• OsrsNeedsF2P
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    3 months ago

    police threatened protesters with arrest, handcuffed them, transported them to the police station, confiscated their phones and cameras and criminally charged them — all common elements of being arrested.

    Lmao it sounds so obvious but they claim the union organizers weren’t actually arrested

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      3 months ago

      On what grounds where they arrested?

      Edit: None whatsoever.

      … after warning them they would be “subject to arrest,” for remaining on “Amazon property,” amid a crowd of protesters.

      The Teamsters say the incident took place on public land outside the warehouse, where police have informed workers they can safely protest.

      aKshuALly:

      An NYPD spokesperson said the agency did not have an arrest record on file for the incident. They said a criminal court summons did not qualify as an arrest.

      So there was no arrest at all. They just took them in for their own good ya know :)

      Also a cool line from this washington post article:

      Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.