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2025-04-11

State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #WestVirginia - Part 2

HB 3135: New penalties for #protesters who block #streets and #sidewalks

Would create new penalties for protesters who block streets, sidewalks, and other public passageways. Under the bill, someone who obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk or “other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances,” whether alone or with others, commits a misdemeanor, punishable by at least $500 and one month in jail. A second or subsequent offense would be a felony, punishable by at least $1,000 and at least three months and up to three years in prison. The bill defines “obstruct” to include conduct that makes passage “unreasonably inconvenient.” As such, protesters on a sidewalk who were deemed to have made it “unreasonably inconvenient” for pedestrians to pass could face jail terms. A substantially similar bill was introduced as HB 5446 in 2024.

Full bill text:
wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/

Status: pending

Introduced 4 Mar 2025.

Issue(s): Traffic Interference

HB 2757: Potential "#terrorism" charges for #NonviolentProtesters

Would create several new, sweeping “terrorism” offenses that could cover nonviolent protesters. One new offense, “terrorist violent #MassAction,” is defined to include “violent protests” and “riots” that “appear intended” to coerce or intimidate groups, governments, or societies. The bill provides that participation in a “terrorist violent mass action” constitutes an “terrorist act,” and any entity that uses such actions “to advance its agenda” is a “terrorist group.” “Violent protest” is not defined in the bill or elsewhere in the law, nor does the bill require that a person individually commit any act of violence or property damage to be culpable of “terrorist violent mass action.” As such, someone who peacefully participates in a #nonviolent but #rowdy protest where a few individuals commit #PropertyDamage could conceivably face “terrorism” charges. Likewise, a #NonprofitGroup involved in organizing or supporting such a protest “to advance its agenda” could be deemed a “#TerroristOrganization” under the bill. Individuals and organizations not directly involved in such a protest could also face felony “terrorism” charges for providing protesters with “material support”—broadly defined by the bill as “any property, tangible or intangible, or service.” The bill also creates a new felony “terrorism” offense for “actions… taken for political reasons to bar other persons from exercising their freedom of movement, via foot or any other conveyance.” As written, that could cover a large, peaceful march that even temporarily stops traffic. Meanwhile, the bill provides complete immunity for people who “injure perpetrators or supporters of perpetrators” while attempting to “escape” such “terrorism.” This provision would seem to eliminate consequences for acts of violence against protesters by people whose movement has been blocked by a protest, including drivers who hit protesters with their cars. The bill also creates new felony “threatening terrorism” offenses for a person or group that "for political reasons blockades property containing critical infrastructure,” or that “trespasses for political reasons onto property containing critical infrastructure.” As such, nonviolent protesters who block a road to a pipeline or enter onto pipeline property could face “threatening terrorism” charges, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. A nearly identical bill was proposed in 2024 (HB 4994) and 2023 (HB 2916).

Full text of bill:
wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/

Status: pending

Introduced 21 Feb 2025.

Issue(s): #ProtestSupporters or Funders, #DriverImmunity, Infrastructure, Riot, Terrorism, #TrafficInterference, Trespass

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests

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#rowdy

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2024-04-11

The rise of the bee rustlers;

Every year, the bloom of thousands of almond trees in California spurs one of the world’s largest, albeit artificial, migrations of animals; as billions of #honeybees are loaded onto trucks and sent to deliver lucrative pollination fees for their human keepers.

This insect odyssey ensures paydays for often struggling beekeepers, the production of most of the world’s almonds, and increasingly, an opportunity for enterprising thieves.

Standing in the way of the bee rustlers — often alone — is #Rowdy #Freeman, a deputy at the Butte County Sheriff’s Office in California’s Central Valley.

Freeman is a steely sort of bee detective. Angular, with a shaved head and fond of wearing wrap-around sunglasses, the taciturn deputy is a beekeeper himself and is aghast at how hive thefts have become so ubiquitous.

Last year, according to Freeman calculations, a record of more than 🔸2,300 honeybee hives were stolen in the Central Valley🔸.
This year’s thefts could easily surpass that number, with Freeman recording nearly 2,000 hives stolen already.

Despite the growing scale of this crime, Freeman is typically the only law enforcement officer working with beekeepers to track the stolen hives and their thieves.

“I’m trying to get more help for this because it’s become a major problem, it’s getting out of control,” Freeman said.

While California has state branches devoted to stamping out the theft of #horses or #cattle, no such task force exists for bees, he notes with no small amount of envy and frustration.

The federal government is also uninterested in the issue, despite what Freeman describes as clear-cut evidence that stolen hives have been transported over state lines
@thebeeguy
@ai6yr
@firephoto

noemamag.com/the-rise-of-the-b

SpiralCyr 🦎SpiralCyr@meow.social
2024-03-10

[Comm] A Rowdy Bunch of Goias!
Having turned his friends into Zorgoias, Luke has gotten his many hands full of the rowdy bunch!

Commission for Luke1557 on Twitter / FA for a friend!

#Commission #Zorgoia #Multifur #Multihead #MultipleHeads #Multiarm #MultipleArms #Rowdy

Windspeaker.comWindspeaker@mstdn.ca
2023-09-25

“I never thought once I was going too far.”

Hey, Viktor!, a #mockumentary by Cody Lightning, is a #rowdy reference back to Lightning’s earliest days in #movies playing young Victor Joseph in #SmokeSignals.

The film is closing the #imagineNATIVE #Film + #Media #Arts #Festival and will be shown in #Vancouver, #Calgary and #Edmonton as well.
Watch for it in select festivals in the U.S. and in #theatres soon.

windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

#Indigenous #FirstNations #comedy #acting #directing #fun

Three people stand in a back yard. Two men look like they are having a serious tension fraught discussion. A blond denim-clad woman looks on from a distance.
2023-08-15

A new track from Sorn coming in hot later this week!

Like holy cow, this teaser. This song is going to be fantastic. youtube.com/watch?v=41hhHKZBJ6

So much hype.

Tags: #Rowdy #KPop #Music #Sorn #Seungyeon #CLC

2023-07-02

Three laps to #NASCAR YELLOW. #rowdy takes it windshield deep.

GroßStadtPflanze :verified:exil_inselette@norden.social
2023-04-14
Eric von Jordanhrrvnjrdn@det.social
2023-02-21

Ich hab das Schild wirklich nur ganz leicht mit dem Vorderrad anjeblötscht 🫣🫢 #fahrrad #verkehrswende #rowdy

2022-11-26

‘டிராக் கேடி’ ஆப்: 30 ஆயிரம் ரவுடிகளின் விவரங்களுடன் புதிய செயலியை அறிமுகம் செய்தார் டிஜிபி சைலேந்திர பாபு…
patrikai.com/track-kedi-app-dg via @patrikaidotcom@twitter.com

#TrackKD #App #Rowdy #HistorySheeter #LawandOrder #TNPolice #Police @tnpoliceoffl@twitter.com

Stefan GeyerGeyst@mstdn.social
2022-11-05

Taxifahrer sind die größten und rücksichtslosesten Verkehrsrowdys. Gerade zum dritten Mal beinahe über den Haufen gefahren worden und zwar sehenden Auges. #taxi #rowdy

2022-09-28

#சென்னை அருகே பரபரப்பு: அரிவாளால் வெட்ட வந்த ரவுடியை துப்பாக்கியால் சுட்டு பிடித்த காவல்துறை! patrikai.com/sensation-near-ch via @patrikaidotcom@twitter.com

#Chennai #Tambaram #Notorious #Criminal #Rowdy #RowdySheeter #Police #Shooting @tnpoliceoffl@twitter.com

2022-05-31

சென்னை பெரியமேடு, சூளை பகுதியில் இருசக்கர வாகனத்தில் பட்டாக்கத்திகளுடன் ரவுடிகள் அட்டூழியம்! 3 பேருக்கு வெட்டு… patrikai.com/rowdies-atrocitie via @patrikaidotcom@twitter.com

#Rowdy #atrocities #Periamet #Choolai #Veppery #Police #vacancy @chennaipolice_@twitter.com @tnpoliceoffl@twitter.com

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