We've really got to rein in qualified immunity in this country. That and civil asset forfeiture.

flourish_dev 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's so many common sense, bipartisan things like those. A few are are uncapping the house, a federal holiday for election day, stock trading ban for politicians, data broker loophole, warrant requirement for your data on service providers.

I fear to think about where we would be without the constitution considering how authoritarian law enforcement is in the US. It's definitely lacking, but I am still grateful for it.

	▲	quacked an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Ending the tax preparation industry as well

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searealist 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In Canada?

	▲	shagie 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's the CBC reporting on it in here, but the location was Milwaukee. > Patrick Tomlinson and Niki Robinson awarded $575K US settlement from City of Milwaukee > ... > It was 1 a.m. on July 25, 2022, and someone had reported a hostage situation at his house in Milwaukee, where he lives with his wife, Niki Robinson. > ... > Over the course of the next two and a half years, Tomlinson and Robinson were swatted 55 times, despite repeatedly explaining their situation to the Milwaukee Police Department. They sued, and have been awarded a $575,000 US settlement from the City of Milwaukee. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkRgfYmLrE for the local news (TMJ4) three weeks ago.
	▲	badc0ffee 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The story takes place in the US. The only Canadian connection is that CBC convered the story, and Norm was Canadian.
	▲	SpecialistK 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Milwaukee is in Canada?