Fiddling while Rome burns

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-governor-declares-racism-public-health-emergency/ar-AAShEnG?ocid=msedgntp

[Horace]

And the progressive white women smiled.

[Copper]

idiots

[George K]

What kind of special hell have we fallen into where Andrew Cuomo looks like the reasonable one?

[LuFins Dad]

"The Hate Crimes Analysis and Review Act ensures that we collect accurate demographic data of perpetrators and victims to better protect the communities being targeted. Without data, the plight of many will remain invisible."

Legislation S.6639-A/A.6896-A will require that the state collect specific demographic information to keep a "more accurate and relevant public record" of Asian-American populations in New York.

1. What happens when they collect the data that shows most "hate crimes" against Asian Americans are perpetrated by their favored minority/class?

2. Does anybody else start getting anxious when the government wants to gather more data about your ethnic group to "better protect you?"

[George K]

@lufins-dad

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-state-democrats-push-to-scale-back-penalties-for-drive-by-shootings/ar-AASga4g

Democratic lawmakers in Washington recently introduced legislation that would scale back penalties for drive-by shootings, Fox News reported Wednesday.

The bill, HB 1692, was proposed by Democratic Washington Reps. Tarra Simmons and David Hackney and intends to promote “racial equity in the criminal justice system,” the bill says.

HB 1692 would eliminate drive-by shootings as a form of aggravated first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole, Fox News reported.

Simmons told Fox News that the aggravating factor for drive-by shootings has only been used one time since it had been classified as an aggravating factor in 1995.

Simmons Kimonti Carter, 18, took part in a drive-by shooting in 1997 that resulted in the death of college student Corey Pittman and the wounding of two others. Carter was sentenced to 777 years in prison, according to The Seattle Times.

“If he had been standing outside of the vehicle at the time, he would’ve faced 240-320 months in prison,” Simmons told Fox News. “Instead, he was sentenced to life in prison with no opportunity for parole because of this law. This law’s history and application… is what we mean when we talk about systemic racism.”

HB 1692 would apply to individuals convicted of aggravated first-degree murder in the past if a drive-by shooting was the only aggravating factor, potentially freeing Carter if the bill passes, Fox News reported.

[Mik]

What in hell is a drive by shooting if not premeditated murder?pre

[George K]

@mik said in Fiddling while Rome burns:

What in hell is a drive by shooting if not premdictated murder?

I can see it being a random act. Just drivin' along the expressway, takin' shots.

[Jolly]

Hey, no particular place to go...

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