I always accept submissions and comments. This stuff is actually happening:- A California town has banned smoking in apartment buildings (whether the ownership wants to allow it or not), as well as "parks, stadiums, sports fields, trails and outdoor shopping areas." People who own their own houses can still smoke indoors, which is, um, interesting. Precisely how is second-hand smoke dangerous outside? Anyone have "research" to support that one? Clearly something else is motivating this ...
- Update on the New York woman who died in police custody in a Phoenix airport: the airport cops waited more than two hours to get their story straight and break news of her death to her husband, who was repeatedly calling them to check on her condition.
- A Scranton, PA woman was cited and faces up to 90 days in jail and/or a $300 fine for cursing in her own home at an overflowing toilet. An off-duty cop, no doubt a member of the God Squad, turned her in.
- In the gentrifying Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, LA, two second-line musicians were arrested when nearly 20 NOPD squad cars halted a traditional jazz funeral for marching without a permit. It's a good thing NOLA doesn't have any actual crime that could use their attention, eh? Apparently newcomers to the neighborhood would prefer that the (largely black) culture which drew them to the city to begin with be banned.
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