jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoTraffic Blockade Protests Were a Nuisance. Lawmakers Want to Make Them a Felony.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down111
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minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-28 months agoAnd standing in the middle of traffic is jaywalking. But I thought shutting down traffic was good for democracy. Should people who block access to abortion clinics be punished or not?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago And standing in the middle of traffic is jaywalking. Then cops can issue tickets. There’s no reason to make it a felony except wanting to silence people cops don’t like.
And standing in the middle of traffic is jaywalking.
But I thought shutting down traffic was good for democracy. Should people who block access to abortion clinics be punished or not?
Then cops can issue tickets. There’s no reason to make it a felony except wanting to silence people cops don’t like.