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It is very dangerous if people can be arrested and detained when they voice their opposition.

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A 31-year-old man who has filed a criminal complaint and a lawsuit in Sapporo, saying police abused their power by restraining him when he was jeering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an election rally on July 15.

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Interesting new development, strong-arming the jeerers. Is this what the people of Okinawa, Nagasaki and Hiroshima who regualarly boo Shinzo, can expect from now on?

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His public appearance in public is rare, he is heckled ever time. Except at cherry blossom parties? He is vindictive enough to unleash the police on anyone who fails to see that he is not naked but swathed in golden robes.

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The thin end of the wedge. There needs to be more protest and dissent, that's a sign of democracy. It shows the people care about what direction their country is going and the type of politicians in charge.

A government is there to serve the people. Not the other way round.

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Yes, lets not go down that road shall we fellas? We all know where it leads.

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saying police abused their power by restraining him when he was jeering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

It might be more helpful if we knew the nature of the jeering.

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True indeed! This should be tomorrows headline. In a democracy you do not get arrested for jeering the government.

You may get tossed out of the venue sure...but arrested means you committed a crime.

What crime exactly?

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What crime exactly?

That's what I'd like to know. We don't get much information from the quote. Where I live, if I "jeered" a politician in a public place with foul language, I'd be arrested for breach of the peace. If I politely said I disagreed the person's policies, I'd be OK. There are probably a range of behaviors in between.

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