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Contra Costa County drug users can be safe in knowing they can possess up to a gram of meth or coke, or a half-gram of heroin, or 4 ecstasy pills — and not even get charged.
If the economy truly goes into the shitter — the war on drugs will be one area in which we can easily save money. There's no point spending money prosecuting people for non-violent victimless consensual behavior.
The police don't like this one bit. They've said they will continue to arrest people, even if the prosecutors don't charge them. So literally, they're going to waste taxpayer money arresting people that wont go to jail.
The police don't seem to understand that their job is to nab those people who would be prosecuted, not arrest people who wont be charged. It's not their decision whether people are charged; that is part of the judiciary branch. They fail at understanding that they are dependent on other branches of the government.
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ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: Parents say police beat autistic boy so hard he had to get 8 staples in his headNice job, cops. Running away isn't a crime in and of itself — especially if you're mentally disabled. This kid was literally in front of his parents when it happened, but that made no difference. Hit with a club in the head so hard 8 staples were needed. "Try asking more nicely", the autistic kid says in the included video.
Of course, anyone following police news knows Chicago has one of the most brutally corrupt police forces in the nation.
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Officials return 12 pounds of medical marijuana confiscated from Visalia man — but it took them 4 months. Including refusing to give it back until a judge clarified how much. ("All", said the judge.) They still took 3 ounces and waited an extra week for no reason.
You gotta love civil rights. Voters vote to enact a law, and 13 years later the cops ignore their own law! These weren't feds, these were local police who are supposed to obey local law.
Personally, I think the officers and prosecutors involved should be summarily dismissed for violating state law. And they should have to pay the legal costs out of their own pockets, because they were following their own will instead of state law. But you know that would never happen — officers have de facto immunity, even when breaking the law.
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That's backwards. You can't search someone without a warrant. You certainly count search them, then run a warrant check AFTERWARD, then make up that there were warrants when there weren't. That's ass-backwards. It's funny how he was so stupid as to not think a COMPUTER CHECK would be logged!
And it looks like the police now consider Officer David Anthony Hernandez a piece of shit liar, and are now charging him with perjury and filing a false police report.
It seems like lately there is a lot of news about police actually getting in trouble for their wrongdoings. That's a good thing. But how many people were harassed and falsely imprisoned by this guy in the past?
Two rights don't correct the wrongs that were done anymore than two wrongs make a right. You can bet peoples' lives were illegally ruined by this man.
You gotta love how the War On Drugs escalated running roughshod over people's constitutional rights. The War On Terror of course has taken things even farther.
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Do our tax dollars really have to go to defending cops pushing down old people on christmas? Jesus. It's true that you don't have to legally stop for package checks at stores. That doesn't mean you can push the people to the ground.
Kenneth Freeman and Edwin McPherson should be ashamed of themselves.
$21M is excessive — except it's the only way police departments can be made to take policy seriously. You don't go around assaulting people. (Unless you're a cop.) And because of the Thin Blue Line, when the cops were called, and came — the assaulting people were not arrested or charged. This isn't how normal civilians would be treated. This is special treatment.And thus, Larry Robbins Jr. and Paul Crosby are now defendents as well.
Hopefully the Wal-Mart caught this on their surveillance cameras.
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So wait…. It's illegal to broadcast a channel? What exactly goes on on the "Hezbollah channel"? Recruitment. I can see this being a "material support of terrorism" charge (which is kind of a b.s.-ey charge open to interpretation–like disorderly conduct), but what does broadcasting a channel really do? Did he produce it? Did he film it? Did he collect the money? Did he recruit terrorists? Did he send his money over to Hezbollah?
This almost strikes me as a free speech/press issue. I can sort of see where the courts are coming from, but a channel is just that: A channel. They don't like what is being said/broadcast on said channel, so it's illegal for someone to sell it through a cable company? Very interesting. I'm sure the channel is full of terrible things, but isn't that for us to judge for ourselves, and not a nanny state?
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"Which would you choose?", Carolyn asked me.
"For what?", I said.
"If you were on a desert island?"
My kneejerk response: the one on the right. I could fuck it AND eat it with less guilt. I'd feel guilty about eating the mermaid on the left.But really… this is an important topic that warrants much discussion! haha
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And it only took 4 yrs for the truth to come out. Wow. You think it would go so slow if you or me were to rough somebody up? Justice always moves slower if it's against the police. Thin blue line.
Robert Osborne, Jr., Thomas Hardin Sr., and Thomas Hardin Jr. should never be allowed to be a cop anywhere. They can be a bouncer at some redlight district strip club, if that's the kind of people they are. They don't deserve to serve the public. The public deserves better. They fought this for 4 years — being paid with our tax money the entire time.
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Typical.
Yes, releasing the recording is illegal. but the department was basically ignoring what had happened! Gloucester police Chief John Beaudette was acting against the public's best interest (and is probably a douchebag).
Situations like this should fall under whistleblower protection laws. The truth should be an absolute defense. Governor should pardon him if he is convicted.
It's nice to see that Internal Affairs investigations can sometimes be done right!
April 24, 2009
April 24, 2009 at 2:18 PM
I’m gonna have to go with the mermaid on the right too :)
April 24, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Important ethical dilemmas :)
April 24, 2009 at 2:20 PM
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June 26, 2009 at 11:18 AM
UPDATE ON ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: Cops allegedly push 71-year-old Wal-Mart greeter to the ground on Christmas Eve; inevitable lawsuit ensues:
Lawsuit settled for $20K.
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/26/chattanooga-wal-mart-greeter-settles-suit-city/?breakingnews
Kenneth Freeman “protects and serves” his public by pushing 71-year-old Wal-Mart greeters on Christmas, and wasting no less $20K of taxpayer money.
Way to go, Kenneth Freeman. You are not qualified to be a cop. Maybe you should become a Wal-Mart greeter?