Armed to deter cops : chaoticgood

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 209 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's a crime in Dallas to help homeless people?

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 199 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's what Jesus would want, didn't you know?

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 113 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Supply-side Jesus is the worst Jesus.

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For the uninitiated: https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09/the-gospel-of-supply-side-jesus.aspx

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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 81 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's generally not allowed to create an ad hoc aid group. It's bullshit.

The "reasoning" is the are no permits/ food safety licenses, etc.

But obviously that's bullshit given the alternatives.

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[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 175 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You know you're on the wrong side of history when you make it illegal to give to those most in need.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And have to be visibly armed to stop the cops from harassing you for doing so.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

And people are banning books.

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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

And claiming to be a devout Christian while making these laws is ludicrous.

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[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 136 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The black panther method, 10 outta 10

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 73 points 2 years ago

Yep. This is it.

And that’s a factor in generating early gun control laws, black people exercising their rights.

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 129 points 2 years ago (26 children)

As a 2A liberal, I LOVE this. Black Panthers did it right, don't change what works!

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 108 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Fun fact: California's anti-gun culture was born out of racism and fear of the Black Panthers.

Ronald fucking Reagan started the anti-gun movement to disarm black people

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[+] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 116 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Its only crazy if you don't want to look at why they're doing it square in the eye. Please don't get me wrong, I wouldn't judge anyone doing it, presuming it does apply a little you yourself. I could be wrong of course. The truth is very, very ugly and not something anyone would want to be true.

Despite their claims, the problem was never the cost to the government of feeding the homeless, as can be seen. The reason the police do this is that wage slaves won't be forced back into the worst, most poorly paid jobs we can find if they're not facing death by starvation.

It was the same in the UK, back when they made feeding the homeless illegal and the penalty being being homeless OR without a job for 3 days was being sent to the workhouse where you might well be worked to death.

Its the same thing, centuries apart.

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[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 97 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Damn, giving food and clothes is a crime.

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's food serving legislation being taken too far. The clothes I think are fine, but since they're not inspected by the health department like a restaurant the government can technically shut it down which is complete bullshit.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

No, the Good Samaritan Act says free food doesn't have to be inspected as long as it's given "in good faith apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery products to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to needy individuals"

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/08/13/good-samaritan-act-provides-liability-protection-food-donations

All fifty states and the District of Columbia have additional food donation statues that limit food donor’s liability—these currently vary widely, such as by who (i.e., donors, nonprofit organizations), and what foods and food products are covered.

state laws may provide greater protection against liability, but not less

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[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So if I buy the food let's say 100 burgers from a fast food joint. That would be ok right?

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Anecdotally, I don't think so. I used to do some work with a place that did a lot of charity work and would get together bi-weekly to talk about travel and have a banquet. The banquet was always prepared and served in accordance with the law, and there were often tons of leftovers. So we would give the leftovers to the homeless. The health department fined us because we weren't allowed to serve food outside of our establishment.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 82 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Texas boggles my mind because it's such a blue state with some of the deepest red politicians running the place.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago (1 children)

G-G-G-G-Gerrymandering!

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 113 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A whole lot of empty land seems to have really important votes, since theirs seems to count for more than mine.

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[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Now I understand why americans need guns.

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Too bad this is an extremely rare use case, but yes this is exactly the INTENT of the second amendment.

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[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I mean, that was always the point.

To fight tyrannical bullshit.

It's just that purist assholes don't want any regulation whatsoever - so that anyone, anyone can get a gun. And welp.... the tragic bullshit happens.

I'm not pro-gun or anti-gun. I'm pro-common-sense.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I hate that this is true.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Every single protest should have an armed contingent in America. That is the only way cops will take you seriously, but make sure you dot the i's and cross the t's, because your permits better be current.

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[–] EmpeRohrOn@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you ok over there? Do you need something? Like healthcare and a social state?

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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Does being armed actually deter cops in Texas? In my home country being armed is more likely to alert cops

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 117 points 2 years ago

It stopped the cops from entering a school while someone slaughtered 19 kids and 2 adults and that was just 1 person with a gun. So I'd say this would.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago

Have you heard about Uvalde?

[–] venoft@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Cops much prefer to beat up their unarmed wife than an armed group.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

Cops only punch down

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

And that's how you properly fuck, fuck, fuck the police.

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.today 37 points 2 years ago

Lol we are so fucked.

[+] n0clue@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yes I have. It's called a sword cane. I happen to have some knee damage, and if I play up my limp a bit, no one even looks twice at my cane.

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[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

More of this, please

[–] match@pawb.social 22 points 2 years ago

They could skip the middle step and just arm the homeless

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