GET TO KNOW YOUR MISDEMEANORS
Because marching every other Saturday from noon to 3pm isn’t going to cut it anymore.
You feel it in your gut.
The president of the United States just proposed giving farmers and hoteliers the power to “vouch” for undocumented workers — not to protect them, but to own responsibility for them. No pathway to citizenship. No rights. Just a handshake and a new collar.
This isn’t policy. It’s feudalism.
Wrapped in a flag.
Delivered with applause.
We don’t fight this by asking nicely.
We don’t wait for a hashtag to trend.
We disrupt. Strategically. Repeatedly. Accountably.
That means civil disobedience — the real kind.
It means misdemeanors and courtrooms.
Not violence. Not vandalism for vanity.
But deliberate, moral trespass in full view of history.
20 LEGAL LINES WORTH CROSSING
1. Trespassing
When injustice hides behind private property, step over the line.
2. Disorderly Conduct
They want a quiet collapse. Give them noise.
3. Obstruction of a Public Passage
Slow it down. Make the machine stutter.
4. Failure to Disperse
They don’t get to tell you when your body stops mattering.
5. Unlawful Assembly
If you’re waiting for permission, you’re not assembling — you’re attending.
6. Loitering
Exist where they don’t want you to. It’s a revolutionary act.
7. Vandalism (Under $500)
Truth in spray paint is still truth.
8. Criminal Mischief
The system calls it mischief when it doesn’t have the guts to call it protest.
9. Public Nuisance
If you’re not a nuisance to power, you’re probably not a threat to it.
10. Interfering with Government Operations
Interrupt the lie. Don’t apologize.
11. Resisting Arrest (Without Violence)
Dead weight is still defiance.
12. Failure to Identify
You owe them nothing but your refusal.
13. Noise Violation
Let your voice shake windows.
14. Open Container
Toast to disobedience. Sip slowly. Spill loudly.
15. Littering
Thousands of flyers scattered like leaves — that's not litter, that's literature.
16. Tampering with a Public Sign
A well-placed sticker is a sermon.
17. Posting Without a Permit
Post it anyway. They can’t stop what multiplies in daylight.
18. Improper Use of the American Flag
If they’re burning rights, burn the symbol too.
19. [REDACTED]
(This one crosses more than a line. It rewrites the map.)
20. Disturbing the Peace
Peace without justice is just anesthesia.
THIS ISN’T A SCAVENGER HUNT.
But if it were?
You’d already be leveling up.
Choose your charge.
Make it count.
Show up in court with a speech, not an excuse.
Let them say you broke the law.
Let history say you broke the silence.
The goons are coming for all of us, just one class of people at a time. Citizen? So what? If you are brown, maybe Greek or Turkish or Indian, have a latin sounding last name, again, so what? Brown is brown, you’re outta here. Shades don’t matter either. Fascists only want to name an enemy, makes no difference which people they choose to point their ‘hatred’ at. Who’s next? You? Me? That is also irrelevant. What matters to them is that made up hatred and the name they’ve attached to it. There will always be some scapegoat for their actions. It’s never their fault, they always gave a good reason for their cruelty.
It may be feudalism but it's also slavery - indentured servitude.
Excellent list of civil disobedience options. I'm thinking of taking to wearing a black armband for the duration.
What I want to know is Where's Hollywood? Am I missing their contribution to fighting Dictator Trump? At the least, they are a wealthy enough group to be publicly funding such efforts as creating a fund for immigrants to access legal help or providing legal help for those arrested for civil disobedience. Where are the lawyers come to think of it?