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stopdiggin

(11,399 posts)
11. invariably - the police have been requested to clear a certain area
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 12:27 PM
Apr 26

(supposedly by people with the authority to authorize)
Following this (and ample warning to 'occupiers') those individuals that fail to leave voluntarily are no longer 'lawful' in their actions or presence. And at this point it really doesn't matter if you are a student, faculty, college dean, or random passer by. You've been given a lawful order to 'leave' this particular property or area - and failure to do so makes you subject to arrest for a variety of things (most often trespass, failure to, disorderly, blocking and/or interference .. ). Further - if you are so foolish as to clash and fight with LE, you are also looking at assault, resisting .. etc. All of which are determined by the individual's actions following a lawful order.

Protest obviously can be carried out in a legal fashion. There are times however when that is neither the aim nor intent - and everybody should be aware the dynamic at play - and the consequences therein.

And it should be fairly apparent at this point that LE did NOT just randomly show up at XYZ quad to pick on a particular political group or inhibit free speech. They came because the owner (or other authorized authority) asked them to address illegal activity.

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