"In order to have a legal arrest, you need probable cause to believe that the person committed a crime. ... There is nothing in the law that allows “proactive arrest.”.. It’s the power of the people, and people are in the streets—hundreds of thousands of people in the streets in US cities, and in cities around the world—in support of the Movement for Black Lives, and against police brutality.. ... We can’t rely on the legal system, but it’s a tool that we have to use. ... There is an ACLU lawsuit ... asking for an injunction against these federal agents targeting legal observers, and targeting journalists as well, because the last thing in the world that the Trump administration and his goons want are witnesses, are media that are witnessing what’s happening ... there are lawsuits being filed in support of the real power, and that is the power of the people."
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Black Lives Matter
(BLM) is a decentralized, political and social movement. It advocates for non-violent civil disobedience. Its demands include the defunding of the police (demand 5). It opposed the unsuccessful Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 (demand 6) and protests against incidents of and racially motivated violence. It holds that Kyle Rittenhouse was unfairly acquitted, citing white privilege in the American legal system.
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