"This is yet another blow to those who work every day to prevent terrorism and crime in our communities by terrorizing our communities like criminals."
I wonder if Sen. Whitehouse's amendment could be used to go after him when his campaign inevitably begins robe-calling potential voters and sending spam email asking for donations? Maybe I'd be for the amendment then.
I recall a movie with (I think) Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler where Fonzie ends up strapped down and some bad guys were going to shove a firehose in his mouth and turn it on. I'd like to see somebody strap Juravin down and force a gallon or so of this abdominal concrete into his gullet.
My first job out of law school was clerking for a federal judge. We had a case where hidden camera video made the difference. But not in the way the police thought.
The undercover officer was a dark-skinned black man, and he made a drug buy from a young, light-skinned black man. The proof was right there. Only the defendant showed up to court in a nice suit, with his hair styled more conservatively. Some of the jurors may have questioned whether the person on the screen was the same guy at the defense table on that basis. But the bigger problem for the prosecution was that the hidden camera was designed for use in low light settings, so the dark-skinned undercover officer ended up looking light-skinned on the screen, while the defendant ended up looking almost white. That turned out to be the sticking point, no matter the testimony from the undercover officer that it was in fact him in the video making the buy from the defendant.
The jury ended up acquitting the defendant, which probably was the worst thing that could have happened to him. Only 19 or 20 at the time, he'd already had a few run-ins with the law, and had maybe already beaten a state charge. Beating a federal charge emboldened him, I guess, because he went right back to the life, and within a few months he was back in federal court. Only this time he got convicted, and with his criminal history, his sentencing guidelines were pretty significant. He ended up getting sentenced on the low end of the guidelines, but that was still about 20 years. With time off for good behavior, he was still looking at a release date when he was about 40. Had he gotten convicted on that earlier charge, he might have done 2-4 years and gotten a new start on life. But that damn video . . .
I don't know anything about the TSA administrative process, but I certainly hope that at some level there can be appellate review by somebody not employed by the agency. I want to see the Circuit Court's take on the TSA decisions.
Having now read the order I like that although the Judge overruled the Defendant's objection concerning the Court's inherent authority due to lack of personal jurisdiction over Steel and HammerTime, issuing the new Order to Show Cause now gives the Court the personal jurisdiction to issue sanctions under its inherent authority. Doh!
The article didn't point out that Team Prenda missed the deadline for filing objections to the R&R, which is just typical of the way they've handled everything. Read the Order. Although it appears the judge probably did consider Prenda's objections, since the Prenda objections were untimely, they actually failed to "properly object" to anything in the R&R. Just another way the system is screwing poor ol' Steel Hammer.
On the post: Our Further Response To Australian Lawyer Stuart Gibson, Who Continues To Threaten Us
On the post: DOJ's Equitable Sharing Program Takes $1.2 Billion Hit, Much To Dismay Of Asset Forfeiture-Abusing Law Enforcement Agencies
There, fixed it for them.
On the post: New Mexico Legislators Sue City For Refusing To Follow New Asset Forfeiture Law
On the post: A Weave Is Not A Toy: Toys R Us Opposes Hair Extension Company Trademark
Re: Re: Hair are us? C'mon...
On the post: Right To Be Forgotten Now Lives In Australia: Court Says Google Is The 'Publisher' Of Material It Links To
On the post: Dear Sheldon Whitehouse: Do You Really Mean To Put Activists In Jail?
On the post: Convicted Fraudster Follows Bogus DMCA Takedowns With Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Techdirt Post About His Bogus Takedowns
On the post: Complaints To FTC About Roca Labs Shows Company Threatening, Ignoring Unhappy Customers
On the post: Deadspin Crowdsourcing Its FOIA Efforts To Route Around Silly State-Residents-Only Rules
On the post: Detective Who Was Recorded Assaulting An Unarmed, Handcuffed Suspect Acquitted Of All Charges
The undercover officer was a dark-skinned black man, and he made a drug buy from a young, light-skinned black man. The proof was right there. Only the defendant showed up to court in a nice suit, with his hair styled more conservatively. Some of the jurors may have questioned whether the person on the screen was the same guy at the defense table on that basis. But the bigger problem for the prosecution was that the hidden camera was designed for use in low light settings, so the dark-skinned undercover officer ended up looking light-skinned on the screen, while the defendant ended up looking almost white. That turned out to be the sticking point, no matter the testimony from the undercover officer that it was in fact him in the video making the buy from the defendant.
The jury ended up acquitting the defendant, which probably was the worst thing that could have happened to him. Only 19 or 20 at the time, he'd already had a few run-ins with the law, and had maybe already beaten a state charge. Beating a federal charge emboldened him, I guess, because he went right back to the life, and within a few months he was back in federal court. Only this time he got convicted, and with his criminal history, his sentencing guidelines were pretty significant. He ended up getting sentenced on the low end of the guidelines, but that was still about 20 years. With time off for good behavior, he was still looking at a release date when he was about 40. Had he gotten convicted on that earlier charge, he might have done 2-4 years and gotten a new start on life. But that damn video . . .
On the post: AT&T's Regulatory Hypocrisy On Proud Display In Kansas, Where It's Fighting To Keep The State A Broadband Backwater
On the post: TSA Kangaroo Court Rubber Stamps TSA Fining Guy Who Stripped Naked, Completely Dismissing Court Ruling Finding It Legal
On the post: TSA Not Sure If It Groped Man Before Flight, Demands To Grope Him After Flight Is Over
On the post: US Forbids The European Law Enforcement Agency From Releasing European Documents To European Officials
On the post: Huffington Post Finally Removes Most Articles About Fake Email Inventor; Meanwhile, Ayyadurai Threatens To Sue His Critics
On the post: Huffington Post Finally Removes Most Articles About Fake Email Inventor; Meanwhile, Ayyadurai Threatens To Sue His Critics
On the post: Oops: Brett Gibbs Releases Spreadsheet Showing 70% Of Prenda Proceeds Went To Steele & Hansmeier
On the post: Judge Isn't Buying Team Prenda's Excuses
On the post: Judge Isn't Buying Team Prenda's Excuses
Next >>