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Transphobia is more important, it would seem.

If the peaceful M25 protesters got 2 years. These thugs should get far more.

Another violent protest in Sunderland at a mosque

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnl0lkrxgvxo

Seems like they're planning more antics for the weekend as well. Hope this ends very soon

Citizens' Advice in Sunderland:

https://x.com/niknyxx/status/1819260851800391892

Noah Bush, 8 years old, was found drowned in Jesup, Georgia in May 2024. He went out to play with neighborhood kids & never came home. After finding his body in a small body of water the sheriff’s office immediately announced it was accidental & for two months they did nothing.

The mother of Noah Bush rallied the small city for 2 straight months, protesting on the corner with signs & telling anyone who’d listen about what happened to her baby: Noah was found face down in shallow water, his shoes were found in the forest as if he lost them as he ran. He—

He went to play with 2 boys, ages 10 & 11. The 11 yr old was caught on video assaulting & hurling racial slurs at kids months prior, with his mother Natalie in the video encouraging it to continue. Through Noah’s mother’s own investigating, she (not police) obtained Ring camera—

—footage that shows all 3 boys walking towards the area where Noah was found. The same camera showed the other 2 boys walking back without Noah, but with new company: the 11 yr old’s mother, Natalie Hardison. One boy sounds like he says, “He died.” before she shushes him.

Noah’s family & community pled his case, swearing he was deathly afraid of water & would never have gone near it let alone get in it willingly. The Sheriff’s office reiterated that there was no evidence of foul play. The medical examiner then ruled it an accidental drowning.

Consequently, Noah’s mother & the community got louder. Sharing his story under the hashtag #JusticeForNoah. As the heat picked up, Georgia Bureau of Investigation got involved, the death was ruled a homicide & the 2 juveniles, as well as the mother, were swiftly arrested.

Per Georgia law, the juveniles’ names are sealed.
Though the city tried to bury this, the 10 yr old has finally faced sentencing for lying to police & for concealing a death. Sentenced to 2 years in a juvenile facility, he could possibly serve time at home.

exactly

this awful story and the absolutely amazing account of his mother’s determination led me read about the murder by police of Sonya Massey.

It's horrific, like Mississippi Burning.

Cold War Steve is normally shit:

So sad.
The go fund me has traction now (almost 80'000$). Won't bring that beautiful kid back, nor will it help the people grieving, but it will help them fight racism and it's consequences.

So over the years nothing much has changed in 70 odd years

ID cards in the news again after all these senseless riots.

Interested to know why people here are against them. We basically already have them in driving licenses and passports, and ID cards are already in places like Belgium where (I believe), they are not campaigning to remove.

You don't have to carry your passport or driving licence with you if you don't want to though.

If you're in Belgium you have to carry your ID card at all times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_papers,_please

I don’t carry a wallet so that wouldn’t work for me.

We are getting face recognition instead, while the EU are outlawing the use.

I'd be pro id card if it was used for everything NI, NHS etc...

There should also be a digital option via phone.

But it will never happen because government can't do large IT systems. Or functional apps.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_BHqCgfgh/?igsh=NmN1aWFyZGYzaWVv

No wallet required.

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But it will never happen because government can't do large IT systems. Or functional apps.

I don't wanna tempt fate but. Australia seems to have done pretty well with their MyGov system. Tax, medical and social security all linked on the same platform. Pretty user friendly. I'm sure other Aussie residents will chime in with their experiences but I've had no problems. So far.

Was it done by Capita?

Also no problem so far. Interaction with the authorities over here is a LOT easier than the paper trail insanity anything official in Germany requires.

I couldn't tell you. 🤷‍♂️

If it works properly then probably not

I have a way of proving my identity already, as do 99.9% of the population, so why do we need another way?

Especially one which will store data about everyone in a system that is open to the police. Do you really trust them not to exploit this?

Pretty sure you can put in data access requests from police to other services.

It can go the other way too, which is “fun” when you want to look at arrest data or ethnicity in the police workforce.