Currently, my school district requires all teachers to take online courses in sexual harassment, child abuse, blood borne infections, active shooters, etc. But based on what's happening right now at Columbia University, schools could soon start requiring staff to take "antisemitism" training classes that teach that antizionism = antisemitism and that criticism of Netanyahu and Israel are somehow antisemitic acts.
"Citing the First Amendment right to “engage in political speech,” a judge has ruled that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado cannot dodge a defamation lawsuit filed against her by political activists critical of her during her 2022 reelection run."
This North Carolina bill is ridiculous. It justifies punishing protestors for blocking emergency vehicles, yet bans wearing masks for health reasons. This bill is dangerously anti-public health and restricts people's ability to protest and exercise their First Amendment rights.
@luckytran People's #1A rights are being so narrowed and restricted as to make it virtually impossible to effectively protest. Even when they peacefully protest, they get mobbed by armed thug cops under a false pretext of antisemitism. They have no way to protest under this police state regime
...recently begun to think that given the slaver and colonial origins of the police force in the US, it might become necessary to rebuild everything from the ground up. How? I wouldn't know.
Looking at the causes auf #BLM and the current police brutalities against students exercising their #1A on public grounds (sometimes private--different story,) the system might be beyond repair indeed.
"In a 3–2 vote, the FCC voted to restore Net Neutrality protections & reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act.
The decision is a major victory for the public interest: Title II authority empowers the FCC to hold companies: AT&T, Comcast, Spectrum... accountable for a wide range of harms to internet users across the US, fast, open +fair for all of us.”
However, as discussed in the thread* below, I disagree with the implied assessment.
Students that are lawfully using their #1a but doing so in a political way ON the (private premises) of campuses are severly disrupting the learning environment for all students. That is not exceptable:
#GagOrder Against #Trump Is Expanded to Stop Attacks on Judge’s Family
Donald Trump had in recent days targeted the daughter of Juan #Merchan, the judge overseeing his #criminal trial in Manhattan, in blistering social media posts.
#Merchan points out that courts are typically concerned about #1A defendants’ rights, but that the “conventional 'David vs. Goliath' roles" are inverted here, & #Trump's statements pose a very real #threat to the judicial proceedings’ integrity.
Prosecutors in the hearing room at the DA's table: attys Daysha Young, Will Wooten & Donald Wakeford + #RICO expert & special prosecutor John Floyd
Special prosecutor Anna Cross is also present.
For the defense it's #Trump & David Shafer's #legal teams.
Steve Sadow, Trump's lead Atlanta attorney, is currently arguing why his client's speech at issue in the indictment is core political speech that's protected under the #1A.
#Georgia DA rebuts defense’s protected “political speech” / #1A argument because this isn’t about lying in #PoliticalSpeech, it’s about filing false documents & making false statements to the #court & the government.
Additionally, the lies were employed as a part of #criminal conduct & not protected.
Overt act in a criminal #conspiracy
The purpose of presenting the overt acts is to show that it is part of the overall operation – the #CriminalConspiracy.
Work in the industry, doc side but this is pretty basic producer stuff. This is 100% on the armorer and the only reason they keep trying to charge Baldwin is the legal grey area of the state they filmed in. Had this happened in a state with more production (Georgia, Louisiana, California) there would be a more direct way for prosecutors to go after the correct person. Georgia and California specifically has legal precedent from deaths on set like this.
One of the reasons credits are so long is because we hire people to maintain a safe set - think of it like a foreman for safe worksite in construction (which we also hire often). We hire a ton of people for safety from actual police to medics and rescue personnel.
Hiring an armorer is SPECIFICALLY to avoid situations like this. Because the production company is like "hey you know what? I don't think me, some producer knows how to use a gun safely, I should hire someone who's certified to do that." It's not some token job, they're supposed to be trained on how to properly load the powder of the blank rounds, how to mark and flag hot guns and dead props, and pretty fucking much rule #1A is never bring live ammo anywhere near your set.
Baldwin should not be held criminally liable and any half decent entertainment lawyer will settle that. Now civil liability, that's certainly more realistic. But even then it should be the production LLC not any 1 person.
Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set ( www.theguardian.com )
Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...