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37. This is police state. And, yes, it will make protest a felony.

Reply to daredtowork (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 08:23 PM

Feb 2015

Every protester threatened with arrest who sits down...

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NYPD Officials Tell Lawmakers to Make Resisting Arrest a Felony [View all] ariesgem Feb 2015 OP

I have a better idea bluestateguy Feb 2015 #1

Clever right-wing talking point. salib Feb 2015 #28

Not where cop unions are concerned. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #32

Unions are not the problem here. salib Feb 2015 #33

The cop unions consistently get bad cops off the hook. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #36

The only thing that is going to protect honest cops from retaliation is a union salib Feb 2015 #39

Screw that, the only thing that is going to protect EVERYBODY from the cops is busting their unions MohRokTah Feb 2015 #40

Yep, as I said salib Feb 2015 #45

You can only give convenient cop-apologist talking points. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #48

+1000 Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #34

So every minor arrest can then be turned into a felony...n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #2

That's not a bug. It's a feature. n/t QC Feb 2015 #5

Exactly. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #20

Yep. So, if you resist arrest you are felon. salib Feb 2015 #29

Exactly. You can't resist, EVER. woo me with science Feb 2015 #43

Most resisting arrest charges are trumped up. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #47

+10000000 It cements the police state. Period. woo me with science Feb 2015 #50

Hmm 25 years eh? pipoman Feb 2015 #3

Points out that it is not about discouraging bad behavior. salib Feb 2015 #30

This is aimed at criminalizing protesters daredtowork Feb 2015 #4

This is police state. And, yes, it will make protest a felony. woo me with science Feb 2015 #37

That's so true!! The nonviolent protestors in MLK's day would be felons adigal Feb 2015 #46

So Cops with attitudes like asshole Lynch can claim every encounter leads to a Felony ( if they feel pkdu Feb 2015 #6

A very bad idea. The police use "Resisting arrest" all the time to MineralMan Feb 2015 #7

how bout being on the NYPD = a felony? nt msongs Feb 2015 #8

Fuck the NYPD & their entire organized crime unit. giftedgirl77 Feb 2015 #9

Supurb! Turn NY, NY into a complete Police State. 99Forever Feb 2015 #10

The NYPD continues on with their racist and fascist agenda dissentient Feb 2015 #11

My son "rioting" and "assaulting" NYPD catnhatnh Feb 2015 #12

Here's the scenario. rug Feb 2015 #13

People have been arrested for resisting arrest Downwinder Feb 2015 #14

it's a good day to donate to the ACLU grasswire Feb 2015 #15

+100000000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #19

In others words, they want a license to kill with no consequences. nt procon Feb 2015 #16

Tax people for being dark skinned. Turbineguy Feb 2015 #17

This is important. This is ominous. This is a trial balloon. woo me with science Feb 2015 #18

K&R - for exposing this travesty. oh and Fuck the NYPD & Pat Lynch 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #21

Bratton has tried to anwer his critics by saying . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #22

Who is operating and evaluating CompStat? Downwinder Feb 2015 #35

Indeed! markpkessinger Feb 2015 #41

The method to this madness is Hutzpa Feb 2015 #23

Also edhopper Feb 2015 #24

Fuck.No. Iggo Feb 2015 #25

We won't abuse it... "Trust Us!" SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #26

Like the little lady lawyer from San Francisco woud be a felon? IADEMO2004 Feb 2015 #27

Fuck that noise! I have been accused of being a cop apologist ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #31

Yeah, fuck that. truebrit71 Feb 2015 #38

This shit should be front page news Ramses Feb 2015 #42

exactly Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #44

K&R The police state being constructed around us. woo me with science Feb 2015 #49

Yeah, the all-purpose thing to charge people with when they can't get them on anything else. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #51

Bratton needs to resign. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #52