Cop Mini-Drama: St. Louis Anonymous Protest - March 12, 2011

[anonprkour]

what if you call the cops ahead of time and tell them when you are going to be there and what you will be doing then when the scilons call the cops will be annoyed with them and not you.

[jibety66]

‎"Citizens may resist unlawful arrest even to the point of taking an arresting officer's life if necessary.” Plummer v. State, 136 Ind. 306.

also im pretty sure the sidewalk is public property

[AgentxAnonymous]

Those cops are scummy lazy fucks who don't give a damn about justice.

[ShowMeNoHate]

Contact the ACLU of Eastern Missouri. Next time go there with a legal witness who will be unmasked and not participate in the protest. We do this at the Catholic Churches we protest. In fact, the next time you go contact me. I will be your legal witness. ShowMeNoHate at g mail dot com.

[MsBLiP]

Officer Bubble's little brother . . .

[liekmudkip]

there were times you had some epic boobage with you st louis :-D

[mollie2810]

So people do have a right to protest but $ciloons just can't stand that, huh? Shows their respect for the law. Nice protest, guys.

[StrongStrength]

Wow, looks like you guys got majorly jobbed by the police... even if there is some sort of law preventing you from being on the sidewalk of their side of the street (which I doubt, given that someone got arrested for that back in '09 and it never amounted to anything), there is no good reason why the the police's story should change from "do me a favor" to "leave or cuffs" like that.

[anon8109]

Thanks for protesting. Every protest counts, you never know when a victim of the Scientology enterprise will see a sign and decide to find out more online. You never know when "fresh meat", what Scientology calls potential victims, will educate themselves before buying into the brainwashing.

[b1p0l4rt]

Good work; don't piss off the cops. We need them. Can you get away with pacing on either side of the org? Perhaps staying away from their precious steps would work. If not, stay across the street. They still know you're there!

[RadioPaul1]

@b1p0l4rt Piss them off? Need them? I for one don't need cops that make the law as the go to HELP the cult get what it wants. One should not be afraid to stand up for ones rights. I hope you mean that handling it they way the protesters did was good but not mean they should not complain about it.

[b1p0l4rt]

@RadioPaul1 It WAS good the way they handled it. Antagonizing the cops isn't smart. The idea is to stay protesting.

[ThetanBait]

@b1p0l4rt It's a fine line to tread. I have no desire to piss off the cops. However, I felt that if we moved across the street in response to a complaint that we were "impeding the traffic of parishioners", it would be an implicit admission of guilt, as were not doing so.

The University City cops have enough on their plate as it is, so shouldn't have to devote resources to this non-issue.

[b1p0l4rt]

@ThetanBait We were faced with the same situation. We complained as well; and, for a minute, we felt we had admitted guilt. Then Xenu took over, and we decided that protesting was a win; we shall NOT be dismissed! We still stay across the street, but they hate that they can't make us give up. LULZY. Either way, you guys handled the situation like champs - Noice!

[AnonOrange]

Next time you protest, bring that with you:

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241 Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both.

[RadioPaul1]

@AnonOrange I can think of about 300 cases where the cult could be charged under this.

[AnonOrange]

I wouldn't call that a "favor"!

BTW, what ever happened to AnonAce? He got arrested at the same place about two years ago for essentially the same thing.

Please go to your local city council or county Board of Supervisors. Make a speech about this.

We absolutely CANNOT let scientology win such situations.

[ThetanBait]

@AnonOrange As I recall, Ace was released without charges after being held for 19 hours, and then got a bit of a run-around when inquiring about his arrest and why they surfed his laptop.

We're contacting Ace about this latest incident.

[RadioPaul1]

That is why you don't turn the camera off. Time to file a complaint with internal affairs. Ask for the officer to be retrained.

[ThetanBait]

@RadioPaul1 It's the second time I've been told to turn off the cam. I'll have to research what the state and local laws are regarding this (I know some states restrict filming police).

But yes, we will definitely be pursuing this.

[cyberbrian5]

@ThetanBait There is a constitutional right to film from public property, including police officers, provided you are not interfering with police action (i.e. standing 2ft away from the arrest of a violent individual). Search for the "photography is not a crime" blog to learn your rights. And keep your camera rolling next time!