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Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 05, 2021 @01:16PM (#28076647)
> I just don't understand all these weird and arbitrary rules they have out there.

But you live in the nation that invented the ASBO.

> - Drinking in public (even in parks or at the beach) - Sleeping in public (apparently) - Jaywalking - Eating on public transport

These are local laws, not federal, so not universal across the US. And in all of the places around the US that I have lived, these sorts of laws are rarely enforced (at least not as a primary offense).

Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by hemloc_io on Thursday August 05, 2021 @01:31PM (#28076878)
Can confirm that the pandemic made laws like drinking in public functionally irrelevant where I live, and other larger cities across the country.
Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by lozenge on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:49PM (#28079580)
> And in all of the places around the US that I have lived, these sorts of laws are rarely enforced [on white people]

Fixed that for you.