A Block Club investigation found dozens of protesters arrested by state police are still facing criminal charges for minor infractions, such as sitting on a concrete barrier — even after Gov. JB Pritzker vowed to protect their First Amendment rights.
Even giving the cops the benefit of the doubt, that they aren’t trying to quash free speech.
Cops are bastards who have only one tool at their disposal to handle everything. Arrests.
So they use it arbitrarily and frequently. They have no consequences for using it. Ever.
Someone disagrees? Arrest. Someone doesn’t do what the cop tells them? Arrest.
They’ll find a reason after the fact.
Their “lawful” orders or demands are things they want, and the only law behind them, is their ability to arrest you and leave you fucked having to sort it out later in the courts. They claim they are giving lawful orders ALL THE FUCKING TIME.
Cops need to be held accountable, personally, for every arrest that is thrown out. For every, single, time they THREATEN to arrest someone. Criminal penalties for arresting someone and THEN figuring out what to charge them with. If they don’t fucking know when they pull the cuffs out, they should face criminal and civil charges.
And fuck every cop that backs up another with trying to trump up charges after they arrest someone, too.