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Re:I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled by epicureanideal on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:15AM (#27272834)
The politicians would find a way to charge you for it, because the law in the USA is applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner. If you're not a political opponent of them, they'll let the law operate (or not) as it normally would. If you're a political opponent, they'll scour the laws to find something to get you with, or at least prosecute you until you're bankrupt even knowing they won't convict.

See also:

"By the people" by Charles Murray

"Three felonies a day" by Harvey Silverglate

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Re:I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled by fighterpilot on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:22AM (#27272910)
It needs to be a decentralized protest effort where the risk is shared. 100 individual actors stealing $899 of stuff from his garden over the course of a year and disappearing into the night until he gets the message. Would air to great effect on Fox news.

Unfortunately the political right is unbelievably bad at protest efforts.

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Re:I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled by artificial on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:18AM (#27272854)
How’s that working out in practice in San Fran?
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