Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: California Bans Non-White Paper Shooting Targets Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:45:54 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 03:45:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="135701bad7255964217cc25f17b69a9f"; logging-data="3109618"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Xy0UiTLSNviknEES4ypvY" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:QUi4ZvowHNraIDWsCmc6205I58w= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5450 On 6/20/24 2:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > Ah, California... the stupidity never stops. > > This is the target we used for requals. We always questioned why it is that > we were only shooting white guys. > > -------------------- > https://americancop.com/banning-targets/ > > Since at least 2013, a tremendous number of agencies have suffered from > "Good Idea Fairy" visits. I’m specifically addressing those "good ideas" > that will reportedly fix society's ills but have little to no factual > foundation. Generally, these stem from politicians "doing something" to fix > a problem. > > Some of these include-- claiming there is no national standard for using > force while trying to throw out Graham v Connor, ignoring SCOTUS rulings > like United States v Whren to attack pro-active policing, or protesting the > release of positive body-worn camera footage. > > Then, we had wholesale changes to various penal codes. These came from the > various legislative bodies and ballot initiatives. One is California's > Proposition 47-- deceptively titled (by Kamala Harris, no less) "the Safe > Neighborhoods and Schools Act". It radically elevated the dollar threshold > for felonies while mandating citations versus custodial bookings and no > practical consequences. Then, there are the various bail “reform” efforts. > No need to make bail while releasing people without consequences. > > California now has Senate Bill 1020 working its way through the system. > After passing the state senate, it is going to the Assembly. The bill will > ban any paper shooting target in which the subject's race can be > identified. Suppose it passes California's Assembly and is signed by the > governor. In that case, cops in my old state will lose valuable training > tools. In addition to targets that aid in judgment, they will lose one way > that removes "novelty"--new or previously unseen problems-- from training. > State Senator Steven Bradford authored the bill. > > After hearing about SB-1020, I looked at Braford's web page. It mentions > the intent of the bill is to correct "inherent racial bias that certain > ethnic groups are more dangerous". I wonder if his staff looked at the Law > Enforcement Officers Killed & Assaulted data. Data, not opinion. > > SB1020 would enact Penal Code section 13658, which reads: > > (a) Each law enforcement agency and police academy basic course presenter > shall have a policy prohibiting the use of ethnic shooting targets for any > training, qualification, competition, or other range activities that are > sponsored by the agency or academy, presenter, take place on any agency or > academy presenter property, or involve the participation of any agency or > academy presenter personnel or academy trainees. those attending a basic > course. > > (b) The policy described in subdivision (a) shall also prohibit providing > ethnic shooting targets to any peace officer or trainee basic course > attendee for personal use. > > (c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: > > (1) "Ethnic shooting target" means any physical range target that depicts a > human form or part of a human form that includes skin colors or facial > features from which a person might reasonably discern a race or ethnicity > of the person depicted. An "ethnic shooting target" does not include a > silhouette target or a human form target with a nonhuman skin color such as > green or blue that does not have facial features. > > How does that improve law enforcement's performance in deadly force > situations? Does it result in better judgment skills? Does it positively > impact the Don’t Shoot/Shoot decision-making process? > Sorry you don't have the right to indulge your racist fantasies any more. (Sorry, not sorry...) -- On May 30, 2024 Donald J. Trump was unanimously convicted on 34 felony counts in New York City... so I took this picture in my side yard. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0 "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0