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In reply to the discussion: Student arrested after video mocking Charlie Kirk mourners goes viral [View all]Greg_In_SF
(1,312 posts)40. If she is found innocent
then she is innocent. If she is found guilty then she is guilty. The police simply effected an arrest of someone who is suspected of a crime. That's their job. I don't see anything unjust about this arrest, nor do I see it as racially motivated.
The situation then escalated when Booker allegedly shoved several people, including an elderly veteran and a young mother with her child - which prompted a physical altercation that spread into the street.
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Student arrested after video mocking Charlie Kirk mourners goes viral [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2025
OP
NO. It doesn't say what she DID. It says what arresting officers CLAIM she did. (nt)
Heidi
Sep 2025
#11
No, its not... but it IS the district attorney's job to elect not to prosecute and dismiss the matter outright.
Moostache
Sep 2025
#37
The difference is those bigots don't shove people which is what this person was charged with
EdmondDantes_
Sep 2025
#20
even if overturned this & many other things like it (mass firings of reporters, etc) will produce a HUGE chilling effect
Celerity
Sep 2025
#16
Pigs off campus and academic freedom to uphold what is enshrined in the constitution...
GreenWave
Sep 2025
#27