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That video of an Autistic 17 year old getting shot on the news really upset me a couple of days ago. I was pissed about it for hours, and it made it almost impossible for me to fall asleep. It is sickening that that could happen. Those officers were clearly trigger-happy, as you don't just fire 9 bullets at someone within seconds of arriving. I hope all of the officers involved are fired, and imprisoned. They misassessed the situation, but that doesn't justify the bullet barrage. We need a new series of protests, similar to that of George Floyd. Killing children is not okay. and he was behind a fence.
#police #shooting #autism #humanrights #cops #idaho #usa #unitedstatesofamerica #kid #murder #triggerhappy

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State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Idaho

HB 125: Heightened penalties for "riot"

Would create significant penalties that could cover peaceful protesters in a raucous demonstration where someone was injured. Under the bill, “riot” would be a felony rather than misdemeanor offense if it “result[ed] in physical injury to any person.” As written, the bill would make it possible for an individual to face felony penalties for “riot” regardless of whether they personally injured anyone, how serious the injury was, or whether the injury was intentional—merely if injury “resulted” from a “riot” they participated in. Idaho law, moreover, defines “riot” broadly to include just two or more people who take “any action… or threat thereof” that “disturb[s] the public peace.” As such, under the bill, if a protest were deemed a “riot” and any injury occurred, participants could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Full bill text: legislature.idaho.gov/sessioni

Status: pending

Introduced 4 Feb 2025; Approved by House 17 February 2025

Issue(s): Riot

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws

That video of an Autistic 17 year old getting shot on the news really upset me yesterday. I was pissed about it for hours, and it made it almost impossible for me to fall asleep. It is sickening that that could happen. Those officers were clearly trigger-happy, as you don't just fire 9 bullets at someone within seconds of arriving. I hope all of the officers involved are fired, and imprisoned. They misassessed the situation, but that doesn't justify the bullet barrage. We need a new series of protests, similar to that of George Floyd. Killing children is not okay. and he was behind a fence.
#police #shooting #autism #humanrights #cops #idaho #usa #unitedstatesofamerica #kid #murder #triggerhappy

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"I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would show up in the big cities & the bluest places, but what really exhilarated me was to see the turnout in reddest America--#Utah, #Nebraska, #Missouri, #Indiana, #Iowa, #Idaho--and small communities not known for their #protests...

some early estimates say well over three million people showed up."
- Rebecca Solnit

meditationsinanemergency.com/m