Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ...
by malandrew on Monday June 10, 2013 @01:10PM
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If I were to bet on the most significant predictor of arrests during a protest, my money would be on size. The fewer people present in a protest, the more likely that it will be left alone and no arrests will be made. The more people there are, the more likely that those in charge will try to "contain it" through actions that lead to altercations and arrests. I'd say that it's pretty much impossible to have a Tiananmen Square size protest in the US (or any other country with sufficiently advanced surveillance systems for that matter)
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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ...
by talmand on Monday June 10, 2013 @04:55PM
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That may be in the case in some situations, but I can recall several major, i.e. large, protests that resulted in very few arrests or problems with the police. In fact, some of them were a quite pleasant crowd if the reports were to be believed.
Sadly, you just generally don't hear much of them in the news.