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[Dale C]

Anything harsher than a fine and deferred adjudication is uncalled for.

[BOREALIS]

Thousands Participate In ‘March For Truth’ To Demand Trump Be Held Accountable For Russia Ties

By Sean Colarossi on Sat, Jun 3rd, 2017 at 11:02 am

Americans are reminding Donald Trump that they will not rest until the truth comes out about his administration's ties to Russia.


With no end in sight when it comes to Donald Trump and his administration’s ties to Russia, thousands of Americans took to the streets on Saturday to ‘March for Truth’ and demand an “urgent investigation” into the president and his associates.

“We call for a #MarchForTruth on Saturday, June 3rd to raise our voices and let our elected leaders know that Americans want answers,” the ‘March for Truth’ website explains. [ https://www.marchfortruth.info/partners/ ] “The legitimacy of our democracy is more important than the interests of any party, or any President. So, we will rise together to call for a fair and impartial investigation, for the pursuit of truth, and for the restoration of faith in our electoral system and the Office of the Presidency.”

The demonstrations took place in cities all across the country, but New York City – Trump’s backyard – saw some of the largest crowds.

Pictures from NYC:

#MarchForTruth is underway in NYC ‘s Foley Square! pic.twitter.com/9jQvidL69Z https://twitter.com/MarchForTruth17/status/870999547920691200/photo/1
— #MarchForTruth (@MarchForTruth17) June 3, 2017

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBZxvSDUIAANBOi.jpg


Not to be outdone, other cities were in on the action as well.

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http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/03/thousands-participate-march-truth-demand-trump-held-accountable-russia-ties.html

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Independent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass Arrest

Alexei Wood live-streamed his every move and utterance to Facebook. Now he's one of the last journalists to face charges.

By Steven Nelson, Staff Writer | May 1, 2017, at 6:02 p.m.


Shattered glass litters the sidewalk after a Bank of America was targeted by anti-Trump protesters downtown. (Brett Ziegler for USN&WR)

“You are all going to jail,” a police officer shouted after being shown press credentials on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington. A different officer poked a reporter with a baton when he asked to leave.

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“The information presented was two-fold,” Stecklow says. “Initially, proof of prior work as journalist. It was documented that these individuals had attended other activities of interest, livestreamed and photographed such activities, and sold, or had these images posted on line for sale with a photo agency.”

Then, Stecklow says, “prosecutors performed their own due diligence to confirm that these journalists were in fact acting as journalists on January 20, documenting the activities and not organizing. Seemingly, this may have turned out different if the citizen journalist had somehow organized a carpool of activists and citizen journalists to travel together to D.C. “

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-05-01/independent-journalist-now-faces-70-years-in-prison-after-inauguration-mass-arrest

If you're going to have severe laws on the books you better be very careful how they are applied.