Now I'm no expert on a lot of things, but is this something Barr can unilaterally do? I mean, I know he's allowed to say just about whatever legally dubious shit he wants but I don't think he's got any authority to simply hamstring state funding.
Now I'm no expert on a lot of things, but is this something Barr can unilaterally do? I mean, I know he's allowed to say just about whatever legally dubious shit he wants but I don't think he's got any authority to simply hamstring state funding.
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That body of legislation is a pile of stupid.
1A: How do you determine membership in a sub-group who number 7 or more, creating damage during a protest? What if they all say they're not connected to anyone else there, and it's just coincidence?
1B: Vehicular 1st and 2nd degree murder is allowed, as long as it targets dirty protesters.
1E: Are you only targeting this at people who organize violence, or anyone who organizes any protest that turns violent, or has violence break out? Because it sure seems like you're trying to set it up so that if police or far-right militias pick fights at a protest, you want to charge the peaceful organizers for it. You fascist dickmonkey.
IIIA: Isn't this a gross exceeding of the State's authority? Why do they get to determine the police budgets for towns?
IIIB: Make this affect State government, too, and I'm actually tentatively okay with it. But it doesn't, because this isn't about policy or principle, it's about subjugating dissent and protest, and a direct assault on the 1st Amendment.
IIIC: Again, see 1E: you're just using this to target anyone who dares speak out against the government, and allowing far-right militia types or police to escalate violence to produce that result.
IIID: On what planet does this make any sense? Bail isn't intended to be punitive. It's meant to secure your attendance at your trial. That's it. The only reason to deny bail is if you think they're a legitimate danger to someone in particular, or if they're a flight risk, and neither seems to apply to anything here.
The thing is New York's protests haven't even been in major news cycles since that old man was assaulted by riot officers back in June (I think, the Quarantine has made time meaningless and so much has happened it's been hard to keep track of what happened when) so I don't know what dim witted justification they even have for shuffling them in with Portland and Seattle; who have also gotten over the hump of their most 'violent' weeks, save for the Proud Boy who was murdered in Portland last month.
If they're genuinely worried about this, why not do the same for Kenosha? Where a chunk of it was burnt down and some out-of-state whack-job shot three people? Is it because it's a Swing state and Trump's administration doesn't want to upset them??
Last edited by Xyonai; 2020-09-21 at 07:18 PM.
I was more talking on the GOP side.
If this is used by an """"Antifa"""" member to get off scott-free from running over Trump Supporters because the latter apparently can't go anywhere without their emotional support firearm, I fully expect this to be quickly amended.
Illinois has potential Republican voters. New York, Oregon, and Washington do not.
This is red meat for the base and as close an admission as you'll get from these people that "Mexicans bad" isn't a viable long term electoral strategy in an increasingly brown country while still running a white supremacist platform.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
You're assuming conservative judges wouldn't be huge hypocrites and let "Antifa" get off scott-free. They don't care if you point out their hypocrisy they will just continue to be fascists and not give a fuck.
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Who is gonna throw it out, the conservative judges in Florida? If it's challenged in other states, it will go to the Supreme Court, where they're about to have a supermajority.
Even a conservative court will throw this out. Not only is there blatant 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th but this can be used against conservatives and if it stays then it will be completely abused by even liberals. You don't want this type of laws on the books. How I read it if you see a group of 7 KKK members together you can legally run them over and its not murder.
Still I don't see this even passing it just raw red meat during election season to get all Republicans an erection to go out and vote for Trump.
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They aren't wrong. Some democrats condone the riots and acts of domestic terrorism. If you look at the last 3 months of riots in Portland you'll see why the Federal government finally got tired of their nonsense and called them out.
This article was posted back in June, so the death toll was only at 15.
15 People Died In The Protests And Riots Following George Floyd’s Death. Here’s Who They Are
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/1...e-floyd-death/