To Protect and to Serve II

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hog88 said:
SOL or not common sense needs to come into play at some point. The guy apparently was reformed and isn't that what prison is for?
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Agree. I'm not sure how a judge would allow this to happen personally. It's going to cost more to put him back in than it is to say "our bad, you got one on us."
 
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Grand Vol said:
Agree. I'm not sure how a judge would allow this to happen personally. It's going to cost more to put him back in than it is to say "our bad, you got one on us."
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Seems like an easy call for a judge but ya never know. Remember judges are just lawyers like LG.
 
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Seems like a no brainier to me... The crazy part is, when you consider how much debt he's probably gonna compile due to legal fees fighting it, he might just be better off going back to jail.

Sad...
 
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
Police release body-cam video of Willie McCoy killing, showing him asleep in car
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Yeah that guy was pretty much dead the the moment the cops were called. The odds of him being startled awake and not making some movement they perceived as a threat (notice I didn't say actually making a threatening movement) were basically nonexistent. I mean... I suppose he could've been a deadly assassin with the physical and mental capability to spring into action from a dead sleep and win a gun fight that he was outnumbered 6 to 1 in WITH A SINGLE BULLET but I doubt it.

With all that said... It's not really a big secret how easily cops can be lead to fear for their lives and how quickly and indiscriminately they'll act to eliminate said threat (whether real or simply perceived) so it probably wasn't the smartest idea to pass out in the driver's seat of your car with a gun in your lap. So I think this is a situation we can probably all agree isn't exactly too difficult to avoid by not being a dumbass. But all that does nothing to change that they handled it terribly and, in doing so, basically sentenced the guy to death.

Also not too wild about the declaration at the end of the article that this was fueled by racism. I'm a middle-class white guy and I'm fairly certain the exact same thing would've happened to me if I was dumb enough to pass out in my car with a gun in my lap.
 
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I'm not liking this...

Police used fake bomb threat to install cameras in Robert Kraft sex spa case

Delayed notice warrants can be legally obtained under the Patriot Act that became federal law after 9/11. There are limitations, however, that constrain such warrants to instances when other less-intrusive investigative techniques failed to obtain necessary evidence of a crime.
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I thought the Patriot Act was for fighting terrorists that were knocking down buildings and beheading reporters... not for busting people at the local rub and tug?

What else could they be using the Patriot Act for?
 
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Robert Kraft's Lawyers Challenge 'Fake Bomb Threat' Used To Install Hidden Cameras At Rub-And-Tug Spa

According to Kraft's attorneys, such "sneak and peek" warrants are "constitutionally problematic" and should only be reserved for "extraordinary circumstances" vs. misdemeanor acts of prostitution.
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In prior federal cases cited by police to justify the camera warrant, the filing said, “the underlying criminal activity that was surveilled involved felonies that were far more serious than the misdemeanor prostitution alleged to have taken place here, and the justification for the invasion was far stronger.”

The federal cases in question involved terrorism, bomb making, racketeering, extortion, cocaine trafficking, loan sharking, and counterfeiting US currency, Kraft’s lawyers said.
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Interesting comment in the Kraft Zero Hedge article:

The fake bomb threat is new to me but doesn't surprise me. PDs use Fire departments to gain access when they don't feel like getting a warrant. Fire departments don't need warrants if they suspect an emergency. Once the FD makes entry the PD follows right in and conducts business.
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