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False, see Anarchist's cookbook and similar cases such as MIT's lockpicking guide
> If I rouse a group of people into flipping over cars, breaking windows, and hurling rocks at the police, I'll be charged with incitement
Incitement is a crime. It requires specific, actionable intent. "Screw the police" is not incitement, "go hang group X" is.
> If I yell fire in a crowded theater
Not a crime
> If I con the police into arresting you for something you didn't do
That's making a false statement to police
> If all of that is criminal, then it's not much of a stretch to include escalation to hate crimes as a prosecutable offense
Thank goodness it's not
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False, see Anarchist's cookbook and similar cases such as MIT's lockpicking guide
> If I rouse a group of people into flipping over cars, breaking windows, and hurling rocks at the police, I'll be charged with incitement
Incitement is a crime. It requires specific, actionable intent. "Screw the police" is not incitement, "go hang group X" is.
> If I yell fire in a crowded theater
Not a crime
> If I con the police into arresting you for something you didn't do
That's making a false statement to police
> If all of that is criminal, then it's not much of a stretch to include escalation to hate crimes as a prosecutable offense
Thank goodness it's not