These states are basically fascist testing grounds at this point
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Whenever I see dumb laws like this being passed, I think about all the problems they aren’t fixing. Louisiana is damn-near last place on all of the quality of life indexes. It’s sad that they keep electing politicians who refuse to better their quality of life.
It doesn't help that it was a shitty election cycle. People didn't vote and are in shock that the republican won where turnout was 36% of registered voters because people assumed the jungle primary would cause a dem and repub to move forward when in fact, of that 36%, Landry won outright with 51%.
Im not saying he wouldn't have won anyways, but it would have been much closer if people would actually vote.
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They're not electing anyone. 83% of the population didn't vote in the recent Governor election.
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That's the idea, they want a rule that allows exclusion of journalists so their shittness is less public.
Literally. They write laws meant to be test cases before the supreme court to usher in fascism via minority rule.
Not being able to approach Police Officers because they legally can then THROW YOU IN JAIL is called FREEDOM!
I remember learning about this a few months ago. It's wild. Actual bald eagles sound so friendly in comparison.
Apparently bald eagles really aren't that different from seagulls, or so I've heard.
I can't wait for someone to try to justify fleeing the police with this law. "Officer, you were executing your official duties. I was trying to obey the law by staying 25 feet from you but you kept pursuing me!"
Guess I'll cross New Orleans off my list of possible vacation destinations. Not a big fan of voluntarily entering police states.
Guess I'll cross New Orleans off my list of possible vacation destinations.
It's funny because, as a person from outside the USA, I know a lot of people who have decided to do that with the USA as a whole!
Must be nice knowing a lot of smart people.
This is just the result of the general populous allowing the legislators to pass whatever laws they wish, instead of laws to benefit constituents.
We need more outrage and change when these things happen. At least enough to make people remember what's happened when it's time to vote.
The cost of a functioning republic is vigilance: If people stop participating, things get worse.
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Given that the courts already shutdown Arizona's attempt last year to keep people 8 feet away from a cop, I'm not sure arguing for 3 times the distance is going to stand.
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Louisiana is going to waste a lot of money defending this law. The Supreme Court has been very consistent on filming cops is allowed. Also 25 feet is huge, that effectively closes sidewalks if a car is pulled over, and any two lane roads. The selective enforcement options are endless.
A bunch of people will get screwed while this winds its way through the courts though.
Can't even be in a courtroom since the bailiff is a cop performing police duties.
I didn't even think of that. You could probably fine a bunch of prisoners as well.
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Police are suddenly going to become really bad at estimating just how far away 25 feet is.
Nah. They just walk keep walking towards you. This law legalizes a behavior they already display called "bulldogging". They walk towards you attempting to intimidate you into walking away. If you can't be intimidated then they escalate until you are arrested for resisting arrest. This is just more smoke cover for cops to act like an occupying force.
If this is allowed to stand, Americans' first amendment rights end at 25 ft away from a police officer, in Louisiana.
And if they walk towards you while saying "back away", suddenly you're fleeing a scene if you actually back away
They saw all these cases against officers and decided they better make a new law to justify using lethal force
Conservatives: acab? Who are you gonna call when you need help? A crackhead?
cops: it is illegal for you to approach me if I feel like it
crackhead: i'll do anything for you for 50 bucks
I love the knowledge that if someone is breaking into my house, the cops will show up later to tell me nothing will be recovered and to hand me a piece of paper.
My friends sister lives in an area where you're never more than a minute away from a cop sitting somewhere looking to ~~collect taxes~~ give a ticket. She literally watched someone pull out of her driveway in her car and immediately called the cops. The car couldn't have been more than 1 block away and they said "sorry can't help you, call your insurance."
I drove to target and saw 6 cop cars and probably a dozen cops all holding on or standing near a guy with a bag who stole something...
They're fucking useless pet executioners, tax collectors, and defenders of obscene wealth.
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At least they'll shoot your dog for free... whether you wanted them to or not.
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also cops: sometimes we will just come into your house and kill you even if you're the victim, oopsie doopsie
Police is such a poor term, why not Citizen Control Forces.
How the fuck do I ask a cop for help? I mean.... Not that I ever would, I mean if I call a crackhead to help me, they're not gonna shoot my dog..
More fascist every day, coming soon to a state near you, and no ones coming to help. "States Rights" after all . . .
To ~~serve and protect~~ discriminate and oppress
do these guys know about lenses?
They shoot people who point things at them. They'll simply say they "feared for their life” when someone tries to take a picture of them at a distance.
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So as your car comes to a stop, check the car behind you or in front or the side. If it's a cop, you're fucked. They can just shoot you if you look at them with RBF resting bitch face.
so it was the citizens who are being put in their place by militarized police, voting restrictions, lead in the water pipes, the underfunded and gutted education system, low minimum wage both state and federal, the pollution, healthcare access restrictions, etcetera that caused bad politicians to gain and hold power not anything else?
fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable.
Yeah, that's the point. Why else would they enact a law like this?
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