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Do not trust the policeTwo more news items that illustrate why you should not trust "the authorities" (by which I mean, governmental authorities)...in this case, specifically, the police.
News Item One with the moral...expect the police/authorities to steal from you if they think they can get away with it; keep receipts and do not needlessly display your goods. Do not expect the authorities to be punished if caught in outright theft.
A headline from the Inquirer (Nov. 20): Copper stole my XBox. A black man Kenyatta Hillman was pulled over for speeding in Florida but, instead issuing a speeding ticket, the deputy confiscated his XBox. Why? Because the deputy claimed to smell marijuana. None was found but, nevertheless, the deputy concluded that a discovered XBox with 8 eight games was stolen property. A check on the serial number did not produce a report of stolen goods. The policeman confiscated in case a report came in.
As commentator Nick Farrell observes, This is a novel police tactic. You have no evidence that equipment is stolen, but you can take it anyway. On that basis we would have thought that coppers could empty a large number of people's homes on the basis that some gear might be stolen.
Hillman offered to produce a receipt for the XBox and the packaging it came in. When he showed up at the police station, however, he was told that since there was no arrest, there was no police file, no case, and no Xbox.After the television company started ringing the police station the Xbox mysteriously reappeared and he will be able to pick it up next week
A local TV station expanded on the police department's attitude toward returning the property the deputy had stolen.
item 2 with the moral...the most trivial aspects of daily life and social 'misbehavior' are being treated as criminal matters and, so, you should act with extra care in public. The current trend is toward the statement "whatever is not permitted is prohibited...and criminally so."
A headline from the Smoking Gun: Florida Boy Arrested for Gas Attack. The article opens, A 12-year-old Florida student was arrested earlier this month after he "deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class," according to police. The child, who was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at Stuart's Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School, was busted November 4 for disruption of a school function. The charge sheet is here.
News Item One with the moral...expect the police/authorities to steal from you if they think they can get away with it; keep receipts and do not needlessly display your goods. Do not expect the authorities to be punished if caught in outright theft.
A headline from the Inquirer (Nov. 20): Copper stole my XBox. A black man Kenyatta Hillman was pulled over for speeding in Florida but, instead issuing a speeding ticket, the deputy confiscated his XBox. Why? Because the deputy claimed to smell marijuana. None was found but, nevertheless, the deputy concluded that a discovered XBox with 8 eight games was stolen property. A check on the serial number did not produce a report of stolen goods. The policeman confiscated in case a report came in.
As commentator Nick Farrell observes, This is a novel police tactic. You have no evidence that equipment is stolen, but you can take it anyway. On that basis we would have thought that coppers could empty a large number of people's homes on the basis that some gear might be stolen.
Hillman offered to produce a receipt for the XBox and the packaging it came in. When he showed up at the police station, however, he was told that since there was no arrest, there was no police file, no case, and no Xbox.After the television company started ringing the police station the Xbox mysteriously reappeared and he will be able to pick it up next week
A local TV station expanded on the police department's attitude toward returning the property the deputy had stolen.
Later, Hillman got a hold of the supervisor, Sgt. Hosey. Hillman said Hosey told him he had the system and would give it back. "'I can't do anything this week. I'll call you Friday and I'll meet you Friday and then give you your Xbox back,'" Hilman described. The sheriff's office said it does not believe Hillman stole the system and he is free to pick it up. The sergeant who is handling the situation said he'll give it him Friday because he is busy during the week.
item 2 with the moral...the most trivial aspects of daily life and social 'misbehavior' are being treated as criminal matters and, so, you should act with extra care in public. The current trend is toward the statement "whatever is not permitted is prohibited...and criminally so."
A headline from the Smoking Gun: Florida Boy Arrested for Gas Attack. The article opens, A 12-year-old Florida student was arrested earlier this month after he "deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class," according to police. The child, who was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at Stuart's Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School, was busted November 4 for disruption of a school function. The charge sheet is here.
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