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collective knowledge

Collective knowledge, also known as the “fellow officer” rule, is a criminal law principle that allows police officers to share and rely on information from other officers. Under this doctrine, individual officers can act on shared information from other officers even though they do not have direct knowledge themselves.

disenfranchisement

Disenfranchisement commonly refers to the act of removing or restricting political power from a person or group, often in the form of revoking or restricting their voting rights. Disenfranchisement is the restriction of suffrage.

criminal syndicalism laws

Criminal syndicalism laws were used primarily in the early 1900s to suppress economic and political radicals, anti-war efforts, and to undermine labor movements, such as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). These laws made acts intended to incite such change against the U.S. government illegal.

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