Yarl rang the wrong doorbell and was shot twice. how could this be understood as anything other than the homeowner, hearing a doorbell at night, grabbing their gun and prioritizing "kill"
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Monday, 17 April 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
Asked whether the shooting may have been racially motivated, the police chief said, “the information that we have now, it does not say that that is racially motivated. That’s still an active investigation. But as a chief of police, I do recognize the racial components of this case.”
no, i don't think you do
― Will.I.Am's fetid urine (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 April 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
if it was truly still an active investigation, you could have simply said "we are investigating all possibilities", not lead with "it doesn't look like it". I'm sure this will be an unbiased, fair investigation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/accused-shooter-in-kansas-city-shooting-of-black-teen-who-went-to-the-wrong-house-is-white-man-in-his-80s/ar-AA19WVkR?ocid=iehp&cvid=f95cbb1b28204e0889f6331eedef8dba&ei=9
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 17 April 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
“White man in his 80s” being invited for a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention.
― "The pudding incident?" (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
Picking up siblings while black. Yes, the U.S. is a dystopia.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 17 April 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
Judge Carlton Reeves has issued his decision in the felon-in-possession case. He rules that, under Bruen, permanently disarming people convicted of felonies violates the Second Amendment. The 77-page decision is absolutely fascinating. https://t.co/aVLee5se3s pic.twitter.com/quWEM5iwXQ— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 28, 2023
this is so grotesquely bleak lol
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 June 2023 00:05 (ten months ago) link
is there a left wing troll out there ...trolly enough to take this all the way?
― Nhex, Friday, 30 June 2023 03:34 (ten months ago) link
so can anyone parse this development for me?
"Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the ruling on this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus; their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/hawaii-supreme-court-guns-case-rebuke-scalia.html
― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Sunday, 11 February 2024 05:24 (three months ago) link
I wish Hawaii and Puerto Rico could gain total autonomy away from the States
― beamish13, Sunday, 11 February 2024 06:59 (three months ago) link
as usual, your posts suck and are unhelpful
― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Sunday, 11 February 2024 17:51 (three months ago) link
I think what's being said is that from a legal perspective it has limited reach, but it's part of a beginning trend of state Supreme Courts rebuking SCOTUS and ruling the opposite of Federal precedent, while also calling out SCOTUS's bad reasoning.
In this case, it won't do much legally because the SCOTUS interpretation still supercedes, but in cases like abortion, where Federal law states something isn't a right and state Supreme Court says "well, it is in this state", it can have more impact...even if temporary.
Really feels like mostly a protest, and one I wholeheartedly support
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Sunday, 11 February 2024 17:56 (three months ago) link
it's part of a beginning trend of state Supreme Courts rebuking SCOTUS and ruling the opposite of Federal precedent, while also calling out SCOTUS's bad reasoning
The entire southern tier of US states ignored Brown v Board of Education for a couple of decades. The rest of the USA didn't do remarkably better at school integration, but they didn't have state segregation laws they kept actively enforcing like the southern states did.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:39 (three months ago) link