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immibis on Oct 6, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: So thieves broke into your storage unit again

You don't have to commit a crime to be arrested. You just have to do something the police don't like - like holding up certain signs in a public space.

bko on Oct 6, 2024 [–]

Read the study

> 73% of the prior offenses are violent and 80% are property related (obviously non-exclusive)

immibis on Oct 7, 2024 | [–]

Participating in an Extinction Rebellion blockade would fall in both categories.

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