New Florida law makes tearing down statues punishable by up to 15 years in prison. It also lessens

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liability for ramming protesters with a car.

New legislation signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) earlier this week increases criminal penalties for crimes committed during protests. DeSantis called it "the strongest anti-looting, anti-rioting, pro-law-enforcement piece of legislation in the country," MSNBC reports, and it may be part of a trend in Republican-led states, The New York Times writes.

One of the most notable aspects of the law is that tearing down monuments, including Confederate ones, is now a second-degree felony offense, meaning anyone who is charged with doing so would face a maximum of 15 years in prison, the Times reports.

On the other hand, the legislation provides some extra protection for people who injure protesters by ramming into them with their car. If protesters block a road, MSNBC notes, Florida drivers who plow their vehicle into them can claim self-defense, giving them civil (as opposed to criminal) liability protection. That "all but [invites] people to commit vehicular homicide," Paul Waldman argued in The Washington Post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-law-makes-tearing-down-135300310.html

Floriduh has a reputation to uphold - Ron Death Sentence.

[LizBeth]

1. And abortion is death penalty while rape and sex trafficking is a Presidency and congressman.

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2. Lying and wacko conspiracy theories are ok too . . .

COVID-19 is a hoax and the people who died from it surely died from something else because they were sloppy with their health. The 1st amendment to protest only applies to true patriots the ones that wanted to overturn democracy of the USA - 1/6/2021 and beyond. And its a oaky to run over people who do not think like RWers - Qanon.

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3. DeSatan is a f**king monster!

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4. So if I drive through a crowd of confederate flag-waving yahoos

And plow into the statue they're rallying around, knocking it off its pedestal . . .

[lindysalsagal]

5. So, if I put this up, no one can tear it down, right?

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/xd5gjd/heres-the-first-look-at-the-new-satanic-monument-being-built-for-oklahomas-statehouse

In January the Satanic Temple announced plans to erect a monument glorifying the Dark Lord on the front lawn of the Oklahoma Statehouse. An Indiegogo campaign was launched with what seemed like a somewhat lofty goal of $20,000, but by the time donations ended almost $30,000 had been raised. Now an artist trained in classical sculpture is toiling away in New York, crafting a Baphomet figure sitting beneath an inverted pentagram and flanked by two children gazing upward in loyalty. When it is finished, it will be cast in bronze and, the Satanists hope, eventually displayed in Oklahoma.

The statue is a direct response to the state's installation of a Ten Commandments monument outside the Capitol in 2012. State Representative Mike Ritze paid for the controversial statue with his own money, and therefore it was considered a donation and OK to place on government property. Following that line of reasoning, the Satanic Temple submitted a formal application for their monument.

As Trait Thompson of the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission told CNN last December, "Individuals and groups are free to apply to place a monument or statue or artwork." The applications are then approved or rejected by the Commission. Unfortunately, the state has placed a halt on issuing permits for any other monuments until a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Ritze's Commandments monument is settled.

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7. Bloody fascists (nt)