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submitted 9 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world

“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

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[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 156 points 9 months ago

The bill also gives people the ability to justify use of “defensive force” upon an unhoused person in instances of criminal trespass, including “unlawful camping” on the owner’s property. This would allow property owners to use deadly force against unhoused people on their property without facing criminal consequences.

Sounds like Kyle Rittenhouse is gonna get his mom to drive him to Kentucky. Seriously though, this is fucking disgusting legislation. Homeless people are dehumanized enough but Kentucky is on the verge of legalizing hunting them for sport. What vile pieces of shit those 45 Republican co-sponsors are.

[-] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 54 points 9 months ago

So they can kill squatters? Next step, people who are late on rent?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Sure! Then they can have an estate sale so they can recoup their "losses!"

/s because I'm pretty sure it's needed, sadly

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[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 111 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' 44 "They also will answer, `Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' 45 "He will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' 46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

-Some Socialist Groomer Theater Kid

I'd bet any amount of money that most of not all of this bill's co-sponsors profess (at least surrounding election time) to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and a striving to be more Christlike. And all of them seemingly impervious to cognitive dissonance.

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 96 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
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[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

oh look Republicans wanting to kill Americans again

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

No one is safe, unless they haven't been born yet.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago

This proposed law also has a three strikes law in it. Life in prison without parole for 3 felonies.

Also, apparently child defendants aren't allowed to have a jury? That's not highlighted, so it's current law there.

This entire thing is an authoritarian wet dream. Create outlaws, and then turn them into slaves or bodies.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 25 points 9 months ago

It also bans charitable organizations from paying more than $5000 in bail.

For violent felonies, it doesn't allow them to pay bail at all.

Which means anyone could provoke anyone to violence and they would be jailed with no hope of escape. Including ostensibly a homeless person by destroying their stuff.

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[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

Children arent allowed to have juries in other states too. I got told repeatedly during my Juvenile case that children don't have rights. They fucked me good for a miniscule amount of Marijuana. I'm talking, fucking years of my childhood. I don't want to say the state because it might out my identity but I'll give you a hint, its another shithole state that comes to mind when you think of fucking cousins, much like Kentucky. Glad to be out of that part of the country forever now.

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[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I bet the creators of this law claim to be Christian & mistakenly think they are going to spend eternity in Heaven.

It always amazes me that so many self-professed Christians have almost as much disrespect for their religion as I do.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago

I bet the creators of this law claim to be Christian

I bet they also claim to be "pro life"...

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[-] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 49 points 9 months ago

I feel like the biggest issue is what would amount to homeless corralling, and if they violated the law by living outside the designated zone, they'd be fined. The state knows they wouldn't be able to pay, and thus 90+ days of prison labor.

"The proposed legislation grants cities the authority to designate specific areas for unhoused individuals. If individuals are found outside of the designated area, residing in a tent, hut, temporary shelter, or vehicle with the intention to sleep, they may face misdemeanor charges, leading to a fine of $5,000 and a potential imprisonment of up to 90 days."

Don't get me wrong, the deadly force bits are definitely worse, but I feel like what I quoted above is the true motivation.

[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Your vehicle is your private property, so this is saying a legally parked person on their own private property who intends to fall asleep can be punished with a 5k fine and 90 days in jail.

No more going out to your car over break to take a nap.

[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 23 points 9 months ago

Or pulling over on a long drive

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 19 points 9 months ago

They'll jail people who sleep at rest stops, too. :(

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[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Ah, so the Sanctuary Cities that preceed the Bell Riots.

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[-] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Hmmm. This feels eerily similar to an episode of star trek deep space nine.

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[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Because nothing says 'qualified immunity' quite like gunning down the homeless

I can't believe I wanted to live in America fifteen years ago. Now I wanna stay the hell away. Y'all are unhinged.

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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 37 points 9 months ago

And this is the most disgusting thing I've read today. The world's moving in a great direction /s

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

The most disgusting thing you've read so far today

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago

Kill a person I don't like... drag them into tent into my back yard... claim it was leagal deadly force against the unhoused on my land.

The perfect murder.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

unconstitutional but since when have the "law and order" police not pissed on that piece of paper?

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 28 points 9 months ago

The party of "Pro-Life"...

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not that the unhoused deserve this--it's vile, violent, and fascist.

Not that this bill will pass, even in Kentucky, or be upheld by the courts, even in Kentucky.

But the fact that this decriminalizes shooting homeless people for anyone means that 100% someone would use it to shoot their neighbor, probably on purpose, while claiming they thought he was homeless.

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[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago

"How do we solve the housing crises?" Kentucky: "Thats easy! Just aim for the center of mass"

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 27 points 9 months ago

After reading the article, it's 100% about creating a slavery pool. Murdering hobos is just icing on the cake.

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago

Time to arm the homeless, I guess.

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[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

The bill also gives people the ability to justify use of “defensive force” upon an unhoused person in instances of criminal trespass, including “unlawful camping” on the owner’s property. This would allow property owners to use deadly force against unhoused people on their property without facing criminal consequences.

I hope this bill has some "defensive force" applied to it before it becomes a law.

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is the Christian Nation they want to build.

Murder the disadvantaged, without consequence.

Just like Jesus would have done! /s

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[-] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The GOP is desperately trying to make everything outside of being a wealthy white male conservative illegal.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 25 points 9 months ago

I think the headline writers need some lessons in political antagonism. This should be "New GOP bill legalizes murder of vulnerable people such as disabled American veterans." "Pro-military" party? Patriotic party? Thank you for your service, lol. We're really pro-imperialism. Now that we have destroyed you, we just want you to go away.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 24 points 9 months ago
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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

The Republican speaker of the house tells us we can’t fully commit to Ukraine until we address the issues in our own home.

This is what they envision when they talk about problems here at home. They want to be able to persecute/harm/kill anyone they perceive as lesser whether that be a homeless person or an LGBT person, or other such minority.

Fuck these christofascist monsters, Jesus Christ himself would be disgusted. Care for the poor and the sick? Nah that’s woke Jesus, conservative Jesus cheers you on as you bash a person in the face simply for having less money than you

[-] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

This law works both ways, right?

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Back in 1990, San Diego CA downtown was a run down area. As a young man, I saw and help the area flourish. But that was the whole gentrification thing. I, a poor minority person of color helped make the place awesome...for someone else to buy and for me and my family to leave. However, as I left during the pandemic downtown seems to have grown back to its old drug and homeless habits. Tent city once again, but this time the are is unaffordable for anyone to try and help clean it up. It's a nice place to live but now the question is, if only rich people live there, who will bridge the homeless people over back to humanity? Right? If there's no bridge class, then the only solution is to get rid of them by force. That, in the eyes of the rich who live there. If you're not rich and barely getting by, you're basically the help.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 19 points 9 months ago

This articles title is doing more dodging then Neo in the matrix, It is a bill making it legal to shoot a type of person if found outside their assigned ghetto. Not using the word "bum", "homeless" or "camper" is doing no one favours other then to obfuscate the reality of this.

[-] cyborgbabyman@lemmy.l0l.city 19 points 9 months ago
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[-] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My fellow murricans, it really a free nation if we can’t come together to shoot homeless people in the streets?

[-] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why did this distinction was made in the first place? Do cops in Kentucky have a habit of gunning down homeless people?

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

No, it's so ordinary people like you and me can do it. Guess they were jealous the police were having all the fun.

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Licenses to Kill for everyone! Seriously though, can you really make murder legal, and not face any federal consequences?

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

They make murder legal but abortion illigal because it is murder

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[-] m0rtn@lemmy.l0l.city 15 points 9 months ago

Supply Side Jesus strikes again

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