Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars

Re:Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B settling charges it wrongfully s... by AYBABTME on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:53PM (#34071514)

I mean, they won't just happily do _all_ of that. You're exaggerating a bit and using extreme cases as if they were the norm. In particular you may say this with a straight face only if you're unaware of how this actually is the common reality of other countries.

We've all heard of cases of police running over crowds in some circumstances, or of the odd shooting (actually when?). But that's not what the average protester in the US will realistically, honestly deal with on the average protest.

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Re:Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B settling charges it wrongfully s... by sophacles on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:43PM (#34073067)

I've participated in quite a bit of peaceful protesting. I've never been shot at, but the number of times I've been teargassed for being in a park or on a sidewalk during the "permitted hours" and in the "designated zone" is much higher than the expected 0.

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Re:Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B settling charges it wrongfully s... by Maxious on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:31AM (#34077385)

At least 830 documented incidents in 2020 including over 140 police violence incidents against journalists specifically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police_violence_incide...

There have been 104 incidents of vehicles driving into protests between May 27 and September 27, 2020, with two fatalities in that time period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle-ramming_incide...

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