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On the scene of the Amazon strike in Maspeth, the NYPD is trying to break the picket, engaging in arrests of union members and engaging in physical confrontations with workers and their supporters.

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Protests and pickets are not supposed to be so confined that no one notices. Rosa Parks went to jail twics because organizing a boycott was illegal. We can no longer allow the laws set up to protect the rich to stop us. Shame on the police and the police union for being used to bust unions for bezos

JVL's law: Any organization that doesn't resist Trump will be subsumed by Trump. And the police unions will be all for it - at first. Then they will realize they've been used by a GOP that will never have their backs. You know, like veterans.

If the "scabs" get through and happen to leave all their fully loaded Amazon trucks in the middle of a neighborhood, wide open, I don't see how that's crossing the picket line. Its just moving the line elsewhere.

Didn't think Amazon had that much money to pay NYPD to do their bidding... WHAT WAS I THINKING! Of course Amazon does. Way to go Blue. Cash that check- Guess a 2nd house in LI, a wife, kids & 3 girlfriends across 2 boroughs ain't cheap.

Just a reminder. 1. ACAB includes your uncle who’s a “good cop” 2. Cops are the embodiment of the “monopoly on violence” that grant govs legitimacy 3. Cops aren’t workers 4. Cops are terrorists for capital in the class war 5. When you have the numbers, de-arrest your comrades #FuckThePolice

My uncle definitely wasn't a "good cop," and was super racist. He'd run red lights with impunity, and was generally a total dick. They serve the establishment, protect the status quo, and keep the peace for capitalism. #ACAB

IS IT PAST TIME TO BOYCOTT AMAZON? I FIND THAT I CAN ORDER EVERYTHING I USED TO ORDER FROM AMAZON FROM OTHER ON-LINE RESOURCES PLUS TARGET, WALMART and LOCAL GROCERY STORES & PHARMACIES. SO, I DON'T THINK I'LL MISS AMAZON.

Don't let the Nazis take hold Start the #resistance in your city, call friends and family. Organize a march or a protest. Remember to remain NON-VIOLENT. Use your voice and your pen. Teach the girls how to fight dirty. (YBMC) Teach boys to respect/protect women. There is no time to lose! Start NOW.

they literally cannot arrest people for being on strike, the right to strike is protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) under certain conditions, and those conditions are basically "don't be violent" ~<3

"Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic, ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted, and police are basically an occupying army"

If they block the road they get arrested. It’s pretty simple. Being arrested is part of the deal of being a peaceful protester. Actions. Consequences. For those who don’t want to be arrested they stay on the sidewalk. Those taking a stronger position should expect it. It’s kinda the point.

Well they're doing their job, you can't block streets because somebody can get hurt and then it would be the protesters upset that the police let them get hurt or Amazon upset that the police let the protesters in the street