The UCPD says the money taken from the vendor has been booked into evidence.
All of it?
Also, is it common to collect evidence for a misdemeanor? I mean beyond the scope of harassment. Can the money be used to pay off the fine for not having a permit?
If this passes I suspect the police in PA will just start arresting affluent-looking people who happen to be near protests, just to help foot the bill.
The bill doesn't seem to address the issue of how much of the bill would be charged- if there are 500 people there, and 10 are charged (and of course found guilty) would each person found guilty of something be charged 1/500 or 1/10 of the costs? Or am I optimistic in thinking that they wouldn't each be charged 100% of the costs?
Ultimately, the role of the TSA in securing public safety is so significant that we ought not create a damages remedy in this context.
It seems like the Court is saying that actions such as harassing passengers, providing false information to police officers, and lying under oath in a court of law are all part of the job description of TSA agents? I fail to see how any of those actions help with 'securing public safety'. But what actions will be protected next? Will TSA agents be allowed to shoot passengers if their bag looks suspicious, or if the screening line gets too long? Maybe expensive jewelry or electronics will be deemed 'suspicious' and subject to forfeit. Possibly attractive passengers will be selected for 'special screening' in a back room? All OK with this court apparently, as the TSA agents job is just too important to hold them liable. Brilliant.
There is a market for this. A day or two is ok, but when we go away for more than a few days we have to board our cats. Nothing fancy like the Cateau, though, don't want them to get spoiled.
Next time one of these fraudulent arrest warrants is issued, instead of turning themselves in they should just slowly roll past the police station in a white Ford Bronco...
Seems like the judge was using any flimsy excuse he could to save the police and town from civil liability. Hopefully an appeals court will be able to correct this. IANAL, but it seems like the method he was arrested is irrelevant, and that he would have some level of valid complaint stemming from the mere existence of the fraudulent arrest warrant.
So any chance of Sheriff Larpenter or Detective Prestenbach facing charges for presenting false information to the court? Judges usually don't like it when they're lied to.
notoriously jammed up district court calendar that caused overcrowding at the jail
Is this one of those for-profit private jails? It would be interesting to see if anyone in the court system owns part of any local private jails. Nice how they don't have funding to prosecute them but they have funding to keep them in jail.
It's tough to prove a recording existed prior to an alleged deletion when recordings that survive officers' deletion attempts usually absolves them of attempted deletion allegations.
Is this trying to say that just because the officer failed in their attempt to delete a video, or that video can be recovered, that they can't be charged with trying to delete the video? Isn't that like claiming that I can't be given a speeding ticket because now I'm stopped on the side of the road?
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All of it?
Also, is it common to collect evidence for a misdemeanor? I mean beyond the scope of harassment. Can the money be used to pay off the fine for not having a permit?
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Re: Re: I'm ok with this...with one caveat
Mostly because that's all that uploaded before they got sick of waiting...
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Why bother not protesting?
The bill doesn't seem to address the issue of how much of the bill would be charged- if there are 500 people there, and 10 are charged (and of course found guilty) would each person found guilty of something be charged 1/500 or 1/10 of the costs? Or am I optimistic in thinking that they wouldn't each be charged 100% of the costs?
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So, what they're saying is...
It seems like the Court is saying that actions such as harassing passengers, providing false information to police officers, and lying under oath in a court of law are all part of the job description of TSA agents? I fail to see how any of those actions help with 'securing public safety'. But what actions will be protected next? Will TSA agents be allowed to shoot passengers if their bag looks suspicious, or if the screening line gets too long? Maybe expensive jewelry or electronics will be deemed 'suspicious' and subject to forfeit. Possibly attractive passengers will be selected for 'special screening' in a back room? All OK with this court apparently, as the TSA agents job is just too important to hold them liable. Brilliant.
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Re: More importantly
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Seems like the judge was using any flimsy excuse he could to save the police and town from civil liability. Hopefully an appeals court will be able to correct this. IANAL, but it seems like the method he was arrested is irrelevant, and that he would have some level of valid complaint stemming from the mere existence of the fraudulent arrest warrant.
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Re: More speech
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Yeah, he meant to go to a Nazi rally held in a spa.
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Going for discovery?
Maybe he just wants to find out who the 14 are. His possible motives:
1: "I've only sent 12 pics, two of those sources didn't actually get one- yet."
2: "I've sent out 15 pics, that means one of them liked it! I must find out who at any cost..."
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I guess it's too late now...
He should have just given the monkey a banana and called the selfie a work for hire...
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Distraught Denizens overloading System? The only one trying to 'deny service' is the FCC.
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Only 2, I can think of more...
Are those the states of confusion and disbelief?
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Re: Darleks.
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Is this one of those for-profit private jails? It would be interesting to see if anyone in the court system owns part of any local private jails. Nice how they don't have funding to prosecute them but they have funding to keep them in jail.
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Is this trying to say that just because the officer failed in their attempt to delete a video, or that video can be recovered, that they can't be charged with trying to delete the video? Isn't that like claiming that I can't be given a speeding ticket because now I'm stopped on the side of the road?
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Re: Typography jokes are the best jokes
It certainly seems their Times have come...
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Now it all makes sense...
I think we may have completely misjudged their motives. Someone high up in DHS must own a data storage/backup company.
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