Now here's a Facebook meme that makes sense. It's from Filming Cops, but the true adversary here is not the police officer:howlawsareenforcedThis isn't some paranoid, whack-job, cop hating-nonsense. It's an accurate description of how all criminal laws are enforced.Even a minor violation such as loitering can have a penalty of several hundred dollars, which is … [Read more...] about Law Enforcement
The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact
"The Constitution is not a suicide pact."The first time I heard that phrase, I thought it was a pretty good line, and I agreed with it. In a sense, I still do. That's because the first time I heard it I interpreted it backwards from how most people do when they invoke it. I never knew why the other interpretation was the one that caught on.I stumbled on the answer the … [Read more...] about The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact
An Unfortunate Message For Police
Radley Balko reports with some astonishment that a grand jury in Burleson County, Texas has refused to indict a man who shot and killed a police officer who was conducting a SWAT-style raid on his home: Last December 19th, nine of the 10 members of the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department staged a raid on the rural home of Henry Magee. [...]By the time the raid was over, … [Read more...] about An Unfortunate Message For Police
I Have Got to Start Writing Shorter Posts
It just feels like way too many of my posts are really long, including several that are in the pipeline. I have got to start writing more short posts. That is all. … [Read more...] about I Have Got to Start Writing Shorter Posts
Sources and Credit
Scott Greenfield is a little peeved that reporters don't give credit when they pick up stories from bloggers: For many years, mainstream media got a lot of juice as a result of links from the web, from blogs. We would see a story and pick it up, run with it, comment on it, and people would find it sufficiently fascinating to go read the source article in a paper they would … [Read more...] about Sources and Credit