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[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 211 points 5 months ago

It's a crime in Dallas to help homeless people?

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 80 points 5 months ago

It's generally not allowed to create an ad hoc aid group. It's bullshit.

The "reasoning" is the are no permits/ food safety licenses, etc.

But obviously that's bullshit given the alternatives.

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[-] xor@infosec.pub 31 points 5 months ago

not just in Dallas

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 173 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You know you're on the wrong side of history when you make it illegal to give to those most in need.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 67 points 5 months ago

And have to be visibly armed to stop the cops from harassing you for doing so.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

And people are banning books.

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[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And claiming to be a devout Christian while making these laws is ludicrous.

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[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 139 points 5 months ago

The black panther method, 10 outta 10

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago

Yep. This is it.

And that’s a factor in generating early gun control laws, black people exercising their rights.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 133 points 5 months ago

As a 2A liberal, I LOVE this. Black Panthers did it right, don't change what works!

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 109 points 5 months ago

Fun fact: California's anti-gun culture was born out of racism and fear of the Black Panthers.

Ronald fucking Reagan started the anti-gun movement to disarm black people

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[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 120 points 5 months ago

I've been following some of these folks on social media who do this every couple of weeks. It's crazy. The police were arresting them for giving away food. So they went through the courts and won the right to feed homeless people. Crazy right. The even crazier part is the cops sit across the street every single time they give out free food and hygiene items and harass them, take photos and other ACAB sort of shit. 4-6 cruisers at a time. Insane.

[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Its only crazy if you don't want to look at why they're doing it square in the eye. Please don't get me wrong, I wouldn't judge anyone doing it, presuming it does apply a little you yourself. I could be wrong of course. The truth is very, very ugly and not something anyone would want to be true.

Despite their claims, the problem was never the cost to the government of feeding the homeless, as can be seen. The reason the police do this is that wage slaves won't be forced back into the worst, most poorly paid jobs we can find if they're not facing death by starvation.

It was the same in the UK, back when they made feeding the homeless illegal and the penalty being being homeless OR without a job for 3 days was being sent to the workhouse where you might well be worked to death.

Its the same thing, centuries apart.

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 98 points 5 months ago

Damn, giving food and clothes is a crime.

[-] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 46 points 5 months ago

It's food serving legislation being taken too far. The clothes I think are fine, but since they're not inspected by the health department like a restaurant the government can technically shut it down which is complete bullshit.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No, the Good Samaritan Act says free food doesn't have to be inspected as long as it's given "in good faith apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery products to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to needy individuals"

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/08/13/good-samaritan-act-provides-liability-protection-food-donations

All fifty states and the District of Columbia have additional food donation statues that limit food donor’s liability—these currently vary widely, such as by who (i.e., donors, nonprofit organizations), and what foods and food products are covered.

state laws may provide greater protection against liability, but not less

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

So if I buy the food let's say 100 burgers from a fast food joint. That would be ok right?

[-] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 months ago

Anecdotally, I don't think so. I used to do some work with a place that did a lot of charity work and would get together bi-weekly to talk about travel and have a banquet. The banquet was always prepared and served in accordance with the law, and there were often tons of leftovers. So we would give the leftovers to the homeless. The health department fined us because we weren't allowed to serve food outside of our establishment.

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 83 points 5 months ago

Texas boggles my mind because it's such a blue state with some of the deepest red politicians running the place.

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A whole lot of empty land seems to have really important votes, since theirs seems to count for more than mine.

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[-] bigFab@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago

Now I understand why americans need guns.

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 months ago

Too bad this is an extremely rare use case, but yes this is exactly the INTENT of the second amendment.

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[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

I mean, that was always the point.

To fight tyrannical bullshit.

It's just that purist assholes don't want any regulation whatsoever - so that anyone, anyone can get a gun. And welp.... the tragic bullshit happens.

I'm not pro-gun or anti-gun. I'm pro-common-sense.

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[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

I hate that this is true.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago

Every single protest should have an armed contingent in America. That is the only way cops will take you seriously, but make sure you dot the i's and cross the t's, because your permits better be current.

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[-] EmpeRohrOn@lemmy.world 64 points 5 months ago

Are you ok over there? Do you need something? Like healthcare and a social state?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 5 months ago

Does being armed actually deter cops in Texas? In my home country being armed is more likely to alert cops

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 149 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, it deters the cops. You have to understand that many or most cops are paranoid, cowards, and bullies. They aren't going around enforcing laws because they think that they need to uphold justice. Rather, they're going around power tripping. And it's not such a great power trip if you have to worry about getting shot because people think that you're dirty.

Of course this is not true for all cops all the time, but it's certainly true for many cops most of the time.

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[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 118 points 5 months ago

It stopped the cops from entering a school while someone slaughtered 19 kids and 2 adults and that was just 1 person with a gun. So I'd say this would.

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago

Have you heard about Uvalde?

[-] venoft@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cops much prefer to beat up their unarmed wife than an armed group.

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[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago

Cops only punch down

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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 39 points 5 months ago

And that's how you properly fuck, fuck, fuck the police.

[-] abracaDavid@lemmy.today 37 points 5 months ago

Lol we are so fucked.

[-] mashbooq@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

More of this, please

[-] match@pawb.social 22 points 5 months ago

They could skip the middle step and just arm the homeless

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