Recent studies reveal that dogs in general are far smarter then most folks give them credit for. Even if a drug dog is 100% accurate when it comes out of training, it will soon figure out that it gets a treat for an alert and that there is no punishment for a false alert, just a treat. Doesn't take the smart dog long to figure out how to play the treat game.
In this case, even if the dog correctly alerted to a smell of drugs, the smell could have been residue left from a previous passenger's bag full of coke, or leftover smell from the kid's recent pot party in his house.
If someone is found guilty of reckless driving due to texting or other misuse of tech gizmos, they should be banned from owning or using both a car and the gizmo in question for at least a year if not longer. Distracted driving is on par with randomly firing a gun while blindfolded. It is easier to lose the right to own a gun(despite the 2nd amendment baring infringement) then to lose the right to drive a car or own a cell phone.
Since there seems to have been a repeating pattern and obvious intent by much of the DA's office and Sheriff's office, charges such as false imprisonment(if anyone served time due to false testimony), and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment, theft(if any fines were collected due to false testimony), conspiracy to commit theft, and maybe RICO charges should be considered.
Plus a hearing should be held on stripping the officials involved of their qualified immunity so the victims can bring civil suits.
We do tend to be a laid back folk about a lot of things that don't directly impact us personally. But when enough of us get pissed off about something, stuff happens. The problem is "Stuff happens", often makes the situation worse. When the number of folks worried about drug use in the 70's got large enough, we got the "War on Drugs." One weapon in that war was civil forfeiture, which was at first targeted at billionaire drug lords living out of country. But govt officials figured out there was more money to be had targeting normal people in the US that couldn't afford the best lawyers that billions in cash can hire.
Oh they get it. And charge you a DVR rental fee + a DVR service fee. And if you want to keep more then 30 hours of recordings, you get an Enhanced DVR fee.
I don't think WV is the only one with this issue. OK has a part time legislature as well. The session in OK ends in May so the legi-critters have 7 whole months to do other things.
Years ago, using the public "Fight Against Child Porn" as the excuse, Politicians pressured ISPs and others to drop support of Usenet news groups. The behind the scenes reasons included pressure from media groups to stop the free xfer of files.
The result was child porn traffickers moved to encrypted servers and as a result, are much harder to discover, gather evidence on and convict. So much so that the Federal government is dismissing cases rather the reveal in court how they gathered the evidence.
So the knee jerk "Do Something" about child porn results in the crippling of the fight against child porn.
Likely the same thing will happen here if these "Do Something" to fight terrorism suggestions become law.
Seems like the defense has video showing the suspect off to the side with other reporters. Wonder what the prosecution presented to the grand jury?
One of the more dangerous things in the US is a politician, elected or appointed, that is under pressure to "Do Something" about an issue. Sounds like the case here.
The prosecution will still have to convince 12 folks in a public trial.
Considering that the same "Justice Department"'s botched Fast and Furious plan sold thousands of high power weapons to known bad guys with the result of hundreds of people killed by the same weapons resulted in no meaningful punishment to those involved, what's four more deaths going to matter at this point anyway?
Better would be to charge him with improper disposal of electronic equipment into a public waterway. His own testimony states that he disposed of the phone because it didn't work. Should make for a fairly easy case. Where's the state version of the EPA when you need them?
The Right to Self Defense is IMO, granted by the Creator, see the Declaration of Independence, and is one of those unlisted rights the 9th Amendment refers to. I think the court got that part wrong.
As a Law Enforcement Officer, a position voluntarily held by all Officers in the US, you agree to abide by the Policies and Procedures set down by the hiring jurisdiction, and further modified by applicable State and Federal standards. Those P&P may limit the Officer's use of force and other actions as the hiring jurisdiction sees fit. Like any job, if you don't like the rules, find another occupation.
There are a few NCAA institutions that use Orange as part of their official school colors and they also do sports. Given the number of TM and (c) type marks on the various NCAA school logos and publications, Mudder had better watch out or they may get dog piled by school lawyers. Competitive obstacle course running for profit might be close enough to a sport to be a TM violation.
If I read TFA correctly, the reporter, Mr Heyman asked a question of Mr Price as he walked by with other people,(assuming this was in a public space in the building, well within his rights to ask the question.) Mr Price declined to answer, also well with his rights. Mr Heyman, not content with the non-answer, pursued Mr Price and party, continuing to ask his question(s).
Sounds like the real issue here is whether Mr Heymen's pursuit of asking his questions crossed the line of proper behavior and into the area of becoming a public disturbance. Sounds like some law enforcement thought so.
Hopefully, there is some video of the incident prior to the arrest that can be viewed to see if Mr Heyman's actions in any way were a public disturbance.
If the DM or GM is good, the game teaches creative problem solving skills. The "How do we..." questions can lead to some very inventive answers. Along with "What happens if.." questions leading to preparing for things going wrong.
Both useful skills in real life.
I still have a few folks mention the D&D = Satan thing when discussing the game.
The original caller told the 911 operator that the gun was probably a toy. Presumably they were a lot further away then the officers were when they decided the object was a real gun. The officers should be subjected to the following reviews:
Eyesight: Could not identify a child with toy at close range.
Situational awareness: Small person in a park with a suspicious object. No reports of gun shots. No reports of injuries. No one running away in terror. No screams of horror.
Tactical training: Had no plan other then charging in with shooting as only option.
Microsoft burned a lot of folks with their near forced 'update' from Win non 10 to Win 10 via Windows Update. The same Windows Update that should be delivering security updates. Microsoft shouldn't hold security updates hostage in order to encourage you to update to Win 10.
Their recent move to the new take all or non updates doesn't help either.
And the lack of privacy controls in Win 10 Creators make it very clear that Microsoft intends to monitor what you do and view with your PC and feed you Ads based on that. NO option for most to opt out.
It is very likely that this report is a normal annual report that is based on policies put in place by previous administrations. Mr Gresser, the lead name on the document, was hired during the Obama years.
Wonder if other countries consider the US limits on import of prescription drugs a trade barrier?
Do agree that on the surface this seems like a rather stupid position to take given the amount of medical studies on the benefits of breast milk.
While Google has issued updates that claim they only release the stuff the folks signing up say they can, does anyone think that Google doesn't have the ability to store and sell complete browsing histories?
Doubt that Disney would agree to a buyout. Now spinning off ESPN while it still looks profitable to someone like Verizon seems more likely. Disney has used the massive profits from ESPN to purchase other IP. Star Wars is becoming a cash cow and looks to continue for many years to come. Managing IP is something Disney has excelled at for decades.
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In this case, even if the dog correctly alerted to a smell of drugs, the smell could have been residue left from a previous passenger's bag full of coke, or leftover smell from the kid's recent pot party in his house.
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Plus a hearing should be held on stripping the officials involved of their qualified immunity so the victims can bring civil suits.
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The result was child porn traffickers moved to encrypted servers and as a result, are much harder to discover, gather evidence on and convict. So much so that the Federal government is dismissing cases rather the reveal in court how they gathered the evidence.
So the knee jerk "Do Something" about child porn results in the crippling of the fight against child porn.
Likely the same thing will happen here if these "Do Something" to fight terrorism suggestions become law.
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One of the more dangerous things in the US is a politician, elected or appointed, that is under pressure to "Do Something" about an issue. Sounds like the case here.
The prosecution will still have to convince 12 folks in a public trial.
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As a Law Enforcement Officer, a position voluntarily held by all Officers in the US, you agree to abide by the Policies and Procedures set down by the hiring jurisdiction, and further modified by applicable State and Federal standards. Those P&P may limit the Officer's use of force and other actions as the hiring jurisdiction sees fit. Like any job, if you don't like the rules, find another occupation.
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Sounds like the real issue here is whether Mr Heymen's pursuit of asking his questions crossed the line of proper behavior and into the area of becoming a public disturbance. Sounds like some law enforcement thought so.
Hopefully, there is some video of the incident prior to the arrest that can be viewed to see if Mr Heyman's actions in any way were a public disturbance.
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Both useful skills in real life.
I still have a few folks mention the D&D = Satan thing when discussing the game.
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The officers should be subjected to the following reviews:
Eyesight: Could not identify a child with toy at close range.
Situational awareness: Small person in a park with a suspicious object. No reports of gun shots. No reports of injuries. No one running away in terror. No screams of horror.
Tactical training: Had no plan other then charging in with shooting as only option.
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Their recent move to the new take all or non updates doesn't help either.
And the lack of privacy controls in Win 10 Creators make it very clear that Microsoft intends to monitor what you do and view with your PC and feed you Ads based on that. NO option for most to opt out.
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Wonder if other countries consider the US limits on import of prescription drugs a trade barrier?
Do agree that on the surface this seems like a rather stupid position to take given the amount of medical studies on the benefits of breast milk.
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While Google has issued updates that claim they only release the stuff the folks signing up say they can, does anyone think that Google doesn't have the ability to store and sell complete browsing histories?
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