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Channel 5 News did a segment yesterday on security in mall parking lots. The story showed a couple of cops walking around looking in every car and then placing a "Security Report Card" on the windshield.
Drop the Report Card and step back from my car. Slowly.
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Since we can't seem to do much about the actual criminals, instead law enforcement is now exhibiting a trend toward going after the victims. In some cities, like Fort Worth, there are fines for being a potential crime victim.
Hmmmm...Cute Cop. Wonder what else she knows about back seats?
Isn't it nice of the police to mark the cars with goods so that the criminals don't have to look
inside first.
8:50:
That's exactly what I was thinking.
modern day american thinking. don't punish the criminal. it is not his fault.
I agree 4:00. Lawyers are provided for folks who cannot afford one. Rights and all of that legal stuff.
Go through the trial, pick a jury, screw up their time, find the person guilty and send them to prison so they can get an education, plenty of food and medical help, etc. etc.
Punishment?
Our judicial system is sick.
And who is in control of it?
What do the "report cards say?" You have ten visible CDs, and a gold watch that someone can steal. Then, a criminal just looks at this like a quick reference menu as to which car he should break in to.
Wheres the Ron Paul posting, his supporters have donated more money to him this quarter then any body but Hillary, and at $50 a pop. Who's really with the people.
I saw a report on this, I think on Channel 8, and the officer was actually opening car doors that were left unlocked and looking inside.
I'm waiting for the person who walks up to the mall cop who has opened their car door and is inside looking in it, calling the police and reporting attempted robbery.
my sister attends Ogle, located on Grandbury Rd in Fort Worth, While i was there for a hair appt on Saturday.. one of the students had there car broken into in broad daylight,.. and in this situation she was cited for leaving her purse in visible sight...
Barry, doesn't this fall into the category of illegal searching of one's private property?
anon @ 5:42 PM:
It is obvious by your comments that you have no experience or accurate info regarding the criminal justice system. Amazing that so many, or perhaps just those who are so willing to sound off, poo-poo the Bill of Rights, and the necessity to have someone guard against the violation of those rights for all of our citizens. The State tells you and I that someone "got off on a technicality" to cover their own arse when they violate that 200 year old Bill of Rights, thereby portraying the defense attorney as a bad guy and causing us to feel helpless and exasperated with "the system", when we really should be asking them why they displayed such professional incompetence. It's not as though this is a new and unfamiliar set of rules that has been thrown at them, you know. They (and I mean from the prosecutors, thru arrestors, all who represent the State) know when they break the rules, but they get caught up in wanting to put away bad guys, and over and over again, all across this great land, demonstrate a willingness to deny due process and commit other atrocities to the accused. You ask who is in control of it, who do you want to be in control of it? Those referenced in the comments at 10:34, 8:50, 4:00, and 7:37? Those representatives of the state are among the very ones who violate those rights, and would do so even more often if we didn't have legal defense. I am a conservative, but legal defense for the poor charged with a crime is one of the social programs we have that I consider a necessity. If we didn't, "The State" would trample them, and that has been true forever, it is not a "modern, politically correct" idea.
By your "screw up their time" comment, I assume you are referring to the jurors' time, and if so, then, yes, I agree that that is one more example of the toll extracted from society by criminals - the jurors become victims, also.
The only education those in prison are afforded is classes in preparation to take the GED, if they do not have a High School diploma. College classes are allowed to be taken by correspondence to very few inmates that have long sentences and meet other restrictive criteria, and at the inmate's expense for tuition. We have been misled much by politicians and the rumor mill regarding amenities afforded to incarcerated individuals. The food, while admittedly provided through no effort by the inmate, is of the lowest quality imaginable. Think about it, it is institutional cafeteria food produced with the lowest possible budget, fed to a captive consumer, who has no other option and no one to complain to about it.
Who is in control? Bureaucrats, state employees that are low paid and unappreciated. Governors and legislators want the criminal justice portion of the budget to be as low as absolutely possible, and put zero effort or resources into improving the system. How many votes would it gain them to stand up and say "I improved conditions for incarcerated felons"? Their opponents would butcher them and the voters would oust them. We are talking about buglars, dope dealers, pedophiles, rapists, irresponsible drivers, and murderers - so who cares? I'm not necessarily advocating that we should change much of anything. My point to you, anon @ 5:42, is that the comments and ideas that you expressed arise from ignorance of the system we have in place. If you examined the experience that incarcerated felons are subjected to, I don't suggest that you would, or even should, become sympathetic to their plight, but I do think you would not be asking the question of whether or not it is punishment. It is, in fact, horrible, and the only conclusion I can come to regarding those who become repeat guests to the prison system is that they are profoundly dysfunctional people.
BTW, my only involvement in the judicial/correctional system is that I have a family member who is incarcerated, and that I go to visit in prison.
Amen to billofrights--the typical "knee-jerk" response to everything regarding accused-persons' rights DOES get pretty tiresome and predictable. Remember, when it comes to "law and order" one of the most "ORDERly" nations in recent times was Nazi Germany--it was pretty high on "order" but not much on "law" (in the situations where law is used to restrict governmental powers). The Bill of Rights is not just used to protect "criminal" against the government, it is used to protect the CITIZENS from their government!
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