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New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances (apnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Kwakigra@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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In a nation which has the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the world, Louisiana is the state with the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the country. This is the exact wrong direction.

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

if you're so terrified of everyone and everything that, even fully-armed and with full body armor, countless backup, and military-grade armored vehicles, you still can't feel unsafe to the point that you need to criminalize citizens even approaching you, then you just may not be psychologically fit to be a cop. or outside of a mental hospital.

it's paranoid psychosis