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Charges dropped against all 57 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested on UT campus (www.kut.org)
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Hell yeah, Austin. Hell yeah, Garza.

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[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There should be some kind of punishment for knowingly arresting people you can't charge with a crime. This has happened at numerous protests for years, dozens of people arrested, released without a single charge.

Isn't false imprisonment or abduction a crime? The police use this as a disruption tactic, they don't care about the likelihood of actual charges.

[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 32 points 6 months ago

I agree that such arrests are just a fear-inducing (i.e. "state terror") tactic. It sounds like the final decision to pursue/not-pursue charges was up to a judge, at least in this case. It would be interesting to know if the cops knew or cared about what (and what quality) evidence they had or didn't have.

Police arrested 57 people for criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor akin to loitering. Travis County Attorney Delia Garza's office said Friday all those charges have been dismissed after a county judge found insufficient evidence to proceed.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

They only have to believe that you committed a crime, they aren't required to know or understand how the law works.

[-] Boinkage@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

The cops personal state of belief doesn't matter, they just need to be able to show probable cause.

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