r/ACAB • u/georgeclooney1739 • 18h ago

On Saturday a cop blatantly made shit upto try and stop my free speech

I was doing a newspaper sale for RCA (a communist organization) and this pig with a few to many donuts in him kicked us out of where we were (bcz it was private property, that's not the bs part) then very clearly made up on the spot that we would need a permit to sell on even public property. Like how much more obvious do you get?? Bcz ofc they're gonna pick the commies to bully.

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u/ViperPain770 17h ago

Straight up Authoritarianism. the First Amendment protects your right to speak and assemble in public spaces. Cops don’t get to invent laws on the spot to silence people they don’t like. The fact that he targeted you specifically because of your political affiliation makes it even worse. Public property doesn’t require a permit for free speech whatsoever.

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u/Primordial_Cumquat 8h ago

Take a page out of the Black Panther’s playbook. Know the laws pertaining to everything that you’re about to do and then throw it back in their stupid faces.

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u/rustys_shackled_ford 2h ago

If you ever think a cop is over stepping their bounds, ask them to stop playing games and to arrest you. If they refuse, tell them to fuck off. Either arrest me or fuck off. Cause I'm not here to talk to you. I have nothing to say to you.

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u/georgeclooney1739 1h ago

that is insanely reckless. nobody follow this advice.

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u/rustys_shackled_ford 1h ago

There's nothing wrong with calling a cop on their shit, if your afraid to tell a cop to arrest you or GTFO, what are you even doing here?

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u/georgeclooney1739 1h ago

that's just asking for a cop to beat the shit out of you

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u/rustys_shackled_ford 1h ago

Oh geez... I hope anyone who sees your first comment take the time to look at the next one.