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Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestine protesters on UT-Austin campus amid tense standoff
(www.texastribune.org)
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So could the Police legally arrest peaceful protesters because non-students joined the protest?
I saw the anti-semitic b******* but if it's a peaceful protest in support of Palestine, it would seem really easy to sue the police over constitutional violations.
That's a big risk to take to violate a constitutional right.
TX DPS and APD have a long history of violating constitutional rights.
I can believe that. But you can still bring lawsuits against them, one's gotta stick according to sheer numbers. That's how change starts
Except the police don't suffer repercussions for those lawsuits. The taxpayers are the ones who pay them. The police union protects the cops and the police union never gets successfully sued.
Often they don't, sometimes they do.
Never trying because something is difficult is not the way to effect change.
I have honestly never heard of a successful lawsuit against a police union. I understand the 'always try' idea, but lawsuits cost money and there's the concept of throwing good money after bad. Maybe using that money to fight for reforms in the political arena would be a better idea?
Fighting back against constitutional violations is the epitome of advancing reform in a political arena in which those rights are being constantly eroded.
Fighting for the legitimacy of essential social and personal rights guaranteed to you by the constitution of your country is in no way a waste of resources.
But successful lawsuits don't make legal rulings on constitutional violations.
I'm not sure why you think that, but good news: lawsuits absolutely can result in rulings on constitutional violations.
Lawsuits are how citizens frequently address their constitutional violations.