So much for the "Castle Doctrine"

[George K]

The McCloskeys were pardoned this week.

Rep. Cori Bush is unhappy.

Just a reminder from 6 weeks ago:

[Jolly]

Right decision.

They should never have been charged.

[Aqua Letifer]

What does “and that it wasn’t torn it down to attack my family” mean? Isn't that guy a lawyer?

[Jolly]

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

What does “and that it wasn’t torn it down to attack my family” mean? Isn't that guy a lawyer?

The "it" is a typo. This is Twitter, Stuff like that abounds.

I think we know what he meant....

[Mik]

Nice of an elected official to publicly threaten a citizen.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jolly said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

What does “and that it wasn’t torn it down to attack my family” mean? Isn't that guy a lawyer?

The "it" is a typo. This is Twitter, Stuff like that abounds.

I think we know what he meant....

I don't know if you're aware of this, but the online mob against this guy was orders of magnitude larger than the actual one on the street. Hell I kept seeing it in my feed, and I'm pretty diligent about not following people who are political online. This was a multi-platform shitshow when it happened.

[George K]

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

the online mob against this guy was orders of magnitude larger than the actual one on the street

The online mob didn't break down his fence and trespass on his property. Sometimes size doesn't matter.

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

the online mob against this guy was orders of magnitude larger than the actual one on the street

The online mob didn't break down his fence and trespass on his property. Sometimes size doesn't matter.

No, but it gives you an idea as to how much political pressure there was out there. Unfortunately the video of this guy ticked all the right boxes. Folks whom I follow to look at their astrophotography from the Lake District were like, "get a load of THIS motherfucker!" It was insane.

I don't think it's much of a jump to presume that social media influences the opinions of public officials.

[Horace]

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

@george-k said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

@aqua-letifer said in So much for the "Castle Doctrine":

the online mob against this guy was orders of magnitude larger than the actual one on the street

The online mob didn't break down his fence and trespass on his property. Sometimes size doesn't matter.

No, but it gives you an idea as to how much political pressure there was out there. Unfortunately the video of this guy ticked all the right boxes. Folks whom I follow to look at their astrophotography from the Lake District were like, "get a load of THIS motherfucker!" It was insane.

Typical righteous leftist pop culture. It can't be insane if it's so normal, right?

[George K]

What's better than being pardoned?

Having your convictions expunged.

[Jolly]

Good.

I would mandate she receive some more firearms training. He doesn't scare me. She does.

[Copper]

And they will both get 3 years of their lives back.

[Mik]

Should never have been charged.

[Jolly]

Black Lives Matter More.