https://nitter.1d4.us/shannonrwatts/status/1649787753159360513

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    no Florida laws were broken

    Florida law: :us-foreign-policy:

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    America quickly becoming the libertarian copypasta about having anti-air batteries in your compound home opening up on anyone who violates the NAP (setting one pinky toe onto your lawn)

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      "Why did you shoot the black teenager?"

      "He was threatening me. You know - Stand Your Ground. Everybody knows Stand Your Ground."

      "You were inside. Where was he exactly? On your porch?"

      "No. He was outside my house. On the sidewalk."

      "What was he doing on the public sidewalk? He says he was walking."

      "Public? He was outside my house. He was threatening me. Black outside my house. And I said it already - listen - Stand Your Ground. So I shot him."

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Parents are going to have to teach kids not to go anywhere near a home under any circumstances, what this holds for delivery people I don't know.

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          what this holds for delivery people I don’t know.

          Doordash-branded flak jackets and armoured delivery vehicles.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        the great thing about living in a country with no guns is you can stand on the steet and yell abuse at these people and they're too chickenshit to come out of the house about it

  • eatmyass
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    1 year ago

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  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    So this is obviously just racism, but hypothetically they would have legal standing to "stand their ground" and return fire on the home owner, yes? Really enjoying the prospect of playing M.A.D. the home game...

    :joker-amerikkklap:

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    several national media outlets are reporting the police as saying they "completed" their investigation and won't be bringing charges. there are several bullet holes in the car, and in the video, the woman is holding a recovered bullet. regardless of stand your ground bullshit, i don't see how it is possible a law wasn't broken.

    davies is pretty urbanized. everywhere like that has some kind of rule about discharging a firearm inside of city limits. you also can't just wreck peoples' personal property if they come on your property. the supreme court ruled forever ago that there is a right for solicitors and others to approach your home and knock on the door (even if you have a sign that says no soliciting), so you're not allowed to blast them with piss, slash their tires, bust their windshield, or shoot first before personally telling someone to leave and giving them reasonable time to do so. most places have laws saying you can't point a gun at someone. there absolutely has to be at least 2-3 things the psycho can be cited for to at the very least discourage such obviously anti-social behavior.

    this is such an obvious example of a bullshit reactionary suburban police department with a shithead "detective" and i hope outside investigative reporters and whoever else wants to climbs up this department's ass over it. because dollars to donuts, the psycho is related to somebody or the department is all klan or some shit.

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Media pouring acid on people's brains making them think that there are murderers and cut purses around every corner and bush.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        for real. 430 burglary related homicides a year. covid kills more and there isnt a moral panic about that

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Right-wing media has convinced a legion of heavily armed boomers that armies of blm terrorists are coming for their whiteness.

          • egg1916 [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            Literally this. I knew so many boomers in my mayo ass suburban town who actually stocked up on ammo in 2020 because they were convinced BLM protestors were gonna come to their house to burn it down. These are all "good" people too

            • cawsby [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Does Red State America realize that Blue States hold most of the international shipping ports?

              If it came to civil war 2.0 Blue States could cut off MAGAland from most of the world's economy overnight.

              No one is going to invade the suburbs.

      • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        i mean i feel like it goes both ways.

        liberal media also makes it as if this stuff isn't always happening and reports on things selectively when they need to run distraction or need to drum up some scaremongering

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          All my liberal stations went full blame-crime-on-the-homeless/poors back when Covid hit and never let up since.

          There ain't many outlets not pushing crime narratives that are wildly out of step of reality.

          My town's violent crime rate is down 30% this year but the local media is covering murders more and for longer.

          • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            Whenever a cop dies in a shoot out it gets pasted across the news for at least a month and then they name a park after them.

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I could swear attempted murder is a crime but guess not

    how the fuck is it self defence to shoot someone who knocked on the door

    • VHS [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      yeah, last i checked it's legal to knock on someone's door

  • booty [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    there are at least like 15 different florida laws being broken here, what the fuck lmao

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    I'm reminded of Brace Belden saying at the end of an episode about unionization that - if you're in some shitty Florida town doing delivery for a living, you'd be better off moving to Georgia and landing one of the jobs at the big new battery factories, then leveraging that position by going union. Because what are you going to do as a delivery guy? Get a promotion? Land a big raise? No. That's not fucking happening.

    But you know what might happen?

    :the-gunman:

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Ringing a doorbell is now equivalent to a threat against your life. They are training us to be always fearful, on edge, to hate each other.

  • SerLava [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Jesus fucking Christ

    The most basic, bare minimum rule of law would not allow you to BOTH:

    • readily execute anyone crossing your property line
    • have a wide open fucking driveway with no gate and no SIGN saying you'll be EXECUTED for crossing the PROPERTY LINE
    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Wanting a on-call delivery system but also being so Nextdoor pilled that you're going to gun down any stranger in your driveway feels like one of those Big-C Contradictions.

  • CrispyFern [fae/faer, any]
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    2 years ago

    My aunt lives in an urban area and had a neighbor that fired an automatic rifle into the air for either new years or fourth of july, I can't remember. When she called the cops they refused to come out or do anything because "owning those types of weapons isn't illegal"