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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The tweet:

Abbass tweeted: "How about this, premier of N.L.: I'm going to bring down Confederation and have politicians executed. Ready to have me shot, coward?"

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

The point of this isn't that he got detained and questioned because of the tweet. That's completely valid.

It's because police harassed and punished him for weeks afterwards. Police forced him into a mental institution for 6 days and court documents show the officers involved laughed about it and called him a "loser" in text messages to each other. That seems like extrajudicial punishment and abuse of authority.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Fair enough! I agree that's too far

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

This seems like a FAFO situation.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I didn't want to include my opinion with the tweet (so the quote doesn't get buried by people who disagree) but I agree with you. It's a pretty direct threat.

I'm no fan of the police but misplaced blame helps no one.

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