Posted on 04/01/2020 3:10:57 PM PDT by Factuality
On Wednesday, the mayor of Cumming, Georgia, announced that he was canceling the city's social distancing order, despite there being almost 5,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state.
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Maybe he thinks his citizens are adults and can take care of themselves given the right information.
On the same day the governor ordered shutdown?
April fools!
“Does Cumming, GA have a sister city relationship with Intercourse, PA?”
Why do you desparage the name of a decorated army officer?
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Effective immediately I have rescinded the social distancing order
that took effect on the morning of April 1, 2020.
While the intent of the order was to protect the public from the spread of COVID-19,
it is obvious that a large portion of our public doesn’t want government mandating
the recommendations of public health officials.
A huge sticking point of the order was the appointment of special policemen to help enforce the order.
Under the city charter, the mayor can appoint special policemen during times of emergency.
I said in our press release that I would swear in up to 150 policemen.
I was looking at a worst case scenario caused by the pandemic as our police department has 18 officers.
I can see that I didn’t communicate our thoughts and intentions clearly enough.
People reacted strongly on social media thinking we were becoming a police state.
Furthermore, the penalty was a maximum of $1000 and/or 180 days in jail.
I spoke to the manager of one of our big chain stores on Tuesday about their long lines to get into their store because they were limiting the number of patrons inside.
This caused a distancing problem outside and they couldn’t offer a remedy.
We couldn’t fix the problem without an order that had an enforceable offense.
I’m thinking if we banned the word “amid,” headline writers across the nation would just be staring blankly at their screens for hours
I lived in Cumming before we retired to Spain. Good for them.
I used to be the IT Lead for Forsyth County during the 2000 and 2004 elections.
I lived in Cumming before we retired to Spain. Good for them.
That’s the county that didn’t allow Blacks after sunset well into the 1970s. (Several folks registered as Black for the 1970 census, but they never could be located and it was finally written off as semi-literate whites who couldn’t fill out the form correctly.)
May be left over from the days of counting headlines. "a" and "d" count 1 each, "m" is 1.5, and "i" is 1/2, So a 4 letter word that actually counts 4 (although mid -century the A would have been capitalized for a 4.5 count. And even earlier, it would have been all caps for a 6 count. )
> Furthermore, the penalty was a maximum of $1000 and/or 180 days in jail. <
It’s off-topic, but did you ever wonder why that “180 days in jail” penalty is so common?
The 6th Amendment says that you have the right to a jury trial in all criminal cases. All, as in every one. No, said the Supreme Court. “All” only means if the penalty is more than six months imprisonment. But that “six months” is nowhere mentioned in the amendment!
So in crimes like this one, no jury trial for you, even if you request one. It’s disgraceful. (And a pet peeve of mine.)
Or Throbbing, Oregon?
“didn’t allow Blacks after sunset well into the 1970s”
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cough (bullshit) cough
“No, said the Supreme Court. “All” only means if the penalty is more than six months imprisonment”
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I’d like to read more about that if you know where I could find it.
Take a look at the Wikipedia article on the 6th Amendment. This infuriates me. The 6th Amendment is crystal clear:
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed...”
But the Supreme Court says that “all” doesn’t really mean all. It means only those criminal prosecutions where the penalty is more than six months in prison.
This is a naked attempt to violate the Constitution! All a prosecutor need to do is charge you with some BS crime that carries a sentence of six months or less. Then a judge can railroad you into prison. No jury can save you.
That’s how they got Sheriff Joe Arpaio, by the way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
“the Supreme Court says that “all” doesn’t really mean all.
It means only those criminal prosecutions where the penalty
is more than six months in prison”
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I read through your link and I still do not see it.
Which case determined this?
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