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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by LorenPechtel on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:58PM (#20658208)
Sounds like Texas got it right. Normally the law expects you to go to the police if the threat isn't imminent--but that assumes the police can do something about it. Generally they can't.
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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by cjohnson318 on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:46PM (#20658466)
No. This idea of "innocent because X needs killing" is a bad idea. Everyone's idea of "needs killing" is different. Imagine how this hypothetical law would work out for minorities. It would not go well.
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