QuoteI would say ?welcome to Trump?s America,? but Louisiana?s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed this horrendous bill into law before Trump took office. Now that Louisiana?s Blue Lives Matter law is in full effect, the troubling consequences are already being felt across the state.
According to St. Martinville Police Chief Calder Hebert, if a man is arrested for the misdemeanor of stealing a candy bar from a convenience store, but then resists arrest, he can and will be charged with a felony hate crime and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for it. In fact, if someone is wrongly arrested, but then resists that wrongful arrest, instead of simply being charged with the misdemeanor of resisting arrest, they, too, can be charged with a felony hate crime against police. It doesn?t matter if they actually hate police or not, which would seem to be a necessary requirement of a hate crime, but resisting arrest is being made into a serious felony nonetheless.
In fact, Hebert told KATC News that he is already enforcing the law and charging people with felony hate crimes against police when they resist arrest.
?Resisting an officer or battery of a police officer was just that charge, simply. But now, Gov. Edwards, in the legislation, made it a hate crime now,? said the chief.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we have more people in prison than any other nation in the world. Making resisting an arrest into a felony hate crime is preposterous. First off, the charge of ?resisting arrest? is already outrageously nebulous and regularly abused by police who can deem even the slightest movement or failure to immediately reply to a command as ?resisting arrest.?
I knew a man who had a police dog biting him all over his body, including his genitals, who was then charged with ?resisting arrest? because he did not remain calm and still. I knew a woman who was charged with resisting arrest because of her sluggish behaviors during a diabetic attack.
These laws, like most laws in America, will be used to criminalize blackness itself. White police officers will disproportionately enforce this new felony hate crime statute against people of color. Conservatives will then say more people of color are being charged with this ridiculous felony because people of color resist arrest more. It?s all so damn predictable. What I know is that when a young white kid who had too much to drink gets a little rowdy with the police, this law simply won?t be applied to him. That?d simply be too much. Instead, Louisiana?s already crowded jails and prisons will continue to be overstuffed with black and brown bodies who did not endure arrest in robotic silence ? no matter how tight the cuffs or bogus the charge.
Not only that, but I have a hunch that body cameras will now work consistently when filming these scenarios. The same cameras that seem to always turn off right before an incident of police brutality will become the most reliable technology in the world when needed to film someone resisting arrest.
We are the incarceration nation and laws like this are what keep us on the trajectory of the problem getting worse and worse. And while it is always so much easier and convenient to blame Trump or blame conservatives, a Democrat signed this stupid law into existence. What a mess ? a truly American mess.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-louisiana-resisting-arrest-hate-crime-cops-article-1.2955185
eek
thats scary
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has it even been a week :uhh:
this country is so damn fucked
That sucks.
Praying for y'all.
This just made my mouth drop. They're gonna say any little movement is a sign of resistance just as an excuse to arrest or shoot. Smh.
:uhh:
And the shade of passing a law w/ a phrase that came from the BLM movement.
I can't even laugh at this
2016 is going to repeat itself
maybe they need to bomb this entire country
a fresh start of sorts
QuoteAnd while it is always so much easier and convenient to blame Trump or blame conservatives, a Democrat signed this stupid law into existence. What a mess ? a truly American mess.
Quote from: TAE! on January 26, 2017, 12:08:31 PM
And the shade of passing a law w/ a phrase that came from the BLM movement.
i have no respect for the justice system
It's already open season on Blacks. This is just gonna make it worse.
Another way for them to keep the prisons full and make money.
Smh...
Quote from: TAE! on January 26, 2017, 12:08:31 PM
And the shade of passing a law w/ a phrase that came from the BLM movement.
!!
So disgusting
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on January 26, 2017, 12:14:20 PM
It's already open season on Blacks. This is just gonna make it worse.
Another way for them to keep the prisons full and make money.
Smh...
!!!!
And to think it's JUST the beginning. So much more can happen during these long ass 4 years.
With marijuana being legalized in a lot of states, they're gonna get real creative about finding new ways to hand out felonies.
Wow
Disgusting
oof!
they're wasting NO time
are we ready to withhold funds guys?
these people only speak MONEY
Guess the girls are going to have to be on their best behavior
I see Texas doing something like this soon. The South is just trash :19k:
I'm not surprised by this. Louisiana is backwards as fuck.
it would be a Southern state to pass this mess.
And how can it be labelled a Hate Crime when the police aren't a race?
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on January 26, 2017, 12:39:56 PM
And how can it be labelled a Hate Crime when the police aren't a race?
This was an orchestrated event
I'm so MAD at the girls who didn't vote in primaries
The goons control the house and senate and occupy local government seats
See a President is onl a face and line of defense
There IS no Obama or help coming this time
I wish the ppl in Louisiana well. They should really pick up move tbh
I hope this doesn't become a "thing" but it looks like it will
Quote from: Nice Stereo. on January 26, 2017, 12:52:40 PM
I hope this doesn't become a "thing" but it looks like it will
Trump is going to take the entire country back 100 years. You'll only be safe if you're white and heterosexual.
get ready girls
:cheerup:
They are about to have a field day with this.
Hopefully they can repeal this shit like the stop and frisk mess
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on January 26, 2017, 01:55:37 PM
Hopefully they can repeal this shit like the stop and frisk mess
Which is coming back
What needs to happen is we need to cancel all black events in Louisiana. Don't travel there, and don't give that state any of our money. We are not going to Mardi Gras, and, as a matter of fact, even people who live in Louisiana should not participate in Mardi Gras this year. The Grambling vs Southern Game that is always the biggest gathering of black folks every year needs to be canceled until this state can get their stuff together. They need to cancel the Essence-fest. I'm gonna write Essence and see if they can cancel it.
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on January 26, 2017, 01:55:37 PM
Hopefully they can repeal this shit like the stop and frisk mess
They won't. It's Louisiana luv, not New York.
Quote from: TAE! on January 26, 2017, 12:07:18 PM
This just made my mouth drop. They're gonna say any little movement is a sign of resistance just as an excuse to arrest or shoot. Smh.
Quote from: The Brandy Barbie on January 26, 2017, 02:47:39 PM
What needs to happen is we need to cancel all black events in Louisiana. Don't travel there, and don't give that state any of our money. We are not going to Mardi Gras, and, as a matter of fact, even people who live in Louisiana should not participate in Mardi Gras this year. The Grambling vs Southern Game that is always the biggest gathering of black folks every year needs to be canceled until this state can get their stuff together. They need to cancel the Essence-fest. I'm gonna write Essence and see if they can cancel it.
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on January 26, 2017, 12:14:20 PM
It's already open season on Blacks. This is just gonna make it worse.
Another way for them to keep the prisons full and make money.
Smh...
!!!
Or just blow our heads off altogether
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im kinda thru with this country
Quote from: The Brandy Barbie on January 26, 2017, 02:47:39 PM
What needs to happen is we need to cancel all black events in Louisiana. Don't travel there, and don't give that state any of our money. We are not going to Mardi Gras, and, as a matter of fact, even people who live in Louisiana should not participate in Mardi Gras this year. The Grambling vs Southern Game that is always the biggest gathering of black folks every year needs to be canceled until this state can get their stuff together. They need to cancel the Essence-fest. I'm gonna write Essence and see if they can cancel it.
Let us know if you've heard anything
People still want their Mardi Grass and their little essence festival. They won't realize how stupid these laws are until it happens to them or people they love. I think half of the country is still asleep. The police are going to have fun with this one.