Insight: Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests
www.reuters.com
Simon Lachner had plans to glue himself to a German city thoroughfare in June to call public attention to climate change. Instead, he ended up in police custody before he'd even left his home.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1289623

Archived version: https://archive.ph/WSP4Q
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230810163936/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-rise-climate-direct-action-europe-cracks-down-2023-08-10/

  • copandballtorture [ey/em]3•11 months ago

    Do these become jury trials? In the near future, I could see jury nullification of these cases the same way abolitionists did it 200 years ago.

    porky-happy Judge: "You stand accused of helping a slave escape, here is irrefutable proof."

    douglass-vibing Jury: "We find the defendant NOT GUILTY" troll

    porky-scared-flipped

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zip4•11 months ago

      Germany doesn't have jury trials and France only uses them in very rare criminal cases.