I know what you are saying cherokee I have been targeted and I agree, we all should be able to live in peace. My real point was when it comes to any of us the constitution is trampled on. they make it as if it does not pertain to us. But when it comes to any government person’s its the holy grail and they need to enact new laws and rules just to protect them so THEY can live in peace and not feel threatened. But as my wise old pappy used to say if they are treating others how they want to be treated and being fair and just with there laws and rules and applying them with the justice and mercy that our foundation fathers fought and died to protect , then they have nothing to fear from the people.

That sounds good until a mob of angry people are outside of your house and your grandkids are crying in fear. I agree with peaceful assembly in parks, and places that are not someone’s home. Go after someone in court, not at their homes.

To add to that, justices can own weapons and if need be, could ward off attacks from those who go from peaceful assembly to causing harm. Those on the registry are lucky if we can own a baseball bat to protect ourselves. And again, if they want to kill me, that is one thing, but when they go after your family, even if unintentionally, where is the justice in that?

People should be able to live in peace with their families in their own home and be left alone. Protesting sounds great until it happens to you.

Isnt there somewhere in that pesky thing people call the constitution that gives the right to the people to peaceably assemble ? Guess just like the rest of it we read it wrong good thing the government is there to decifer it for the sheep. Oops people

I’ll add Sen. Obenshain’s name to the Phase IV Media Blitz project.

JZ

But, but your Honor, we were not picketing, we were “Gathering”. lol

CJ,

As per a new bill [CS/HB 1571] passed this past 2022 session, residential picketing is now against the law in Floriduh:

http://laws.flrules.org/2022/118

It’s only a one-pager, but does the job.

Hey cherokee a little something funny for you. I have a service dog she is boxer/ Rhodesian ridgeback. On my car it says caution K9 i got pulled over for supposedly not making a complete stop at a red light. It was a drug unit that pulled me . the one deputy came up on the drivers side asking the usual questions. The other deputy snuck up on the passenger side. I say he snuck up because he stayed out of my mirrors , I never seen him until he was at my passenger front window at which time my dog made a low growl. They were quick to ask if my dog would bite or attack. I told them as long as they didn’t act aggressive neither would she. They asked to search the car i said OK but I’m not taking my dog out of the car on a busy roadway. They decided to take a super quick look and said have a nice day. I heard one of them as they were walking back to theyer vehicle say damn I wanted him but I’m not getting bit.

Eugene

Even if you have done nothing wrong, cops tend to want to “pat” people down for weapons during a traffic stop. This is especially true for ex-felons. Once they feel a lump on your ankle, they are going to think either Gun or GPS. They have already run your tags so know you are a felon (Ex felon to us).

Having said that, then things tend to escalate depending on the officer. I do admit that sometimes the driver can cause the escalation by sending off attitude, but the officer should take the higher ground. Instead, many of them go off on a power trip and the next thing you know, one of us is in jail on more charges.

And what happens when we get a flat and pull over in front of a school? The GPS monitoring company calls law enforcement and states that a registered sex offender on GPS has been suspiciously parked in front of a school for a long period of time.

There is just so much that can go wrong with this as well as legally just down right “Being” wrong. How the courts cannot find this to be punishment, none of us can fathom. But as long as court rule civil commitment is ok well past your sentence, then we have little hope of getting justice.

On a side note, there are already people on the registry who have reached the end of their ropes, with GPS I see some who will choose suicide and others prison after they completely snap and say “Enough is enough”. And of course, that is exactly what law enforcement wants. The old saying about “Don’t poke a bear” may come to fruition.

There is a guy on The all4consolaws site that was part of the original suite who was charged after the fact to lifetime gps on a one conviction charge. I fell bad for them, I just hope Florida doesn’t try to implement this.

They mention a high rate of re-offended.

“Because of the way this was drafted, this is a loophole we should close,” said Republican Sen. Mark Obenshain. He read from a list of the most serious offenses committed by the inmates among the first batch of early releases, and insisted that some of those people would go on to offend again.

“We’re going to hear about it when one of these 41 rapists commits another rape,” he said.

https://www.aol.com/news/virginia-law-stops-early-inmate-122151287-162340206.html