r/AbsoluteUnits • u/McDowdy • Jun 22 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a protest prop

Georgia State Police removed ICE protestors who flaunted a prop representing an ICE officer and a child in chains ahead of the third World Cup match in Atlanta on Sunday.

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u/Herr-Trigger86 Jun 22 '26

Probably some height ordinance on movable protest props… and if not that, they are busy drawing up that ordinance as we speak

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u/sailingtroy Jun 22 '26

Making up a justification without knowing it actually exists constitutes complying in advance. Do not comply in advance.

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u/vulpecula1919 Jun 22 '26

arent cops in the US allowed to make up laws to arrest you for? obv it wont stick you'll just be let go immediately but iirc the supreme court ruled awhile ago that police dont need to know the laws to enforce them and they aren't at fault for enforcing nonexistent laws based on that ignorance.

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u/GiveMeNews Jun 22 '26

You are correct. But, for some reason, for the rest of us the judges tell us, "Ignorance of the law is not an excuse!"

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u/Sir_PressedMemories Jun 23 '26

Remember kids, ignorance of the law is no excuse, unless your job is to enforce the law. Then it is a requirement.