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Man who played ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest song without permit cites UN rights treaty in court (hongkongfp.com)

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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess what? We have that in the US too. It's called civil asset forfeiture. Only your property is on trial and you have to prove it wasn't used to commit a crime.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

Yup, and we should 100% abolish that nonsense. And while we're at it, let's abolish qualified immunity as well.