Activist jailed for Facebook post

wv wrote:

Well, as you well know, we could just post things all day, and reply “appalling” all day, 24 hours a day.

At any rate, this, needless to say is bad strategy —> “…Balogun’s specific actions at the rally, but noted the marchers’ anti-police statements, such as “oink oink bang bang” and “the only good pig is a pig that’s dead”. The agent also mentioned Balogun’s Facebook posts calling a murder suspect in a police officer’s death a “hero” and expressing “solidarity” with the man who killed officers in Texas when he posted: “They deserve what they got.”

Its not a crime, but its just bad political strategy.

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Yeah. That part … I mean…I don’t think it’s “arrest-worthy,” but it’s an ugly attitude to express, and as you say, bad strategy. I don’t know what people are thinking. Wishing death on other people isn’t…you know…nice. FFS.

Anyway. I’m really not liking what I’m seeing here. As you said, we can post something every day. This seriously feels like the beginning of the end. Habeas Corpus is gone. Gone! And with the internet and cellphones, the powerful have massive amounts of knowledge and control.

And what’s next? Mike Pence? That guy is certainly doing his best to position himself to inherit the Republican Party. That guy does nothing but suck up to Trump’s ego all day, every day, just biding his time. He knows the party is his when 45 hangs it up. Meanwhile, they are stacking the courts with conservative judges. McConnell has made that his priority since congress can’t do anything. The Dominionists are inches from controlling the whole thing.

I saw Sheldon Adelson just donated another $30 million to the RNC, and the Kochs are shooting at spending $400 million through their networks. Dunno what the Mercers are doing. These are smart, patient people, and they have a plan. All the liberals are talking about a blue tsunami, but there are few competitive seats, and you can bet we will see record amounts of money spent to maintain them.