New York City Cops Seek Federal Court Approval to Mass Arrest Protesters Without Warning

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5. Aiding and abetting

As long as they can get the support of enough irrational fools who are afraid of some "group X" that poses no threat to them, they will be able to get away with nonsense like this. Convince enough small groups to support you because of their individual fears and all of a sudden you have majority support for it. It is just the whole Bush-era detention nonsense writ small and local. “We get a free pass on ignoring rights/laws for an entire group...just because.”