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Bumbles

(582 posts) Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:24 AM 22 hrs ago

A citizen documenting ""the creeping police state."

". . . one of the Oklahoma state troopers he argued with before his arrest told him that the US was obviously a free society “because you can be out here and you can video all you want to … Go to China, they’d run over you in a tank in Red Square.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/reflecting-pool-arrest-washington-dc

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A citizen documenting ""the creeping police state." (Original Post) Bumbles 22 hrs ago OP

One of my first bosses told me, Haggard Celine 21 hrs ago #1

Haggard Celine

(17,990 posts)

1. One of my first bosses told me,

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Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:53 AM

21 hrs ago

"when you argue with a fool, you've got two fools arguing." Don't argue with state troopers. It'll disrupt your trip and cost you a fair amount of money.

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