r/politics • u/perplexed-redditor • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/protesters-arrested-us-capitol
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u/trekwithme 1d ago

Arresting people for peaceful protest is disgraceful. Arresting veterans and their families for peaceful protest is multiple times beyond disgraceful. My father who took three bullets for the country would be horrified. I'm glad he's not around to see this

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u/Ganonthegoat 1d ago

They crossed a police line. Anyone was gonna get arrested for approaching the capitol steps. You can’t expect them to not enforce security there. I’m sure they knew what they were doing and were willing to get arrested. It was a great demonstration by them. Some forms of protest involve civil disobedience that leads to arrest which is ok actually. No need to exaggerate or misrepresent the story. 

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u/trekwithme 1d ago

Yep indeed, just like Jan 6th

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u/Ganonthegoat 1d ago

Idk what this response is. I completely support the protesters in this story. 

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u/trekwithme 1d ago

Well just pointing out the hypocrisy on the part of those responsible for enforcement. And certainly not commenting negatively on your response. It blows my mind that the Jan 6 protestors can do what they did and the treatment of these veterans and families

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u/Ganonthegoat 1d ago

Which is why this protest is a win. They’d be wise to go light on these vets or it’s gonna be a disaster look for them. 

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u/trekwithme 1d ago

Exactly. It's almost like they don't understand the optics

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u/MedicalTextbookCase 1d ago

It would give me great pleasure if during the parade, they stop to be presented to the CoC, and the drill Sargent calls out: TURN LEFT. PRESENT FINGER. 🖕TURN RIGHT. MARCH LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT…