• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    which in turn allows for the organizer or organizers of a protest to “be held liable for the illegal actions of someone else who attended the protest.”

    The DOJ: Holds Donald Trump liable for the illegal actions of all Jan 6 protestors.

    Conservatives: “Wait, not like that!”

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      This is legitimately dangerous though. Now big oil can just hire an actor to throw a rock and a climate protest can be shut down. Not to mention police protests are pretty much illegal now.

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        They would never do that. They’ve done it all the time before, but surely they’ve learned their lesson.