Prosecutors have not explained why the charges against him were dropped
They need to explain why he was arrested.
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Abolish is to flourish! Against the prison industrial complex and for transformative justice.
See Critical Resistance's definitions below:
The Prison Industrial Complex
The prison industrial complex (PIC) is a term we use to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.
Through its reach and impact, the PIC helps and maintains the authority of people who get their power through racial, economic and other privileges. There are many ways this power is collected and maintained through the PIC, including creating mass media images that keep alive stereotypes of people of color, poor people, queer people, immigrants, youth, and other oppressed communities as criminal, delinquent, or deviant. This power is also maintained by earning huge profits for private companies that deal with prisons and police forces; helping earn political gains for "tough on crime" politicians; increasing the influence of prison guard and police unions; and eliminating social and political dissent by oppressed communities that make demands for self-determination and reorganization of power in the US.
Abolition
PIC abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment.
From where we are now, sometimes we can't really imagine what abolition is going to look like. Abolition isn't just about getting rid of buildings full of cages. It's also about undoing the society we live in because the PIC both feeds on and maintains oppression and inequalities through punishment, violence, and controls millions of people. Because the PIC is not an isolated system, abolition is a broad strategy. An abolitionist vision means that we must build models today that can represent how we want to live in the future. It means developing practical strategies for taking small steps that move us toward making our dreams real and that lead us all to believe that things really could be different. It means living this vision in our daily lives.
Abolition is both a practical organizing tool and a long-term goal.
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That's not quite true. The police will have to explain why he was arrested. The prosecutors have to explain why they kept him locked up for more than a few hours, because they had to make a showing of probable cause before a magistrate to keep him there.
Yeah, free speech in country of freedom (says Hollywood)
*wrongful arrest
“Bushart is now planning to sue, his attorney Joshua Phillips told The Washington Post.”
Hard to prove wrongful arrest, and should be, else every arrest would be a court challenge. I've been on the wrong side of prima facie. Cop says so, it's true. I get it. But this one is for the fucking books.
There was no threat, implied or explicit. No way the local pigs or DA can spin this. And believe this, anything you say can be a threat, good enough for arrest, good enough for "assault".
Had a redneck chase me down the creek today, from his side. He was oh so very careful not to make an actionable threat. (Probably helped that I was clearly armed. Amazing how polite people are when you have a gun on your pack.) "You're on my land! I called the person who owns the other land! What's your name? You live in $neighborhood?" Goddamn he would not leave me alone until I got past where he could continue chasing me. Kept my fucking mouth shut, walked quick. So much as, "Go fuck yaself!" might have brought pigs down on me. (Assuming the the fat bastards wanted to search miles and miles of trail.)
Called my MAGA neighbor a fascist and his wife a fat, froggy little Nazi. Told him he could die in a fire. BAM! Cops at my door. "You threaten to burn him?" I STFU except to tell them no threats were exchanged and they could go on their way. And I did not step outside my door. That's important. Pig threatened to trump up a charge, I said nothing, not even a dare. They went away.
All that to say, I feel this man has a case. The government directly impinged on his free speech. A month in jail?! Any lawyer could spin that into a shitload of damages. Can't find the screenshot ATM (help?), but it's laughable. No threat, implied or explicit.