Trump Thread

[Seamus Fermanagh]

So I see there are increasingly moves to outlaw public protest in the US:

http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/s...2062bd07b.html

I see that it's also being used to expand the civil forfeiture rules to... Nice!

So the state decides if you are allowed to protest, and if it decides that you aren't, it takes all your stuff.

If that isn't fascism, what the hell is it?

The civil forfeiture rules in the US are unbelievable. Any of you non Americans who haven't acquainted yourselves - here's a rogues gallery to give you a taste:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/listver...orfeiture/amp/

A novel way for law enforcement to boost their budgets by stealing off (mainly) black people.

Idaho and I are not normally on the same side of most issues. However, the civil forfeiture rules for drug crimes in America are far too easily abused and applying the same rules for such things as protesting without a permit would be ludicrous. I cannot see that application as anything other than an infringement of the first amendment. Injunct it now and strike it down soon after.

If I recall, @Strike For The South is also quite leery of this forfeiture stuff.