TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIs the U.S. a Police State?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down129file-text
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minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoJust standing around on public property can’t be made illegal constitutionally. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t no loitering laws everywhere, and they are enforced, because it is very unlikely they will be taken through the court system over it. https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/loitering-laws/
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoThis sounds worse than Russia. Even Russia doesn’t have it. And I’m glad. Also please fix. Don’t be worse than Russia under Putinism.
Not to loiter? Is it illegal?
Well there is a sign
Great. Is there a law?
Just standing around on public property can’t be made illegal constitutionally. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t no loitering laws everywhere, and they are enforced, because it is very unlikely they will be taken through the court system over it.
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/loitering-laws/
This sounds worse than Russia. Even Russia doesn’t have it. And I’m glad.
Also please fix. Don’t be worse than Russia under Putinism.