• jaselle@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    She obviously was not trespassing. Slander would definitely be an escalation.

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        8 days ago

        She left when asked. The church was presumably open to people to come join in.

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        8 days ago

        Technically depending on where you are staying on property after you have been asked to leave counts as different types of crime. In America it’s a tresspass misdemeanor with fines usually a couple of hundred dollars so it’s not uncommon for folks to just pay the fee to be a nuisance. In Canada it’s called “Assault by Tresspass” and is considered for criminal purposes a form of assault and the fines are about 10 grand.

        Generally speaking if you want cops to enforce a law with enthusiasm you have to make it worth the systems while.