supersquirrelShe was arrested for holding a protest sign in small-town California: ‘This is a testing ground’
But Britain has the free speech problem apparently…
They do. This is a (so far) rare occurrence. Britain is notorious for this. Almost as bad as China.
People here get arrested for being abusive and threatening towards other people.
Not for being critical of the government.
That isnt a free speech issue, that is law enforcement acting on complaints from real people.
If you threaten to burn my house down, damn right the police should be arresting you for it.
MrGabrOoo, is that yours? Badass.
lumpenproletariatPeople in Britain get arrested for protesting genocide.
Two things can be bad, get used to it.
I got arrested on terrorism charges for holding a sign that said ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’, in Parliament Square. Our government is pushing to reduce the amount of court cases that are tried by jury because the public generally agree with environment and anti war protestors’s motivations.
The government’s proscription of Palestine Action was deemed an over reach but they are appealing the decision. So I am currently still considered a terrorist by our government. How is it that you can think the UK can look down on any other country in this regard.
The US and Britain are engaged in a high stakes competition to see who can shit the bed first, there is like a whole Reality TV show about it and stuff I think.
Fuck Shasta County, particularly fuck Redding.
I spent 7 years of my childhood and 5 of my adulthood living in Redding CA. It is the most backward looking place I’ve ever lived, and I’ve lived all over in Northern California in my lifetime.
The place is full of retired white people and their meth addled adult children. The police are exactly what you’d imagine the typical ICE recruit is like, and on top of that they’re so bored and jaded that they harass anyone who appears to be even thinking about wandering outside the law, and that’s a generous statement.
Being there feels like you’ve been transported to the Midwest circa 1979 and if you mention this to anyone you will have given them a compliment in their perspective. The citizens are proud of their regressive beliefs, and shun any new ideas to the point of even banning construction of any buildings over 3 stories. It’s a freeway town so unless you work for the county or forest fire fighting, the service industry or low end retail (mall jobs at best) are your only options to make a living. Most young people leave out of high school, and the ones that stay are happy to contribute to the stagnation and regression that has now apparently earned them ‘international recognition’ that the article mentions.
I’m so glad I left when I did, before Trump and his politics became as galvanized and emboldened as it is today. Reading the story of this couple doesn’t shock me at all, just makes me really sad for people like them and the few that I know that still live in the area.
Conservatism is worse than cancer.