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New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances (apnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Kwakigra@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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In a nation which has the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the world, Louisiana is the state with the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the country. This is the exact wrong direction.

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[–] CatOnTheChainWax@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago

And the cops all will be able judge 25 feet down to the inch, it's like their amazing ability to know exactly how fast you're driving with just their Spidey sense. With their super selective hearing, though, they can only hear gunshots from hundreds of miles around so they're always scared, it's why they need their safety circle and emotional support gun.