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Kentucky wants to make it a felony to post law enforcement names online
- throway1gjj 6y agoWhy is this legal in the first place?
- jrs235 6y ago4 legs good. 2 legs better. Everyone has rights. Some people just have more and better rights than others. I understand the reasoning, protecting government officials from mad mobs. Names should be fine, addresses maybe not. But then it should apply to everyone. What if I accidentally post someone's address not knowing they are a "protected" person?
- jrs235 6y agoThis title has been editorialized and dramatized. While PII includes names, the poster changed and focused on names in order to make it more sensational.
- jrs235 6y agoDang, a better title would be: Proposed law in Kentucky would make posting personal identifiable information of public officials illegal
- austincheney 6y agoBesides an obvious slippery slope argument what is the harm in this?
- kristopolous 6y agoBecause public officials should be officially public
- jollofricepeas 6y agoExactly. Unnamed public officials with power to abuse or kill have to be at least “name-able” and identifiable for accountability purposes. ...otherwise let’s go ahead and give them masks.
- Bancakes 6y agoIf this passes, you can no longer ask a cop their name and badge number on camera or recording.
- austincheney 6y agoI have always wondered why people even bother with that. All that data goes on the ticket they write you and if you are ticketed the officer has to appear in court to validate the citation. If you don’t get any kind of citation there is no action against you to complain about. But if you just need something to complain about let a lawyer do it for you.
- brayhite 6y ago> if you don’t get any kind of citation there is no action against you to complain about. Surely you are trolling? Plenty of evidence of plenty of police doing things that warrant civilian complaints that were never intended to be documented in the form of a citation by a police officer.
- austincheney 6y agoI am not trolling. I do believe people who complain about specific police actions and yet are not willing to hire an attorney are trolling in the offline real world.
- brayhite 6y agoHiring an attorney comes down to a lot more than simple will. The phone camera is one of the most powerful tools the average person has to combat abuses of authority. Not everyone who is a victim of that has the means or resources (or sometimes the sympathy) to just go hire an attorney.
- austincheney 6y agoThat is teenage social media nonsense, some combination of laziness and a desire for attention. If you aren’t willing to hire an attorney you aren’t taking the problem seriously.
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- jollofricepeas 6y agoSeems like a way to avoid accountability. At the very least full name snd DOB should be provided to the public and or press to prevent abuse of power. The order specifically states that posting ANY of the following would be a felony: 1. First and last name; 2. Social Security number or other government-issued identifier; 3. Date of birth; 4. Home or physical address, including any second or vacation address, property tax or property ownership records, or directions to or identifying photographs of any primary, secondary, or vacation residence; 5. Birth and marriage records; 6. Vehicle registration; 7. Photographs of any vehicle, including photographs of any license plates, vehicle registration, or VIN numbers; 8. Identification of any children of the individual under the age of eighteen (18); 9. Electronic mail address, or other personal e-mail addresses; 10. Home, personal mobile, or direct telephone number to the individual; 11. Financial account number or credit or debit card number; 12. Biometric, health, or medical data, or insurance information; or 13. School, day care, or employment locations.
- aetimmes 6y agoIANAL, but this seems like a pretty clear violation of the First Amendment. Even if this bill passes (which, ridiculous bills get proposed all the time and never go anywhere), I can't imagine it standing up to challenges in the courts.
- m463 6y agoI think this might have a few benefits: - better handing of personal information of everyone, on the premise it might be a law enforcement officer - organized crime cannot erase witnesses (and of course lesser things like intimidation)
- yeetawayhn 6y ago"What about my 1st amendment right to dox law enforcement officers?"