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Minnesota

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:55 PM Jan 2017

Minnesota bill would make convicted protesters liable for policing costs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/minnesota-protesters-bill-liable-policing-costs

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Minnesota bill would make convicted protesters liable for policing costs (Original Post) FiveGoodMen Jan 2017 OP

Dayton will veto it as soon as it reaches his desk. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #1

That's good for now FiveGoodMen Jan 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,576 posts)

1. Dayton will veto it as soon as it reaches his desk.

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Wed Jan 25, 2017, 02:16 PM

Jan 2017

He's had health problems lately but he can still wield a pen.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

2. That's good for now

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 02:23 PM

Jan 2017

But eventually, we'll have a different Governor.

Will the legislature's attitudes (collectively speaking) have changed by then or will there just be a different pack of rabid, authoritarian dogs in charge?

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