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In reply to the discussion: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)THIS IS NOT what they intended. This is an abuse of the Grand Jury system and completely antithetical to what was intended by the FFs.
No crime was committed by these three protesters. They are engaging in another Constitutional right, it is called free speech. They are speaking about an unjust law, which many before them have done AND gone to jail also (see MLK eg) by engaging in Civil Disobedience. Do you oppose Civil Disobedience to protest bad laws also?
Is it your opinion that once a law is passed no matter how bad, everyone should just 'obey it' like sheep?
The law that put this woman in jail is an egregious abuse of the Grand Jury system and it badly needs to be rescinded.
This woman was not even part of the May Day protests, so what are you talking about regarding 'destruction of property'? She destroyed no property. She is being asked for her 'opinion of what her fellow protesters were thinking'. This is BS and it is Government abuse against innocent people. No law can make it right no matter how you run to the 'law' to try to justify it.
I guess you would have said the same thing about the laws that forbade African Americans and Women to vote, 'oh well, it's the law and if you don't like it then change it, until then too bad'.
Well guess what, THAT IS WHAT THIS WOMAN IS DOING. She is beginning the process of what it takes to get bad laws rescinded by bringing attention to something most Americans were not aware of.
You seem to prefer we act like sheep and take whatever nasty medicine governments decide to force down our throats.
With that attitude African Americans and Women would still not be able to vote. Thank the gods for people like these three protesters, THEY are the ones and their predecessors, who keep this country free for everyone, even those who can't see their freedoms slipping away from them.