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Yeah. I typed poorly. Even then, the thrust of that sentence is legit: I'm not sure how they can prove that he intended to aid criminal activities.

Even then, there are all kinds of shades of grey. I personally wanted to spread information about the event to as many people as possible. Would that enable people to protest longer by evading police? I guess so. Would it enable people who just wanted to stay away from any trouble to not come near? Yeah.

Additionally, I'm unsure as to what the law says in this situation: if a policeman gives me an unlawful order, and I don't follow it, is that illegal? I was under the impression that it's illegal to disobey a lawfully given order.

In any case, this whole thing is one big giant mess.



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