The Indiana state legislature is considering an authoritarian bill that would essentially allow police to kill protesters with zero accountability.Republican senator Jim Tomes introduced Senate Bill 285 in January, though it was given its first committee hearing on Wednesday. The bill authorizes city officials to use “any means necessary” to break up a group of 10 or more protesters blocking traffic, “even to the point of costing lives.”“A responsible public official shall, not later than 15 minutes after learning of a mass traffic obstruction in the official’s jurisdiction, dispatch all available law enforcement officers … with directions to use any means necessary to clear the roads of the persons unlawfully obstructing vehicular traffic,” the legislation reads.
>tfw you realize democrats were playing 4D chess with their george soros-funded protestors and now can take their war against free speech to the next level
pretty sure in most cases police/SWAT can simply use crowd dispersal weapons such as microwave guns/sound blasters to clear it out without killing anyone.
what a republican thing to do
Exactly, they can. But this bill seems to ambiguously allow police to use lethal force when dispersing crowds. I don't think unleashing Kent State on crowds of unarmed protesters should be legal.
dems would for sure never get behind a bill allowing legal force against unlawful protesters.
Well I don't particularly value the lives of those who have nothing better to do than block interstate commerce.
dems would for sure never get behind a bill allowing lethal force against unlawful protesters.
