The US has been a fascist state for a long time.
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mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoNope, it’s unfortunately not that easy in the US. Not only can police use your property for this… They aren’t liable for any damage they cause while doing so.
Lech v. City of Greenwood Village is a relevant national case. Basically, police demolished a neighbor’s house while executing a warrant, and then refused to reimburse the neighbor. There is a Takings clause of the 5th amendment, that says the government can claim eminent domain and take private property, but they must provide just compensation for the property that was taken… The homeowner tried to argue that the demolition fell under the Takings clause, and therefore he was entitled to just compensation. The Supreme Court ruled that the police had no obligation to reimburse, as long as the damage occurred due to official police power. The SCOTUS essentially ruled that official police powers (like executing warrants, chasing suspects during an attempted arrest, or standing standoffs) do not invoke the Takings clause. Even if the powers were not directed at the person whose property was taken. So cops have carte blanche to use your shit as long as they can justify the use as part of executing an official police power.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Madison420@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Your assertion is on large part correct, but it was the 10th district where it ended, the supreme Court refused to review it so it’s still technically ambiguous.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 day ago
Sorry Americans, SCOTUS cancelled the third amendment
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The fuck is wrong with your supreme court?
Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
It is corrupt, the government is corrupt, and the people aren’t willing to do anything about it. Not mass protests, not dropping the social media they control, or boycotting the companies that give them power.
So, it won’t change.
The administration is on a war rampage also, which means the only way the people will be free, since they do nothing, is if war comes to America, and the regime is taken out by force.
This of course would be ww3, and the casualties of such a war would be far greater than ww2. Many more civilian casualties.
And of course poverty in america. Their government will gove themselves money for luxuries first, their armies second, and their people can have whatever crumbs are left over.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
A lot of things.