Occupy LA Protester Arrest For “Lynching”…
I wonder what Occupy-supporter Barack Obama thinks about this?
(MSNBC) — Sergio Ballesteros, 30, has been involved in Occupy LA since the movement had its California launch in October. But this week, his activism took an abrupt turn when he was arrested on a felony charge — lynching.
Under the California penal code, lynching is “taking by means of a riot of any person from the lawful custody of any peace officer,” where “riot” is defined as two or more people threatening violence or disturbing the peace. The original purpose of the legal code section 405(a) was to protect defendants in police custody from vigilante mobs — especially black defendants from racist groups.
Whether the police allegation in this case will be pursued by by California’s courts is uncertain. But the felony charge — which carries a potential four-year prison sentence — is the kind of accusation that can change the landscape for would-be demonstrators.
Ballesteros, a teacher-turned-social-activist, was one of two people arrested during an “art walk” in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. He and other Occupy LA activists — maybe 200, he said — had joined the procession to bring their message about social injustice to the thousands of gallery-goers.
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The Obama campaign has finally realized that his OWS crew is now a liability, and the word has come down from above to distance themselves from the rioters.
I’m sure some nutty ass representative will demand he be released, all behind scenes of course!
Hang him!
A teacher?
What does he teach, stupidity?
Lynch all occupyers wearing those stupid V for VENDETTA masks
???
My big legal advice : trespassing, disturbing the peace, property distraction.
“What is the name of the largest, best-organized and most feared gang in LA?”
“LAPD”
Old joke, but there’s some truth in there. You push them too hard, you will regret it.
What kind of “art walk “was this? No wait,maybe I don’t want know.
So who’d they lynch ?
“a teacher-turned-social-activist” so he got fired for kiddie porn,working under the influence or molesting a student?
Yup, true enough about LAPD—unless you were a rioter in LA in ’92. Worthless as shit during the Rodney King riots.
Ordered to stand down in ’92. Blame the brass.
“The original purpose of the legal code section 405(a) was to protect defendants in police custody from vigilante mobs — especially black defendants from racist groups.”
I’d like to see some documentation to back up the last portion of that, ahem, statement of fact.
Sergio was supposed to represent the Occutard movement on a MSNBC forum
on Jan. 13, 2012…
MSNBC was doing a forum between the TEA Party and the Occutards
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Tea and Occupy’ — a discussion/debate between members of the two movements
9 Jan 2012
5:01pm, EST
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9424662-tea-and-occupy-a-discussiondebate-between-members-of-the-two-movements
Sergio Ballesteros, 30, from Los Angeles area. A high school teacher for four years, he is now pursuing his master’s degree in urban teaching at UCLA and working occasionally as a substitute teacher. He camped outside City Hall for about six weeks at the Occupy Los Angeles encampment and was among those arrested when police cleared the site on Nov. 30.
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what is urban teaching…?
and why is there a Masters Degree attached to it…?