RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116314196321946080

I want to point out here that people have only seen the photograph, but not heard of the news the police teargas no kings because they were around one of the LA detention centers

The LA Time coverage quoted next . 1/n

“ More than 70 protesters were arrested Saturday evening after authorities shot tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd, leaving at least one teen with an eye wound and others with skin burns, according to demonstrators and police.”

2/n

“The confrontation outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center came after hours of peaceful “No Kings” demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles and across the county. Authorities said the crowd that gathered at the federal building later in the afternoon, as the rally was winding down, had ignored orders to disperse.”

Make no mistake about it if the police can start teargassing no kings, political protest has crossed another threshold.

The plutocracy will leverage this. They will try.

n/n

@GhostOnTheHalfShell uh why are they allowed to tell people to disperse, in violation of their constitutional right to assemble?

these violations need to carry criminal consequences for those violating their oaths

@bweller

You would think so, right?

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @bweller you'd need someone to enforce that, though … 🤷‍♀️