#standyourground — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/115958586854783304

“Blasted.” #FoxNews is always promoting #AmericanCarnage with its propaganda.

#WordsMatter , so does the #UnitedStates #Constitution and state laws.

#2ndAmendment #4thAmendment #10thAmendment #StandYourGround #FAFO #ICEout #Resist #DoNotComply #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

#Standyourground laws linked to higher #homicide rates, new report finds

#Homicides with #white #shooters, #Black #victims ruled justifiable 4 times more often than when roles were reversed.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/22/stand-your-ground-laws-linked-to-higher-homicide-rates-new-report-finds/

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

HB 275 / SB 340: New penalties for protests near gas and oil #pipelines

Creates a new felony offense for trespassing that could cover some protests near pipelines and other infrastructure that do not involve actual property damage. The law broadly defines “#CriticalInfrastructure” to include above or belowground pipelines, as well as a range of other gas, electricity, water, mining, and telecommunications facilities. Under the law, entering onto critical infrastructure property with notice that such entrance was prohibited is a 3rd degree felony offense. As such, protesters who cause no damage but merely enter onto posted property that contains a pipeline in the course of their protest could face felony charges and up to 5 years in prison if convicted. By contrast, trespassing onto private property is generally a 2nd degree misdemeanor, punishable by at most 60 days in jail. The House bill as originally also created an overbroad “improper tampering” felony offense, which would have included any unauthorized action to “change…the physical condition of the property or any portion thereof,” or to “knowingly and intentionally… deface” critical infrastructure property, but these provisions were removed by amendment.

Full text of bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory

Status: enacted

Introduced 25 Oct 2023; Approved by House 22 February 2024; Approved by Senate 28 February 2024; Signed by Governor #DeSantis 17 May 2024

Issue(s): Infrastructure, #Trespass

HB 1435/SB 1954: Charging protest organizers for the costs of responding to a protest

Would allow local authorities to require protest organizers to pay for "all relevant costs and fees associated with designating and enforcing" the zone established for a "special event," "including, but not limited to, costs and fees for the provision of supplemental law enforcement and sanitation services." While the bill's sponsors indicate that it was motivated by large, disruptive "pop-up" gatherings of cars like the "Daytona Truck Meet," it is written broadly enough to cover street protests and demonstrations. The bill defines a "special event" as an "unpermitted temporary activity or event organized or promoted via a social media platform" which is attended by 50 or more persons and substantially increases or disrupts the normal flow of traffic on a roadway, street, or highway." The bill also authorizes law enforcement to "enforce occupancy limits" in "special event zones"; which if applied to protests could allow police could limit the number of protest participants in a certain area.

Full text of bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory

Status: enacted

Introduced 10 Jan 2022; Approved by House 2 March 2022; Approved by Senate 4 March 2022; Approved by Governor DeSantis 26 May 2022

Issue(s): Security Costs

HB 1/SB 484: Expanded definition of "#riot" and new penalties for #protesters

**Note: Provisions of HB1 related to the law's new definition of "riot" were preliminarily enjoined by a federal district judge on September 9, 2021, temporarily blocking enforcement of those provisions.**

Enlarges the legal definition of "riot," a 3rd degree felony, to include any group of three or more individuals whose shared intent to engage in disorderly and violent conduct results in "imminent danger" of property damage or personal injury, or actual damage or injury. Notably, the new definition does not require that the individuals' conduct be disorderly or violent, or that they commit any actual damage or injury. Under the new law, a "riot" consisting of 25 or more people, or one that "endangers the safe movement of a vehicle," is automatically an "aggravated riot," a new 2nd degree felony offense under the law. As such, large groups of protesters or ones that block traffic, even temporarily, could face up to 15 years in prison. Under the new law, "inciting" someone to participate in a riot is a 3rd degree felony, punishable by 5 years in prison. The law also creates a new criminal offense of "mob intimidation," defined as a group of three or more people who act with a "common intent" to compel "or attempt to compel" another person to "do or refrain from doing any act," or "assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint" against their will. The offense is a first degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail. The law creates a new 3rd degree felony offense, punishable by up to 5 years in prison, for anyone who "willfully and maliciously #defaces, injures, or otherwise damages by any means" #statues, #flags, #paintings, displays, or other "#memorials" and the value of the damage is more than $200. As "deface" is not defined, protesters who apply paint or graffiti to a monument in the course of a peaceful protest could face up to 5 years in prison. The law may encourage violence against protesters by creating a new affirmative defense in civil lawsuits for personal injury, death, or property damage, such that a defendant can avoid liability by establishing that the injury, death, or damage they committed "arose from" conduct by someone "acting in furtherance of a riot." Finally, the law creates a new civil right of action against a municipal government that fails to "respond appropriately to protect persons and property during a riot or unlawful assembly," making them civilly liable for damages, including personal injury or property damage. These provisions may encourage municipal governments to adopt overly aggressive law enforcement responses to protests in order to avoid lawsuits.

Full text of bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory

Status: enacted

Introduced 6 Jan 2021; Approved by House 26 March 2021; Approved by Senate 15 April 2021; Signed by Governor DeSantis 19 April 2021

Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Driver Immunity, #PoliceResponse, Riot, #TrafficInterference, State Liability, #StandYourGround

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

@wdlindsy “voting with bullets” can’t become the norm.

An exGF commented that “we’ve stopped the jack-booted thugs from taking our guns”.

I’ve yet respond that #fascist #fearmongering has her believing that, leading to her hate of #libtards, while in reality gun laws have never been so loose, permit-less #opencarry with #standyourground laws allowing murder of anybody you deem a threat, irrespective of their actual intentions or even if they’re armed.

https://newsie.social/@blackburied/113319806026195734

"When '#StandYourGround' means #pardoning a #convicted #murderer.

An example of what happens when those in power #tacitly approve of #violence fitting their #agenda. The #LoneStar #State sets the stage for #politically motivated interpretations of #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/08/05/when-stand-your-ground-means-pardoning-a-convicted-murderer/

"When '#StandYourGround' means #pardoning a #convicted #murderer.

An example of what happens when those in power #tacitly approve of #violence fitting their #agenda. The #LoneStar #State sets the stage for #politically motivated interpretations of #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/08/05/when-stand-your-ground-means-pardoning-a-convicted-murderer/

"When '#StandYourGround' means #pardoning a #convicted #murderer.

An example of what happens when those in power #tacitly approve of #violence fitting their #agenda. The #LoneStar #State sets the stage for #politically motivated interpretations of #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/08/05/when-stand-your-ground-means-pardoning-a-convicted-murderer/

"When '#StandYourGround' means #pardoning a #convicted #murderer.

An example of what happens when those in power #tacitly approve of #violence fitting their #agenda. The #LoneStar #State sets the stage for #politically motivated interpretations of #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/08/05/when-stand-your-ground-means-pardoning-a-convicted-murderer/

"When '#StandYourGround' means #pardoning a #convicted #murderer.

An example of what happens when those in power #tacitly approve of #violence fitting their #agenda. The #LoneStar #State sets the stage for #politically motivated interpretations of #constitutionalrights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #GunViolence #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/08/05/when-stand-your-ground-means-pardoning-a-convicted-murderer/

@rabbijill
One can't be a #Republican today w/o being a #racist (and yes, I'm including black & Hispanic Republicans.)

We see black Republicans like #UncleThomas who resent every gov action that helped him get where he is, and Tim Scott who thinks his mere existence disproves racism.

But hating on "Mex'cuns" & "Mus'lims" is seen as a mortal threat. "Build a Wall™" and "#AR15's for everybody" (no license or training required.) Murder someone in cold blood then just declare #StandYourGround.

@ladylecondoliak For me it was Trayvon’s murder. I saw how the #ConcealedCarry and #StandYourGround laws I’d been teaching were doing more harm than good. I’d been a useful idiot, parroting NRA talking points for almost 20 years. Then a racist like Zimmerman picks a fight he cannot win, gets his ass kicked, and settles a fistfight with a handgun. The initial aggressor got to claim #SelfDefense and another unarmed POC got murdered.