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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 00:52:20 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   In several states, existing laws encourage vigilantism, while new laws are giving power to private citizens to enforce extremist policing of our private lives and our schools. Witness Kyle Rittenhouse, who crossed state lines while armed to “protect” businesses in Kenosha but wound up taking the lives of two people. Or Greg and Travis McMichael, the murderers of Ahmaud Arbury.

   Today in #TheBigPicture, we look back at the history of vigilante laws and examine modern examples to see how red-state governments have empowered vigilantes and bounty hunters to do their dirty work. You can read more here: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-vigilante-laws-subvert-courts

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 23:53:06 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • trask??

     @trask Frightening, indeed.

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     trask?? (trask@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 23:53:07 JST trask??

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     Scary:

     “Whether it’s “citizen’s arrest,” “stand your ground,” or “constitutional or open carry” laws, several states keep vigilante-friendly laws on the books making it hard for defendants, who are often racial minorities, to achieve justice.”

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     Patrick, Grand Arbiter (patricks@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 23:53:25 JST Patrick, Grand Arbiter

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     @georgetakei They want people to cross state lines to murder protestors, but not to receive necessary healthcare.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 23:53:25 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Patrick, Grand Arbiter

     @patricks Make it make sense.