Gun Violence Is Biggest Threat In Ohio But Republicans Want You To Present Yourself During Traffic Stops!

Ohio Republicans continue taking rights away.

Ohio motorists and passengers, if you refuse to provide your name, your birthdate and address in a routine traffic stop, you are subject to arrest on a second degree misdemeanor.

Ohio House Republican members Sharon Ray and Cindy Abrams seems to be the sponsors of this "Show Me Your Papers" law. This is a deliberate attempt to push for ICE to engage with motorists who aren't U.S. citizens.

Those bitch ass Karens. 

I guess Republicans are getting tired of Ohioans using their constitutional rights to refuse acknowledgement when a traffic stop becomes an unlawful search and seizure.

They feel like if you're Black, Muslim, Arab, an immigrant or a person who knows their rights when it comes to traffic stops, you must comply to the officer.

Ohio House Bill 492

Backed by the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, proponents argue the bill provides a much-needed "tool in the toolbox". It aims to close legal loopholes—such as rulings in cases like Toledo v. Dandridge—where merely refusing to give a name was not considered obstruction. Police note this is heavily directed at movements like "sovereign citizens" who escalate mundane traffic stops into tense standoffs by refusing to identify themselves.

Critics argue the bill intrudes on citizens' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure and the right to remain silent. Privacy advocates warn it grants police broader grounds to detain and potentially arrest individuals for non-violent, passive refusals to comply with verbal demands.

Well it takes two white out of touch state politicians to rollback your constitutional rights to refuse identification.

The co sponsors are mostly white. Two exceptions. The outgoing Josh Williams is a Black Republican who pushed the adult content age verification law. Haraz Ghanbari, an Iranian American Republican who is a Zionist sipping for Israel.

Opponents argue that while the white, mostly suburban or rural lawmakers who sponsored the bill frame it strictly as a matter of "officer safety," the real-world impact of expanding police power to arrest passengers and drivers for failing to provide verbal ID will disproportionately fall on Black and Brown Ohioans, who are statistically stopped by law enforcement at higher

The American Civil Liberities Union will challenge this law that Ohio Republicans passed in the statehouse. The bill cleared the state chambers and will head to Gov. Mike DeWine for signature.

With a rise in gun violence, why would are not focus on curbing gun violence?

Literally, in an open carry state of Ohio, you could put more cops at risk if you try to push a forced engagement with motorists who reserve the right to be silent.

Cops are not your friends. Unless you personally know them, they are public servants 

Why can't we lower the grocery prices? 

The United States and Iran reached an agreement that requires the U.S. to pay for the damages, back off their nuclear program and stop Israel from continuing its genocides.

The U.S. will find a way to reload their weapons and of course, Israel will not abide to it.

Did you know that Ohio has invested over $40 million in Israeli bonds? 

That means our taxes are funding Israel.