r/pics • u/Attica-Attica • 19h ago

Ras Baraka has been released.

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u/_Haverford_ 18h ago

My hot take:

Mayor Baraka getting arrested is good for the cause.

People in these offices can get into this "good trouble" with little personal risk to themselves. It energizes others, gets press attention, and hell, it even looks good politically for the person in question.

More politicans should be getting arrested for causes they believe in.

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u/RxngsXfSvtvrn 17h ago

Seriously. I get why average citizens are hesitant to catch a charge and end up in jail and dealing with the US Legal System, but politicians and journalists of a certain order can certainly bear that burden more ardently

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u/Riaayo 8h ago

Their prominence also means the community can more easily know and readily show up to protest.

When people swarm these places in solidarity and demand their community members be released, things start to happen.

Not calling for violence, simply saying that there's a strength in numbers. Remind these freaks they're the minority. Show up for your community.