Surely, since he wished for the jury to reach a verdict, the judge should have waited before releasing his own decision? Since the jury were not sequestered, they were bound to learn of the judge's decision and be influenced ("tainted") by it.
The judge claims that the plaintiff's attorneys OK'd the early release of his decision, but the whole episode sounds strange, risky, and totally unnecessary.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 28 Dec 2021 @ 11:32am
Bodycams (and other recordings) are the wave of the future
Even if the cop later is found to be a racist, or a wife-beater, or some other lowlife, recorded evidence could still preserve conviction for an actual crime.
Even if cops behaved correctly, government should still pay
The city as a whole is better able to afford repairing a house destroyed for a public purpose, than the innocent owner.
One of Winston Churchill's finest ideas as Britain's war leader was an insurance program to pay for homes destroyed by Nazi bombs. Under common law, the homeowner was out of luck (and private insurance excludes war damage or goes bankrupt), but Churchill strengthened national morale by nationalizing private losses suffered in the public cause.
(The insurance scheme started making money in 1942-43 as the Luftwaffe's attentions were drawn east, but losses resumed under V-1 attacks in 1944.)
Chairman Mao kept China poor with famine (Great Leap Forward, 1958-1961) and chaos (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976). China's embrace of World markets and economic growth only started in 1980, under Deng Xiaoping.
The most serious wrong turn in US economic policy toward China came with a bi-partisan free trade agreement ("Permanent Normal Trade Relations") in year 2000. There were hopes that as China became richer, it would become more mellow and democratic like Taiwan and South Korea. There was no provision to reexamine PNTR if these hopes for mellowing failed to pan out. Taking power in 2012, Xi Jinping would turn China decisively back in an authoritarian direction.
Trade advocates became complacent after fears about the 1992 NAFTA agreement with Mexico largely failed to materialize. NAFTA made Mexico more prosperous at only marginal costs to the US. Key policy makers failed to consider that a labor pool several times ours (China) could have a much more serious impact than one only a third ours (Mexico).
Massie a buffoon, but courts got social media decisions wrong
Until very recently, it was understood that individuals, whether private citizens or politicians, had a right to engage their followers without getting flooded out by trolls and hecklers. (Exceptions applied, of course, to accounts maintained or serviced with public money, or used to transact official business.)
Thomas Paine was not required to allot 50% of his <i>American Crisis</i> series to arguments in favor of King George. Abraham Lincoln was not required to allocate 50% of the Gettysburg Address to Copperheads arguing for Confederate Independence. Harriet Beecher Stowe was not required to allot 50% of <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> to defenders of slavery. (Though Stowe would release a second book <i>A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> to engage and refute pro-slavery criticisms of <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>.
Re: Re: Your bar graph shows the murder "count", not the murder
You're wrong about the population. For metro NYC (which includes parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, and even a little bit of Pennsylvania), it is about 18 million as you say. But the bar graph is for the incorporated city of NYC (the five boroughs), which has recently been between 8 and 9 million.
Your bar graph shows the murder "count", not the murder "rate".
The bar for year 2018 shows a "count" of under 300, quite good for a large city with a population over 8 million. Murder "rates" are usually computed per 100,000 people, eg for the USA as a whole, the murder rate dropped from 9.4 (per 100,000) in 1993 to 4.5 in 2014. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murder-homicide-rate
AC-- Thou dost protest too much.
You apparently wanted to rehearse the well-known connection between RFK Sr and Joe McCarthy, but it is not relevant here. Nobody would be confused unless they wanted to be confused.
(1) No-knock warrants can be justified in kidnap/hostage situations (provided the cops have the right address). But I share Tim Cushing's suspicion of the "destruction of evidence" claim (especially for evidence of victimless offenses).
(2) As technology continues to develop, I can envision cops getting a warrant to pre-deploy (surreptitiously) monitoring equipment that can "see" into a closed apartment before the official "knock." Without endangering anyone's life, this would secure at least some record of suspected evidence destruction between the "knock" and when the door is opened.
"...boogaloo bois were involved in the violence and destruction..."
We all reacted with contempt when some on the Far Right blamed the destruction and violence of the Jan 6 Putsch on Antifa. But they may have been inspired by those who tried to blame the destruction of last summer's riots on far-Right provocateurs. Significant evidence for it did not pan out. The looters and arsonists may have been opportunists and professional criminals rather than progressive activists, but they were not Far Right. It might be instructive to note that defenses of looting appeared on some progressive and anti-police websites, but not on far-right websites.
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Does judge's showmanship risk a mistrial?
Surely, since he wished for the jury to reach a verdict, the judge should have waited before releasing his own decision? Since the jury were not sequestered, they were bound to learn of the judge's decision and be influenced ("tainted") by it.
The judge claims that the plaintiff's attorneys OK'd the early release of his decision, but the whole episode sounds strange, risky, and totally unnecessary.
On the post: Congress Introduces New Agricultural 'Right to Repair' Bill With Massive Farmer Support
Re: Re: Diversion
A Deere caught in the headlights of a mobilized farm lobby?
On the post: US Court To Gruyere Cheese People: No, You Can't Ban People From Calling Their Cheese Gruyere If They Aren't Your Neighbors
Re: Re:
Back around 2004, a Right-wing columnist called a new pacifist group in Ohio "Velveeta-eating surrender monkeys."
On the post: Josh Hawley Was The Democrats' Partner In Trying To Regulate Big Tech; Then The Public Realized He Was A Fascist
Re: Re: If Josh Hawley had been in charge of the Jan 6 putsch...
Actually, I more had in mind what Josh Hawley might do for himself, in 2024 (if Agent Orange does not run), or 2028.
On the post: US Court To Gruyere Cheese People: No, You Can't Ban People From Calling Their Cheese Gruyere If They Aren't Your Neighbors
How about requiring local manufacture of "Swiss cheese"?
That argument would be full of holes...
On the post: Josh Hawley Was The Democrats' Partner In Trying To Regulate Big Tech; Then The Public Realized He Was A Fascist
If Josh Hawley had been in charge of the Jan 6 putsch...
Hawley would have recruited the hard men needed to push it to a successful conclusion.
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Re: Why spray-paint?
It was the swastika that blew open the whole scandal. Not just dumb, but a sort of professional-death wish.
On the post: California Police Officers' Bigoted Text Messages Have Just Undone Dozens Of Felony Cases
Bodycams (and other recordings) are the wave of the future
Even if the cop later is found to be a racist, or a wife-beater, or some other lowlife, recorded evidence could still preserve conviction for an actual crime.
On the post: Federal Court Says Destroying Someone's House To Apprehend A Fugitive Might Be A Constitutional Violation
Even if cops behaved correctly, government should still pay
The city as a whole is better able to afford repairing a house destroyed for a public purpose, than the innocent owner.
One of Winston Churchill's finest ideas as Britain's war leader was an insurance program to pay for homes destroyed by Nazi bombs. Under common law, the homeowner was out of luck (and private insurance excludes war damage or goes bankrupt), but Churchill strengthened national morale by nationalizing private losses suffered in the public cause.
(The insurance scheme started making money in 1942-43 as the Luftwaffe's attentions were drawn east, but losses resumed under V-1 attacks in 1944.)
On the post: An Unplanned, Ad-Hoc Collaboration Reveals The On-The-Ground Truth About China's Internment Camps For Uyghurs
Re: Re: You got your dates wrong
Chairman Mao kept China poor with famine (Great Leap Forward, 1958-1961) and chaos (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976). China's embrace of World markets and economic growth only started in 1980, under Deng Xiaoping.
The most serious wrong turn in US economic policy toward China came with a bi-partisan free trade agreement ("Permanent Normal Trade Relations") in year 2000. There were hopes that as China became richer, it would become more mellow and democratic like Taiwan and South Korea. There was no provision to reexamine PNTR if these hopes for mellowing failed to pan out. Taking power in 2012, Xi Jinping would turn China decisively back in an authoritarian direction.
Trade advocates became complacent after fears about the 1992 NAFTA agreement with Mexico largely failed to materialize. NAFTA made Mexico more prosperous at only marginal costs to the US. Key policy makers failed to consider that a labor pool several times ours (China) could have a much more serious impact than one only a third ours (Mexico).
On the post: Rep. Thomas Massie Seems To Have Skipped Over The 1st Amendment In His Rush To 'Defend' The 2nd
Massie a buffoon, but courts got social media decisions wrong
Until very recently, it was understood that individuals, whether private citizens or politicians, had a right to engage their followers without getting flooded out by trolls and hecklers. (Exceptions applied, of course, to accounts maintained or serviced with public money, or used to transact official business.)
Thomas Paine was not required to allot 50% of his <i>American Crisis</i> series to arguments in favor of King George. Abraham Lincoln was not required to allocate 50% of the Gettysburg Address to Copperheads arguing for Confederate Independence. Harriet Beecher Stowe was not required to allot 50% of <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> to defenders of slavery. (Though Stowe would release a second book <i>A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> to engage and refute pro-slavery criticisms of <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>.
On the post: New York Times Lies About City's Murder Rate, NYPD's Clearance Rate To Sell Fear To Its Readers
Re: Re: Your bar graph shows the murder "count", not the murder
You're wrong about the population. For metro NYC (which includes parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, and even a little bit of Pennsylvania), it is about 18 million as you say. But the bar graph is for the incorporated city of NYC (the five boroughs), which has recently been between 8 and 9 million.
On the post: New York Times Lies About City's Murder Rate, NYPD's Clearance Rate To Sell Fear To Its Readers
Your bar graph shows the murder "count", not the murder "rate".
The bar for year 2018 shows a "count" of under 300, quite good for a large city with a population over 8 million. Murder "rates" are usually computed per 100,000 people, eg for the USA as a whole, the murder rate dropped from 9.4 (per 100,000) in 1993 to 4.5 in 2014.
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murder-homicide-rate
On the post: RFK Jr. Abusing The Courts To Harass Pseudonymous Blogger For Pointing Out RFK Spoke At German Event Organized By Far Right Extremists
Re: Disbar SLAPP lawyer for blatant perjury
AC--
You said it first, but I could not agree more.
On the post: RFK Jr. Abusing The Courts To Harass Pseudonymous Blogger For Pointing Out RFK Spoke At German Event Organized By Far Right Extremists
Re:
AC-- Thou dost protest too much.
You apparently wanted to rehearse the well-known connection between RFK Sr and Joe McCarthy, but it is not relevant here. Nobody would be confused unless they wanted to be confused.
On the post: License Plate Reader Company Continues Expansion Into Private Neighborhoods With The Help Of Some Useful Cops
[Was: ALPRs have not decreased crime
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Did a dim-bulb relative of Gov Parsons have security contract?
Otherwise, this outrage makes no sense.
On the post: Following Nationwide Police Brutality Protests, DOJ Steps Up To Issue Incremental Updates To Its Chokehold/No-Knock Warrant Policies
No-knock warrants-- future substitutes?
(1) No-knock warrants can be justified in kidnap/hostage situations (provided the cops have the right address). But I share Tim Cushing's suspicion of the "destruction of evidence" claim (especially for evidence of victimless offenses).
(2) As technology continues to develop, I can envision cops getting a warrant to pre-deploy (surreptitiously) monitoring equipment that can "see" into a closed apartment before the official "knock." Without endangering anyone's life, this would secure at least some record of suspected evidence destruction between the "knock" and when the door is opened.
On the post: Report Shows DOJ Engaged In Selective Prosecution To Maximize Punishment For 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters
Re: "It was the other guys in disguise!"
We all reacted with contempt when some on the Far Right blamed the destruction and violence of the Jan 6 Putsch on Antifa. But they may have been inspired by those who tried to blame the destruction of last summer's riots on far-Right provocateurs. Significant evidence for it did not pan out. The looters and arsonists may have been opportunists and professional criminals rather than progressive activists, but they were not Far Right. It might be instructive to note that defenses of looting appeared on some progressive and anti-police websites, but not on far-right websites.
On the post: President Of France Sues Citizen Over Billboard Comparing Macron To Hitler
Fellow sufferer?
Perhaps Namibian politician Adolf Hitler Uunona could write Macron a note of sympathy?
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Adolf_Hitler_Uunona
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