people outside of the town will have to deal with $400 per month electric bills, and they just can't afford it.

One of our local public transit advocates did nothing more than present at city council meetings. They ordered the security team to follow him everywhere in the building, to the bathroom, and his car.

Even basic challenges to the people in your government is all too often met with straight up oppression tactics. He got them to stop by going to the press with it. Nothing else worked except more public pressure.

They arrest the opposition for nothing to keep others from speaking out.

Meanwhile, we have two members of Mark Zuckerberg's legal team sitting in court wearing facial recognition capable glasses.

Land of the free.

These times are going to make The Onion irrelevant.

The party of “small government” . I’m sure he’s on the maga cancel culture concentration camp list now..brought to you by palantir because f you

“Shut up, Poors.”

Talk too long in a public forum? Believe it or not, straight to jail.

Years ago there was a sketch in France making parody of local news to denounce racism: Anchor: "A man shot at a group of Arabs arguing they were too loud. After investigations, the police concluded that indeed, the Arabs were too loud".

This news brought that immediately in my mind.

You're only allowed to protest low-income housing in your local town you fucking idiot! God know's that's how democracy works dumby~

Used his free speech a little bit too long

Oklahoma

Yeah, authoritarian red state shithole. I don't even travel to/through such places when I can avoid it.

How long until someone shoots up a construction site for a data center?