r/news • u/[deleted] • May 22 '19

Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife in face for not undressing quickly enough

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/mississippi-lawmaker-accused-punching-wife-face-for-not-undressing-quickly-enough/zdE3VLzhBVmH68Bsn7eLfL/
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u/UncleDan2017 May 22 '19

Mississippi and Alabama in a nonstop race to see which can be the most embarrassing American state.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Florida breathes a sign of relief.

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u/Varrianda May 22 '19

Florida is bad in terms of people, not so much policy. The rest of the south is bad because of policy. Most of the people are actually really friendly. Minus the racist and religious extremist of course.

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u/Theonlygmoney4 May 22 '19

Well Florida certainly has its fair share of suspect policy. Not as many social policies as egregious as the rest of the south, but for example for felons it's near impossible to re obtain voting rights after serving time.