Sign Of The Times: Guy Updates Facebook Status During Police Standoff
from the all-the-world's-a-stage dept
Here's quite a story of our modern times -- Utah police were involved in a standoff with a guy in a motel and he updated his Facebook status throughout the ordeal -- which ended with him shooting himself in the chest as a SWAT team raided the place (he's now in critical condition at the hospital, but expected to survive).
The whole thing really is quite a statement on how people communicate these days. Forget the negotiator on the phone, perhaps next time we'll see a full on standoff negotiation via Twitter.
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Facebook should be sued and/or shutdown
Seriously though, what idiot would help the guy during the standoff? Surely he had to know he could/would get caught and get in trouble?
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If pointing out something that's happening in public is illegal, then wouldn't the TV news crews that show up and usually broadcast live during similar situations also be illegal? Police can, and regularly do, move people and press out of the area for this and other reasons - why not this time?
I haven't made up my mind on it exactly, but I think a snap decision without knowing all the facts as to what was going on isn't a good idea.
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I think it's the intent that matters, although that's obviously tricky. I mean, is driving down the street with a friend in my car illegal? Well, if I happened to be waiting for him in Chase Bank's parking lot after he robbed it and another thing we liked to do for fun was wear dead-Presidents' masks....then yes....
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/sarc
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So did I.
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the hunt
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The true "Sign Of The Times" is drivel and trivia.
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they'll be fighting verizon, att and crew forever on these new mobile jammers
hopefully it's never allowed. they would definitely be abused; just look at the assinine behavior with the recent police camera-phone recordings
LE gets all the advantage, all the power. LE is not supposed to be easy.
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Craazy
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Obstruction of What?
Repeat: only a jury of your peers.
Police using the excuse of obstruction of justice is a just a way to try and get around our rights.
These rights were written down on a piece of paper so there could be NO confusion on what these rights are.
Police are made to take an oath to defend these rights BEFORE giving them their shiny badge and lethal weapon.
Is any of this sounding familiar to the people of this country?
The police are OUR employees. They should be held to the highest standards. Why is it acceptable for the employee to lie to the boss but a crime for the boss to lie to the employee? Do you see how far this country has gone into the toilet when people defend this behavior?
The men who wrote that constitution didn't put the second amendment in there so we could defend ourselves against the common criminal. Common sense alone tells you to defend yourself against a stranger. The second amendment was placed there specifically so that we could defend ourselves against a government agency that has run amok. Read the Federalist papers.
I think it's time we take the guns away from the police officers.
We have the right to watch and report on our government -- AT ALL TIMES. When our government doesn't like it, then they are doing something they KNOW is wrong.
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Why Was The Message Deleted?
2) Why not keep it as evidence?
3) Or at least, as a matter of public record?
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Thats some bullshit
I think the guy over there is about to shoot my friend in the back of the head, but I shouldn't tell him, WTF
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