North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force"
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force"
North Carolina’s new $300 billion state budget contains a provision that gives extraordinary investigative powers to a partisan oversight committee co-chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R). The Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations — or Gov Ops for s...
This includes the private residences of subcontractors and contractors who run businesses out of their homes
Even more crazy is that you can't tell anyone you've been raided, including seeking or talking to legal counsel.
So you technically are denied legal counsel if you are targeted by a blatently unconstitutional search.
And it's legal for them to destroy any incriminating records that they want at any time.
Unlimited power to target whoever they want and no legal recourse.
Welcome to Germany 1935.
This law is categorically unconstitutional. It is a prima facie contradiction of multiple specific amendments in the bill of rights. This will certainly be thrown out - even hard-right judges won’t be able to justify this. It’s clearly not reasonable in the slightest.
This will be a federal conservative policy soon enough
Reminds me more of Eastern Germany to be honest. But yeah, that's fucked up no matter where it happened before.
So moral of the story, keep everything backed up to the cloud. Though the fun thing is, NC is so awash in guns, sending goons to raid someone's home is likely to result in some ventilated goons.
Setting aside this story that is absolutely ridiculous and horrible, why are people obsessed with claiming that nazi Germany has begun with every scary story out there? Calm your tits.
Moreover, Gov Ops staff will be authorized to enter “any building or facility” owned or leased by a state or non-state entity without a judicial warrant.
That sounds unconstitutional. I mean, the whole thing sounds unconstitutional but that especially.
Oh, look. The party of Nazi apologists is passing laws to make their own Gestapo. But everyone comparing them to Nazis are the real problem.
That’s when you respond saying “fine, NKVD then, you guys are like the Soviets”
See what the assholes say then
seems like a violation of the 4th amendment but knowing the current supreme court they'll rule it doesn't apply to state laws (but the 2nd amendment does!)
The constitution only applies when the billionaires giving them huge bribes say it does. Couldn’t be simpler.
chuckles I'm in danger.
Benjamin...get the Musket.
These paramilitary groups part of the ruse of fascism and were instrumental in the fall of the Weimar Republic.
DeSantis has a whole special group of militant nazis under his command too that their state funded.
Sounds like someone is gearing up to steal a fuckton of money and wants power over any investigation that might stem from it.
So more nazi stuff coming out of the GOP. What's wrong with you America
Decades of siding with fascists over even milquetoast socialists, including when NATO member Greece got couped by its own military.
That rat fuck Tim Moore.
With some people all you need is one look and think "that guy is a awful person and shouldn't be anywhere near dictating rules for other people." and this guy is one of them. Though to be fair that's like 95% of elected Republicans as well
No national sources on this?
Is this one local? I don't know of it. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article279613749.html
Truthout is the best source I could find.
https://truthout.org/articles/north-carolina-gop-passed-budget-creates-secret-police-critics-warn/
That's a newspaper based in Raleigh, reputable as such things go. Source: I live nearby
Found this Newsweek article just now:
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-secret-police-sparks-fight-democrats-1831481
Truthout is a good source. You know they are good because Karl Rove purposely gave them bad information so Republicans could come back and disparage the source.
News & Observer is a (in my experience) rather reliable source based in Raleigh, it is local
Ground News has 6 sources: https://ground.news/article/north-carolina-republicans-create-secret-police-force_5cb6b7
National sources suck
This why propublica and a lot of smaller news sites are better
They report this sort of stuff
We need more Republicans put in prison for stuff like this.
That's pretty messed up
Smash Fascism
Ur swastika is showing.
People overreact. This is just the way north carolinians is. If you meet a north carolinian you can just ask them to turn around and bend over because your going to fuck them up the ass. And they will do it. Source. this law.
$300 billion ain't right.
Yeah, that's more than California's state budget for 22-23 by 13.5 billion dollars.
Something something shall give no quarter to.
🎶Load up on guns, and bring your friends...🎶
They try to go into a relay center for the deaf and hard of hearing and they will be in so much trouble that they can not conceive. They would have to answer to Congress and a very large lobby who will take this very personally, no matter what law they try to present. Even the President of the United States can't enter without consent. Law enforcement gets turned away, even with a warrant. I used to be a relay center operator and they were very serious.