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Charges dropped against all 57 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested on UT campus (www.kut.org)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Dropped charges don’t necessarily mean that the records have been cleared. These 57 demonstrators may have an arrest on record for the rest of their lives. They’ll have to explain that while trying to rent a house, get a job, or any other number of things.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Their social credit got besmirched I guess. Why do employers or landlords even have access to this info?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Because it's a police state