I’m not yet convinced he’ll serve much in the way of a real prison sentence (appeals, parole, etc), but at least he is legally ineligible for any position within law enforcement ever again. No badge or gun for him and no authority. Not that he should have ever been given them in the first place, but at least he won’t…

Let’s see: assault? Check. Hate crime? Check. ‘Appropriate’ law-enforcement response? If you mean the sound of crickets chirping, then check, too.

And De Santis should then immediately be thrown in prison for violating the constitution. No trial. No jury. No lawyers. If he doesn’t respect the constitution, why should the rights it enshrines and protects be extended to him?

Georgia’s ‘political theater’ is what it looks like when conservatives reject democracy. No offense to Coogler, because he’s not wrong, but the only solution to Georgia’s problem is to bankrupt the state and buy it out from under the GOP. *NOTHING* can get better until that happens. I feel sorry for the folks who are…

People like Marjorie are living proof that there is no god, God, or gods. Because if there was, she’d have been crisped by repeated lightning strikes years ago, with a booming laugh echoing from the heavens as she fried.

Hypocrisy has always been a core tenant of conservatism and the GOP. And given their attitudes and ideology hasn’t changed, neither will that. Because if conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.

Nah. Blackjack to the back of the head, a hood, and disappear from civilized society forever. If he can’t behave, think, or act civilized, he has no business being in civilization. Because anyone who thinks that some people don’t deserve all the rights, freedoms, and protections of society can lead by example and have…

Somewhere out there, a Bob Katz is very confused...

It was confirmed to have carried rabies. At which point, it was already walking dead. Killing it was a mercy. The alternative is a long, slow, painful death spent hunting and infecting other animals to the same fate.

The bullets weren’t fired from his gun. So the cops lied about that. Next question should be, was it actually his gun, or are they lying about that, too? Because cops would NEVER plant evidence to create a narrative that protects themselves. Especially not the good, honest, hard-working ones who would shoot a kid in…

...shit, you got me.

Soooo...violence and hate, genocide and mass murder, forced subjugation and enslavement.

The legacy of ‘sundown towns’ -- Americans being proud of their hate.

Police? Lying? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you! [/s]

Note the non-denial response: “However, this report is not based on any announcement by Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.”

It’s become abundantly clear that Republicans are incapable of, well, acting civilized. They’ll find a way to warp this law to protect one another and harm everyone else. As they have always done.

Never. It’s not a symptom. Cruelty is the whole point.

This issue has already gone before the courts in the US. People were imitating the voices of Tom Waites and Bette Middler without permission. They lost. The method used to create those imitations is entirely irrelevant. People’s voices are *NOT* fair use. They are covered under Right of Publicity.

The people providing the tools aren’t responsible for how those tools are used (see: Sony v Universal). It’s the people using those tools who are liable for how they use them. And we’ve seen cases move through the courts that involve modding and mods, so this isn’t exactly a new legal area (though certainly not…

I suspect there will be legal wrangling over this issue in the semi-near future. The Right of Publicity includes an individual’s voice, and yes, this has gone to court and been upheld. It’s the same legal doctrine that protects a person’s likeness from usage without that person’s permission.