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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·22 hours agoLoitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·18 hours agoEither choose to participate in capitalism or they stick you in a box and commodify your imprisonment
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoAre you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoIt depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoCheckmate. I guess I’m done for today.
Loitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.
Either choose to participate in capitalism or they stick you in a box and commodify your imprisonment
Are you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
It depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
Checkmate. I guess I’m done for today.