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Charges dropped against all 57 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested on UT campus (www.kut.org)
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[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dropped charges don’t necessarily mean that the records have been cleared. These 57 demonstrators may have an arrest on record for the rest of their lives. They’ll have to explain that while trying to rent a house, get a job, or any other number of things.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Their social credit got besmirched I guess. Why do employers or landlords even have access to this info?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Because it's a police state