The officers did not "fuck up". The officers knew exactly what they were doing, and that they would likely be rewarded for doing so, and that the odds were minimal that the department would have to reimburse the stolen money. This *really is* theft, it's not something that kind of looks like theft. It's not an accident that pays out in the police's favor. It's organized crime.
I'd much rather see footage of the athletes practicing than the glorified commercial that the olympics has become. What the athletes do is amazing, pushing their prowess to the edge of human possibility. I'd love to see that play out in competition. I think it'd be amazing. And I'd even pay to attend such an event (if they money went to the athletes). I'm just not willing to wallow through the mire of hype, glitz, glam, commercialism, and brand-police to see it.
I'd also rather just burn the money than pay to have it hosted in my city.
So it appears this happened back in March. Anyone know if there's any response from the police on this? Even just the "no sign of any wrongdoing" rubber stamp?
The study clearly didn't take into account that domestic political action groups like Occupy Wall Street, copyright and patent reformists, or lawyers with international clients are now branded terrorists. And we all know that they're changing their methods of communications!
Now, if the police do it in secret emails, but those emails get exposed... Isn't that still libel? While the focus is narrow, the potential impact is rather large, no?
Seriously, I don't understand. When you have someone who is blatantly lying to your face, what is the point of asking them for more information that he clearly doesn't want to give you? To see if he can come up with an even more creative lie?
Absolutely! If it were a single person uploading copies of Adam Sandler's film "Billy Madison", then the uploader would be fined once for each time someone downloaded the movie.
Corporations should face the same consideration. Every instance of each person affected should result in a cumulative fine.
I'm well past being shocked. I'm too tired to be outraged. I'm just depressed. I want the people who set this up thrown in jail. They knew it was illegal when they set it up. The people using it downstream knew it was illegal. They just know how impotent the American public has become in regards to government abuses. Honestly, I don't think Snowden, for all he has done for us, will improve things. I think he's just going to make the abusers come out into the open and continue to break the law openly, knowing that there is nobody left to stop them.
If memorizing the test is infringement, and they show the test to me knowing that, are they not guilty of infringement themselves? I mean, if I see the test, I *will* memorize parts of it whether I want to do so or not, that is just how brains work.
Can we charge them for forcing us to commit crimes?
As I am almost certainly in some of those databases now, I'd like to know who possesses the data, how it is secured, what the record retention policy is, what my options are to have myself removed from them, and who has access to them.
If I get satisfactory answers to all of those, then I'm ok with this. If the collective answer is "move along citizen." then this is not ok.
It's only a few 'bad apples'. In this case perhaps a dozen.
This is why I detest that argument. Even if it's only 1 or 2 officers breaking the law, the rest are going along with it. The blue shield of silence is the epitome of 'bad cop', and anyone participating in it should be fired.
If he didn't want to get maced, he shouldn't have been resisting arrest, irrespective of whether or not he was under arrest. Pre-resisting is a serious safety issue!
On the one hand, yes, it's an absolute tragedy that people are dying. On the other hand, who here is willing to let others tell them that they have to work for free to save those people?
And ebola is scary, yes, but malaria is still far far far worse.
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On the post: Iowan 'Drug Interdiction' Officers Legally Steal $100K From Poker Players Passing Through Their State
Just goes to prove that old adage...
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As a Bostonian
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This is called "zero accountability"
On the post: Almost No One Wants To Host The Olympics, Because It's A Costly, Corrupt Mess
TBH
I'd also rather just burn the money than pay to have it hosted in my city.
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Timing
On the post: New Study Says There's No Evidence That Terrorists Changed How They Communicate Post-Snowden
False!
On the post: Austin Police Officer Tries To Paint Police Accountability Groups As 'Domestic Extremists' In FOIA'ed Emails
What's in a name?
On the post: CIA's John Brennan Refuses To Tell Senate Who Okayed Spying On The Senate
What's the point?
On the post: FCC Issues Largest Ever Fine To Verizon For Hiding Ability To 'Opt-Out' Of Selling Customer Info To Marketers
Re: fairness in fines
Corporations should face the same consideration. Every instance of each person affected should result in a cumulative fine.
On the post: Judge Says Los Angeles Law Enforcement Doesn't Need To Turn Over License Plate Reader Data
Privacy vs. public
People: Can we see the list?
Judge: That's private.
makes perfect sense.
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another revelation
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I see a problem here
Can we charge them for forcing us to commit crimes?
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If I get satisfactory answers to all of those, then I'm ok with this. If the collective answer is "move along citizen." then this is not ok.
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No no no.
This is why I detest that argument. Even if it's only 1 or 2 officers breaking the law, the rest are going along with it. The blue shield of silence is the epitome of 'bad cop', and anyone participating in it should be fired.
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Someone think of the children!!
On the post: The Government Doesn't Punish Whistleblowers; It Just Shoves Them In Closets Or Sends Them To The Basement
Military whistleblowers
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I'm conflicted
And ebola is scary, yes, but malaria is still far far far worse.
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