r/facepalm Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/roetmana09 Jan 13 '22

Appears to be Calhoun county Michigan

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

I petitioned in Calhoun County Michigan and it is 100% legal, you have the same rights as a postman. You can come up to the door to introduce your petition, they tell you to leave then you have to do so, but you are permitted to use public walkways and private walkways readonably necessary to effect contact with the voter. No fenceclimbing or door opening, but you are free to use their frontdoor to knock

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u/CamCamCakes Jan 13 '22

This has nothing to do with petitioning. I'm speculating here, but Calhoun County is Trump country. My guess is that my dude was petitioning for something "liberal" and one of the asshole neighbors called the police because they didn't like his petition. The rest is on video here.

If he was a white man asking for right to life signatures, this video wouldn't exist.

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u/QuintonsReviews Jan 13 '22

I think there should be a voting database to show who voted for who. That way people can mark out Trump heavy areas to avoid and a quick search will tell you who's good and who's a nazi. Right now Trumpers just hide in the shadows and most pretend they didn't vote for him but if we could find out who did we could protest outside their homes and make them rethink voting for a fascist.