• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    We’ll see how this turns out. I’m pretty sure the immediate national attention has a basis, but I’ve been wrong before.

    One thing I can say is I’ve learned a lot about the laws in this state. A male bartender got ticketed for having a nipple exposed, despite nudity being largely legal in public, just not where alcohol is served. For instance, people can legally play tennis outside in their underwear, but if they enter a bar afterwards it becomes illegal. I can see the pros and cons to that.

    What I find deeply concerning are reports of police taking photographs of everyone in the gay bars. Including patrons who were not doing anything illegal, who might not have come out to family or friends yet. That worries me.

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      9 months ago

      What I find deeply concerning are reports of police taking photographs of everyone in the gay bars. Including patrons who were not doing anything illegal, who might not have come out to family or friends yet. That worries me.

      taking photographs of innocent people is extremely unnerving. Very likely they’re being uploaded into an AI facial recognition database. They’re going to be used to profile those individuals.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, I caught that near the end. Fucking cops. That should be an immediately fireable offense, and you can’t be a cop anywhere ever again. They might get a “stern” talking to here.

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          IMO… anyone dies resulting from interactions with the cops, that should trigger an automatic, mandatory, criminal trial. Make them justify themselves in court.

          And because they’re being indicted for a felony… and its federally illegal for such people to have a gun… They get to be put on desk duty answering phones or fetching donuts. maybe cleaning out the jail cells.