North Washington Republic wrote:Greater Miami Shores wrote:lol, I used to work as a 7 Eleven cashier clerk, I was robbed at gun point by two guys wearing masks before the virus crisis. They tied my hands and took money $. But I was able to recognize them by body weight, structure and other features. Then another night I saw them coming back for more, I fired my gun into the air as safely as possible to scare them off, and it worked they ran and left and never came back. What a coincidence a guy representing the ACLU told me you can't do that, the Leftist ACLU guy was defending the crooks who tied me up and robbed me and my 7 Eleven Store. Yes I am a Proud right wing Republican Trump Supporter, Pro USA, USA, USA, American Patriot Citizen of the USA - GMS.
Lol, the ALCU doesn't do cases like this. Plus, it is a crime to fire a gun in the air in many urban locations. So, I’m going to say your story is pure balderdash.
This story so didn't happen. I mean, this isn't breaking news. No one believes this horribly made up story. I also like in this made up bullshit no way happened ever in a million years story he also managed to demonstrate that he should not be trusted with a firearm. Shot in the air...for fuck's sake. Someone explain gravity to this cat.
Kowani wrote:San Lumen wrote:https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2021/03/29/kentucky-house-passes-bill-allow-three-days-early-voting-pass/7045488002/
Kentucky lawmakers pass key election reforms, including early voting. The bill passed 91-3 and now heads to the governor’s desk who will almost certainly sign it.Establishing three days of in-person early voting on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Election Day;
Letting people "cure" their absentee ballots if a problem, such as a mismatched signature, would otherwise cause it to be thrown out;
Making the online portal through which Kentuckians requested — and government officials tracked — absentee ballots in 2020 a standard feature of future elections;
Letting counties offer vote centers where residents from any precinct can cast their ballot;
Allowing for secure drop-boxes where people can turn in their absentee ballots;
Requiring counties to gradually phase out electronic-only voting systems and switch to equipment that can process paper ballots;
Letting state officials quickly remove someone from the voter rolls if they're notified that person moved to and registered to vote in another state.
Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams made notable but temporary changes to Kentucky's elections last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. HB 574 will adopt some of those things, such as no-excuse early voting and the online portal for absentee ballots, for the long term.
Not bad, Kentucky
Not bad at all
I had to re-read that several times going, "Wait, am I missing the shittiness? These all seem like good things...but it's Kentucky..,"
That's so fucked I feel like shit just knowing it happened now.
Kowani wrote:Colorado lifts statute of limitations for victims of sexual assualtColorado will give recent and future sexual assault survivors, including those molested as children, unlimited time to sue their abusers. But a separate effort to give victims of historic abuse an opportunity to take legal action remains pending and uncertain.
State lawmakers on Tuesday sent Senate Bill 73, which would eliminate the civil statute of limitations for sexual assault cases, to Gov. Jared Polis, who says he will sign the measure into law.
Legislation eliminating the civil statute of limitations for sexual assault cases has repeatedly failed in the Colorado General Assembly, including at least three times in the 15 years preceding the 2021 lawmaking term. But following a 2019 report on widespread child sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Colorado, the effort gained new steam.
"I’m truly speechless,” said state Rep. Matt Soper, a Delta Republican who championed the measure. “This is 30 years in the making.”
Under current law, child sex assault victims in Colorado have six years from the day they turn 18 to sue their abusers. Senate Bill 73 gives people for whom that six-year statute of limitations hasn’t run out and anyone abused after Jan. 1, 2022, unlimited time to file a lawsuit against their abuser or abusers.
The legislation does not affect victims of historic sexual abuse, such as those abused by Colorado priests decades ago. For criminal cases, there is no statute of limitations for child sex assault in Colorado." [...] Lawmakers made one last-minute change to Senate Bill 73, aligning the measure with Colorado’s criminal sexual assault laws to ensure the statute of limitations elimination only applies to felony and Class 1 misdemeanor cases.
“We wanted to make sure that we narrowed the scope of the sweep of this bill so that we only were catching up the worst of the worst,” Soper said, explaining that some lawmakers were worried that the bill would, for instance, allow people to file lawsuits against college streakers after decades.
Shelby Weiman, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Polis will sign the bill. The legislature is also debating Senate Bill 88, which would give historic victims of child sex abuse time to sue their abusers and institutions that may have covered up their crimes.
There are questions, however, about whether the legislation violates a clause in the Colorado constitution barring lawsuits from being filed in cases for which the statute of limitations has expired. State Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, said he thinks the legislation has “serious constitutional issues” and that it’s likely to be struck down in court.
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