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First, they will have to increase the federal prison capacity 10x, so they can hold all the American citizens who rebel against this tyranny, and would gladly s
by Lendal 16y ago
First, they will have to increase the federal prison capacity 10x, so they can hold all the American citizens who rebel against this tyranny, and would gladly spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison in protest. I would be among them.
- tptacek 16y agoAgain: the impact of this "modest proposal" is that you could be held in a city jail (note: there are jurisdictions where strip searches are standard operating procedure before being admitted into a holding cell) for nothing more than forgetting your wallet. He's not being serious. The point is, in Arizona, this psychotic policy already has the force of law if your skin happens to be brown.
- starkfist 16y agoPeople have always been held in the city jail for not having ID when brown. Arizona has just decided to be up front about it.
- tptacek 16y agoThis attitude presupposes that there's no substantial difference between the police unlawfully harassing people because of their race, and a bona fide law on the books inviting them to do so. I don't believe that.