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California Reparations Task Force: Pay Descendants of Enslaved People to Urinate in Public

A “Golden Opportunity” for Restorative Justice Dissociated Press After demanding that state lawmakers ban the arrest and prosecution of people who violate laws against public urination, California’s reparations task force has upped the ante by calling for financial rewards for public urinators. Under the proposed Pay2Pee program, anyone descended from enslaved people could claim a $500 reward for each act of public urination, while “power pissers” who emit more than a half-gallon a day would be offered a ten-thousand-dollar-a-week stipend. Former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, an advisor to the task force, said that paying people to urinate in…

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