"I'm going to eat all of this suet if the other birds let me."

#birds #photography #birdphotography #indiana #hoosiermast

State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Indiana

SB 471: New penalties for protests near critical infrastructure

Heightens the potential penalties for protests near oil and gas #pipelines and other infrastructure by creating the offenses of "criminal #infrastructure facility #trespass" and "#CriticalInfrastructure facility mischief." The law provides that an individual who knowingly enters a critical infrastructure facility without permission commits critical infrastructure facility trespass, a Level 6 #felony punishable by up to 30 months in prison. Under the law, recklessly or knowingly defacing such a facility constitutes critical infrastructure facility mischief, punishable by up to six years in prison as a Level 5 felony. In either case, the individual may additionally be liable to the property owner for damages, costs, and attorney's fees. An individual found to have conspired with someone who commits either offense may also be liable for a fine of $100,000. The law newly defines "critical infrastructure facility" under Indiana law to include a range of oil, gas, electric, water, telecommunications, and railroad facilities, as well as any "facility that is substantially similar" to one of the listed facilities.

Full text of bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/471

Status: enacted

Introduced 14 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 7 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Holcomb on 6 May 2019

Issue(s): #ProtestSupporters or Funders, #Infrastructure

SB 286: New criminal penalties for masked protesters

Would create a new offense for attending a public assembly while wearing a mask, and elevate disorderly conduct and rioting to felony offenses if committed by someone wearing a mask. The bill creates exemptions for masks worn for holidays, theater, religious purposes, medical purposes if prescribed by a doctor, and athletic events, but not protests. Under the bill, someone who wears a mask “while present at a public assembly” would commit a Class C misdemeanor (punishable by up to 60 days in jail) for a first offense but a Class A misdemeanor (up to one year and $5,000) for second and subsequent offenses. As written, the offense could cover a demonstrator who chooses to wear a mask to avoid contagion, to avoid retaliation for their political speech, or for any other reason, and who did not otherwise act unlawfully or have any intent to break a law. The offense would also seemingly cover bystanders “present” at a protest while masked. The bill would convert disorderly conduct and rioting—both broadly defined by Indiana law and typically misdemeanor offenses—into Level 6 felonies (up to two and a half years in prison and $10,000) if committed by someone in a mask. “Disorderly conduct,” for instance, covers someone who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally “makes unreasonable noise and continues to do so after being asked to stop.” As such, someone who chooses to wear a mask while participating in a peaceful but noisy protest could face felony charges.

Full text of bill:
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/286/details

Status: pending

Introduced 13 Jan 2025.

Issue(s): Face Covering, Riot

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #TrafficInterference #MaskBans

"I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would show up in the big cities & the bluest places, but what really exhilarated me was to see the turnout in reddest America--#Utah, #Nebraska, #Missouri, #Indiana, #Iowa, #Idaho--and small communities not known for their #protests...

some early estimates say well over three million people showed up."
- Rebecca Solnit

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #USPol #News #USA

1897 stand im US-Staat #Indiana ein Gesetz kurz vor der Verabschiedung welches u.a. die Quadratur des Kreises festschreiben sollte. Das #Repräsentantenhaus hatte bereits zugestimmt, der #Senat vertagte sich auf unbestimmte Zeit. 😳😂😩🙄

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill

The #survival skills I learned as a poor #Indiana redneck didn't have much to do with the suburban prepper fantasy play I see a lot of these days.

For us, survival was mostly about knowing how to:

Fix things that break..
Feed ourselves with little $.
Make things instead of buying.
Be good to our neighbors.

During Trump's first botched pandemic response and tradewar buffoonery, I remember *well* how little was on the shelves, how expensive it was and how having those skills helped.

/1

Infrastructure is great, but we have to be cognizant of the environmental impacts

Widening highways should be right off the table, and money should be directed to active transportation methods such as biking, busing, and walking. 80% of Americans may commute by automobile today, but we induce this demand with ever more and faster roads. We have to stop doing this and encourage travel by other methods instead.

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/12/09/investing-in-roads-is-inextricably-tied-to-our-states-success/

#Indiana #Environment

Republican who won county seat pleads guilty to #SexualAssault of his own daughter

#Indiana prohibits convicted felons from serving in state or local elected offices, tho a decisive majority of its #Elections2024 voters helped vault Trump to a 2nd term. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/indiana-john-jessup-sexual-assault?CMP=share_btn_url

Malik Muhammad is on hunger strike. He was assaulted by prison guards and continues to be held in seg. Make some calls asking after him so they know he’s not alone and these conditions will not stand. @malikspeaks

Malik is an #indiana local and freedom fighter locked up during the George Floyd rebellion.