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LA had to pass a law to try to keep people from attacking Popeye's workers
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:18 pm
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Attacking a fast-food worker in Louisiana is a serious crime. Under the state’s Behind the Counter Protection Act, offenders who target customer-facing employees face significantly enhanced criminal penalties.
Specific penalties depend on the nature of the attack:
Simple Assault: Attempting or threatening to commit violence without making physical contact. Punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine
Simple Battery: The intentional use of force or violence against an employee (e.g., throwing items, shoving, or striking). Punishable by up to 2 years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
This law will be called racist in a few years when 90%+ of the people arrested for it are minorities
Jeff Landry did take it as an opportunity to copy Trump's viral McDonald's shift
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Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:19 pm to stout
Hopefully Texas passes something soon around these stupid fricking “teen takeovers”.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:20 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
These teens just need community spaces. Ion know where they’re supposed to go
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:21 pm to stout
Jesus, not every job is a hero that needs special protection.
Just make regular assault work
Just make regular assault work
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:21 pm to stout
Laws are just suggestions to judges and DAs with an agenda.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:22 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
If Norwegians could control themselves these laws would not be needed
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:22 pm to stout
I would have preferred they called it the 3pc spicy protection act.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:25 pm to stout
Should be the 20 Minutes For The Spicy Act
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:27 pm to stout
I am concerned by the "up to"... it needs to be "a minimum of"
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:30 pm to stout
Like most laws against this type of behavior, there isn't a minimum, so it's mostly pointless, I would think.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:35 pm to deltadummy
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Like most laws against this type of behavior, there isn't a minimum, so it's mostly pointless, I would think.
Making this flavor of simple battery a felony isn’t pointless at all, as it gives the prosecutor a bigger stick. On the other hand, mandatory minimums are generally pointless, as there are infinite ways to work around them. They are more of a nuisance than anything, just having to keep track of them.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:35 pm to stout
More laws that local DA's won't enforce.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:37 pm to Joshjrn
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The change to simple assault is kind of whatever, but making a simple battery a felony is a fairly big deal. This is the text of the Act: LINK
Or how about just DONT fricking do it?
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:39 pm to stout
I’m all for this.
Build more jails.
Build more jails.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 7:59 pm to Havoc
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Or how about just DONT fricking do it?
I pinky promise to neither assault nor batter anyone behind a counter. You can rest easy
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:49 pm to stout
They should also pass a law to try to keep Popeye’s workers from attacking customers. 
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:59 pm to stout
Four piece spicy used to be $3.99. The struggle is real.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 5:16 am to stout
The regular laws on assault, battery, etc. are fine and allow a judge flexibility in sentencing to take into consideration a vulnerable victim, etc.
The legislature nonetheless insists on cluttering the books with all these special versions that don't really accomplish a damned thing but provide a basis for a press release.
The theft law is another good example. When the legislature enacted the modern criminal code it replaced a bunch of theft laws with one law that covered stealing "anything of value" to clean up the books. Then the same legislature spent the next decades re-cluttering the books with special statutes on theft of crawfish, theft of dogs, theft of domesticated fish, etc. All unnecessary.
The legislature nonetheless insists on cluttering the books with all these special versions that don't really accomplish a damned thing but provide a basis for a press release.
The theft law is another good example. When the legislature enacted the modern criminal code it replaced a bunch of theft laws with one law that covered stealing "anything of value" to clean up the books. Then the same legislature spent the next decades re-cluttering the books with special statutes on theft of crawfish, theft of dogs, theft of domesticated fish, etc. All unnecessary.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 6:15 am to Twenty 49
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The regular laws on assault, battery, etc. are fine and allow a judge flexibility in sentencing to take into consideration a vulnerable victim, etc. The legislature nonetheless insists on cluttering the books with all these special versions that don't really accomplish a damned thing but provide a basis for a press release. The theft law is another good example. When the legislature enacted the modern criminal code it replaced a bunch of theft laws with one law that covered stealing "anything of value" to clean up the books. Then the same legislature spent the next decades re-cluttering the books with special statutes on theft of crawfish, theft of dogs, theft of domesticated fish, etc. All unnecessary.
While I generally agree that our criminal code is a cluttered mess written by idiots, I don’t think this is an apt comparison. Nearly all of those specialized theft statutes had identical, or nearly identical, penalty provisions to the standard theft statute. On the other hand, this bumps simple battery from a misdemeanor to a felony. One can argue that it’s bad policy, but it’s not fundamentally different than DAB w/ child endangerment bumping the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony due to an additional rider.
This post was edited on 6/18/26 at 6:16 am
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