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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by postalrat on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:12PM (#25433064)
Maybe I'm wrong but it seemed like anyone could go in there with a camera and "journalist" written onto their shirt and behave like they don't need to follow orders from the police.
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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by chrisseaton on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:13PM (#25433080)
Why are the Police giving anyone orders unless they're committing a crime?
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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by 8note on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:12PM (#25433812)
Police don't need to know of you're committing a crime, only think that you might be. It's up to the courts whether you did

If a cop thinks it's illegal to have your shoes untied, or to be jogging, they can arrest you

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by chrisseaton on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:16PM (#25433878)
That's a circular argument.

Why are the police giving orders to people at all? If they think they're committing a crime, arrest them. Otherwise, leave them alone.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by postalrat on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:20PM (#25433150)
Who said they weren't commit a crime? Many, if not most, were.
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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by chrisseaton on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:21PM (#25433165)
When they complain about journalists being arrested... I'm guessing they are implicitly limiting that to non-criminal journalists.
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