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Posted on 11/11/2020 3:43:48 AM PST by USA Conservative
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has drafted “anti-mob” legislation that would expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law – a move that some worry would allow armed citizens to shoot and potentially kill anyone they suspect of looting.
DeSantis’ newest legislation comes in response to months of protesting that frequently lead to rioting this summer in Florida and across the U.S., following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
The legislation is an attempt to prevent “violent and disorderly assemblies” by permitting violence against anyone involved in the “interruption or impairment” of a business, reportedly described in the draft as being a burglary within 500 feet of “violent or disorderly assembly,” according to reporting by the Miami Herald Tuesday.
“It allows for vigilantes to justify their actions,” a former Miami-Dade County prosecutor, Denise Georges, who has worked with Stand Your Ground cases told the Miami publication. “It also allows for death to be the punishment for a property crime — and that is cruel and unusual punishment. We cannot live in a lawless society where taking a life is done so casually and recklessly.”
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Note to all Freepers: If you aren't armed and you haven't stockpiled ammo, it's probably too late. I've been prepping for the past year (food, clothes, ammo) and have my go bag ready. I hope you all do too.
Loot we shoot! love this guy
“that some worry”
Unnamed sources = media fiction
“ Don’t loot they won’t shoot”.
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Yeh, what’s wrong with shooting looters?
A great guv.
Dang. That’s gonna make the bullet shortage worse LOL!
Great news, Ron. You are my candidate in 2024.
I immediately noticed that too. I was expecting an AP or yahoo news link.
I support this law, but it has to have a “go ahead and shoot, but you better be right” contingency to prevent “accidents”. I’m sure it does, but just sayin’.
Love my governor!
Stopping traffic should also be a crime, remember the old jaywalking laws.
I love that guy but SD gov better
She can be VP.
I’m having trouble seeing the downside of this.
Old School........................is the BEST School..............
“If you aren’t armed and you haven’t stockpiled ammo, it’s probably too late.”
That’s empirically not true.
It takes a lifetime to build a successful business.
A looter can destroy that in minutes....
Protecting that lifetime effort is NOT taking a life unfairly.
Just EXZCTLY how many politicians have EVER built a business from scratch????
It is where I live.
As Denise Georges prosecuter put it, “We cannot live in a lawless society.” Do like the libs do, end her statement there.
Thanks for the ping Joe. Thanks for posting this ... whoever it was, lol!
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