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moniss

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6. The old tactic used even in the
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:03 PM
Jul 28

'50's and '60's against protesters. Claim they were doing things they weren't and lock them up. No cell phones at that time to help out. It wouldn't matter how many witnesses you had. They would just claim the witnesses were wrong. It really used to get bad for some protesters once the cops got you in the station. Security cameras and such just weren't around like today. You might go in looking OK but you might come out not feeling too well.

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