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A retired Penn professor has been blocking Uber Eats robots for months. This week, she got arrested for it (www.phillyvoice.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53250107

Police confirmed they had responded to a report of "criminal mischief involving a robot" on the 1200 block of Filbert Street around 1:16 p.m. on Wednesday. A woman on the scene ignored "multiple commands" to move, they said, resulting in a criminal violation notice for disorderly conduct.

Uber declined to comment.

Marvin, who plans to contest the charge on the grounds of her First Amendment right to protest, has been undeterred by the arrest. She plans to continue blocking Uber Eats robots and chatting with curious passersby who ask what she's doing.

"It allows me to talk to people about what's going on," she said. "It's always very interesting conversations that we have, and I think it's good to have those kinds of conversations in public space."

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[–] 14 points 3 days ago*

They also protect all of us from violent thieves, rapists, and psychopaths.

Literally no. The real psychopaths are the people who believe this bullshit copaganda.

Cops don't prevent crime. They have no legal obligation to protect us. Cops supposedly help to "punish" crime (ie. torture people in cages) but even that's bullshit. Less than 1% of rapes lead to felony convictions. And anybody who's ever been robbed can tell you that police don't do shit.

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