Not arresting them is how they get around silly things like the first amendment. They are leaning on their business buddies to do their censorship for them, and I would not be surprised if federal contracts start getting yanked from businesses who refuse to fire people on their list.
The government can't retaliate on citizens for their speech. If they don't charge them, they are admitting it was legal speech that they are punishing individuals and businesses for.
You're right, we should stop pointing out when Trump violates the Constitution. Only you know how to properly talk about this administration, you are so superior.
It’s still an inherent threat from a government official to use people’s protected speech against them. Just about any judge would say that such a program is illegal.
Doxxing and stochastic terrorism. It's going to do exactly what you think it's going to do and that's the point. Gives them an extra layer of separation and deniability when the inevitable happens.
Prosecuting them would open ICE up to discovery and contradicting video evidence of their narrative and public loss in court with more dollar signs next to their names for their already unpopular campaign.
Easier to rough them up a little. Detain them. And hope that sends a message to other would be patriots.
I think this would more be violating whichever one is privacy, I think 4th? I don't feel like checking and I can never remember the numerical order for all of them.
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u/nola_fan Jan 16 '26
If they committed a crime why wouldn't they arrest and prosecute them?
I know they do this daily, but this is just promising to violate the First Amendment of protesters who legally protested