cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/67529

The Department of Justice is trying to prosecute a man allegedly involved in the movement against Atlanta’s Cop City for using a “duress” password on his smartphone that reportedly wiped its contents, in a seemingly unprecedented line of prosecution as the Trump administration expands its methods of criminalizing those with left-wing beliefs. According to The Guardian, the defendant…

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 days ago

    Yeah, an area covering the places where over half of the population lives.

    Remember when Republicans were up in arms over the country becoming a police state rather than cheering for it? Pepperidge Farm does.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      They were never serious about that.

      The dipshits that actually believe(d) in that were just talking about Barack/Hillary/Bill/Joe coming for their guns or their Bibles or some other fantasy version of those Democrats and their policies.

      Shoving gays back in the closet and invalidating their marriages, murdering trans, deporting brown people and forcing xtianity on everyone: that’s just freedom.