Armed to deter cops

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

Yeah, it's what Jesus would want, didn't you know?
- Supply-side Jesus is the worst Jesus.

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

And have to be visibly armed to stop the cops from harassing you for doing so.
- And people are banning books.
And claiming to be a devout Christian while making these laws is ludicrous.

The black panther method, 10 outta 10

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

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

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
- And then continued it federally with bans on assault weapons and magazines over a certain capacity after someone tried to assassinate him.
  I say we should bring back the Reagan approach on gun control.
- Sure, it can't be that some people are more reasonable and don't like in a western.
You love it? You don't look at this and think "This can't possibly be how a reasonable society works"?
- When it stops being illegal to help vulnerable people, I'll stop cheering for folks who open carry firearms to deter cops that might otherwise try to stop them.
- Of course most of us don't love it. A lot of us live in places where, due to concepts like gerrymandering, we have no political choice, so people have to resort to stuff like this. We love that people are fighting back, not that it has to be this way.
- It isn't how reasonable society works. It is how OUR society works. Can't play by the rules of another game you wish you were playing, you will lose every time.
- If we lived in a reasonable society, there'd be no need to deter the police.
- what reasonable society
- Where are you getting reasonable society from lmao
- Not everyone agrees the cops should do whatever they want and sorting it out in court later is the way

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.
- 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.
  Systemically, yes this is why the police are allowed broadly by society to discourage helping those in need.
  On a more personal, fundamental and visceral level, it's because the police are a product of people who have held power for a long, long time. And you know what poor and homeless people are to the systems that maintain the status quo? They're an inconvenient reminder that our system is designed to benefit a few, and that there are people hoarding gold and diamond backscratchers for every day of the week while children starve on the street.
  That's a pretty downer reminder, isn't it? Throw in some of our human vices that we all share from top to bottom like substance abuse and you have a complete picture of what any of us could become if we're not careful.
  See, for the vast majority of comfortable Americans, the homeless they pass every day are not reminders that humans need help, they are a reminder of failure. In a world where success is measured in dollar signs and possessions, someone without either is a scary, harsh reminder that we're all on a tightrope.
  Brush them aside. Put them somewhere. Get them into some kind of "camp" and shuffle them out of view, lest they spoil this perfect image we have created of the modern world.
- That is the role of the state and capitalists but that is not what is on the mind of an abusive cop. They believe the bullshit.
I had¹ a friend in middle school who shared my name. We'd hang out together all the time and play Super Mario Bros 3 and ride our bikes all over and shit. Dude was chill. Then he went into the army, came out, and become a cop in Dallas PD.
¹Had.

Damn, giving food and clothes is a crime.

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.
- 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
- So if I buy the food let's say 100 burgers from a fast food joint. That would be ok right?
Pretty sure its not, this is just more bullshit lemmy propaganda.
- Look up how many times "Food Not Bombs" gets arrested for feeding the homeless.
- Fact checking is free.

Now I understand why americans need guns.

Too bad this is an extremely rare use case, but yes this is exactly the INTENT of the second amendment.
- Does it actually work? Because I fear that it doesn't and just gives cops/the state even more excuses to further militarize police in the long teem.
  I'm not antigun, but this seems like an arms race you can't win.
- The INTENT of the second amendment was protect the states' militias from being disarmed by the feds. So that enslavers like Washington could rest assured that his slave state of Virginia wouldn't be liberated by the feds
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.
- No it wasn't. The second amendment was written to protect tyrannical bullshit. The slaveowners wanted to make sure the federal government couldn't disarm their state-owned militias
I hate that this is true.

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

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.

This gives the cops license to start slaughtering protestors. They're allowed to kill if they have a reason to fear for their safety.
- No, it doesn't.
  But it does force them to reconsider their bullying instincts.
- Nope. Cops are bullies and cowards by nature. They love to swing their dicks around unarmed, peaceful protesters.
  Any sign of any possible resistance or discomfort and they'll suddenly turn into pillars of restraint and caution.
  IE look at all the armed Nazi protests, or uvlade or any other of the myriad of examples.

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

- *American cops.
  Everything you just said would not be true of, for example, Danish cops. Or French cops, for that matter.
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.
Have you heard about Uvalde?

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

Yes I have. It's called a sword cane. I happen to have some knee damage, and if I play up my limp a bit, no one even looks twice at my cane.
- You get it from Cold Steel?
Big dresses and a lotta cleavage means you got no idea who's got a concealed sword at a ren faire.
Is that a sword in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?
- Oh, no, that thing was six inches so it's definitely the sword you're seeing.
waves hand These aren't the droids you're looking for.
I have a very long butt-crack.

More of this, please

They could skip the middle step and just arm the homeless

Link to tweet: https://x.com/FordFischer/status/1203485521151959040

2019 sounds like so far in the past…
Texas must have fixed those stupids rules? Maybe they have fixed the houses crisis…
Please I really could use some hope right now
- Here are the current Dallas ordinances on feeding the homeless. It looks like it's legal if you notify the city 24+ hours in advance and abide by certain food safety and hygiene measures. Still seems pretty onerous to me

Gotta love how it's illegal to help your community

Just wait to see what those ass clowns have planned if they win the presidency

Armed to deter cops actually sounds like a viable plan in Texas after what we saw at Uvalde

SWORDS!!

Highlander homeless ppl ... I can kinda see that, yes

"Swords"

Dual-wielding for justice!