| ▲ | anikan_vader 13 hours ago |
| Arrested for refusing to yield to a motor vehicle on a public sidewalk? Curious to see if they can find any jury in the land that won’t laugh this one out… |
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| ▲ | daeken 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| No, she was arrested for disobeying police orders. But whether they're lawful orders or not is a different matter; strongly suspect that if this went to trial, she'd have a decent 1st amendment argument, which is why it won't go to trial. (ACAB, but also this is a pretty standard part of civil disobedience -- getting arrested is just part and parcel, for better and worse.) |
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| ▲ | derektank 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I don’t know why you think she’d have a 1st amendment case; intentionally obstructing public passages is a crime in PA. Time, use, and manner restrictions are widely understood to be constitutional as long as they are content neutral and do not restrict expression. If she was following behind or in front of the robot with a sign, that would be one thing, but intentionally blocking someone or something almost certainly does not constitute protected speech in itself. | | |
| ▲ | chrisweekly 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | This being a motorized vehicle on a pedestrian sidewalk, that "widely understood to be constitutional[ly protected]" is a stretch. |
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| ▲ | chrisweekly 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | "ACAB" - "All Cops Are Bastards" (Not endorsing this view, just spelling it out bc I had to look it up.) | |
| ▲ | zamalek 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > But whether they're lawful orders or not is a different matter; strongly suspect that if this went to trial Right: you win arguments against cops in court, not on the street. Unless you're in your home, and they don't have a warrant. | | |
| ▲ | nativeit 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | “…now let’s sprinkle some crack on this [homeowner], and get out of here.” |
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| ▲ | bentobean 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | ACAB? | | |
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| ▲ | Aurornis 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| No, it was for this: > ignored multiple commands from officers to move. > She was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. The fact that it was a robot doesn’t really matter. Blocking traffic on a sidewalk and refusing to stop after police intervened was the basis for the charge. |
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| ▲ | bdangubic 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | there is not traffic on the sidewalk :) | | |
| ▲ | blooalien 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | > there is not traffic on the sidewalk "Foot traffic" is a thing, and is typically (AFAIK) the only type of "traffic" strictly legal on sidewalks in many (most/all?) places in the USA. |
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