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Arif Khokar wrote:
> Michael wrote: > >> Trust me, most (and notice, I say most, not all) cops can distinguish >> between normal human anxiety and when a person has really done >> something wrong. > > > So what exactly constitutes the difference. Even jaybird states that > this is only one of a number of factors and in itself does not cause > suspicion unless it is present with those other factors. Perhaps I should've been more clear. If you're just nervous - no big deal. Nervous combined with some other factors - big deal. |
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"jaybird" > wrote in message ... > I thought you were talking about the equipment where you can actually see > people inside the residence. My mistake. You could place a dog outside of > a residence for that, but residences have a higher expectation of privacy > than a vehicle.... different circumstances. For now......... Give the establishment time, jaybird, give them time..... |
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"Brent P" > wrote in message news > This is an arbitary construct that is easily breached later. The > population is being conditioned. Every year police powers or really the > powers of government grow. It's not a question any more if there is a > slipperly slope, just how fast we are sliding down it. or whether it is a slippery slope of a vertical freefall..... |
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"Brent P" > wrote in message ... > This is true of all big or important conventions of elected officals or > elites. (WTO, etc and so forth) There are various news stories of > bicyclists who were arrested simply for being on a bicycle while they > were traveling from a to b because critical mass or similiar was doing a > protest nearby. Ah, yes: guilt by association. The facist's friend.... |
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Alan Baker wrote:
> In article >, > Michael > wrote: > > >>Matthew Russotto wrote: >> >>>In article >, >>>Michael > wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Arif Khokar wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/24/sc....ap/index.html >>>>> >>>>>Seems that it's not ok to act nervous at a traffic stop anymore... >>>> >>>>But if you have nothing to hide, you should not be nervous. >>>>On the other hand, if you act nervous on purpose, then don't complain >>>>about being searched. >>> >>> >>>****ing fascist moron. >> >>And how am I racist? > > > I don't know. No one called you "racist". > > Someone apparently should call you ignorant. > Whoops. I misread. Let's see, fascism preaches irrationalism, totalitarism, elitism, militarism and imprerealism. Sorry, I don't support any of those so I definetely do not qualify as a fascist. |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
> Michael > wrote in > : > > >>Brent P wrote: >> >>>In article >, jaybird wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Probable cause has greater requirements and is the standard for >>>>arrest. Neither it, nor reasonable suspicion is required to have a K9 >>>>sniff a vehicle because we have no expectation of privacy for the air >>>>coming from our vehicle to the outside. >>> >>> >>>Or anything else that dogs or technology can detect from the outside >>>of our homes or vehicles by that logic. Such as the heat signature >>>coming through the walls of our homes. >>> >>>It's all the same thing. The boundries of home and vehicle are merely >>>arbitary and easily breached. (and often have in the war on the bill >>>of rights er drugs) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>Difference between a home and a vehicle is that one is immobile and >>the other is highly mobile. >>I suggest reading a good textbook on constitutional law, one by >>Klotter comes to mind. >> > > > "The right of the people to be secure in their persons,houses,papers,AND > EFFECTS,against unreasonable searches and seizures,Shall not be > violated,..." > > One's "effects" could be construed to include the vehicle they travel in. > Exactly. Could be "construed", nothing says that a vehicle is an effect. |
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Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Jim Yanik wrote: > > >>>Difference between a home and a vehicle is that one is immobile and >>>the other is highly mobile. >>>I suggest reading a good textbook on constitutional law, one by >>>Klotter comes to mind. > > >>"The right of the people to be secure in their persons,houses,papers,AND >>EFFECTS,against unreasonable searches and seizures,Shall not be >>violated,..." >> >>One's "effects" could be construed to include the vehicle they travel in. > > > I wonder if a citizen were to stop driving and start using a horse and > buggy if he would be subject to these searches. After all, using a horse > and buggy isn't a 'privledge', driving is. Horses and buggies were used > in 1789, so they existed when the constitution was written, avoiding this > silly construct of 'privledge' where you have to give up your rights. > From my understanding, the framers wouldn't have allowed warrantless > random or 'gut feel' searches of citizens traveling from a to b by horse > drawn vehicles in 1789. > > I also wonder if IL's vehicle code of allowing officers to stop > bicyclists without cause (called a safety inspection) would stand > up to a constitutional challenge. Once again, the bicycle existed prior > to this silly construct of 'privledge' that means giving up our rights > to do something. > > > Re IL's code. I think it would stand up to the challege since regulatory inspections are perfectly legal and always have been legal. Just like the Coast Guard boarding someone. What starts out as a mere regulatory inspection(i.e. no warrant needed) could very well turn into a criminal stop. |
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Paul wrote:
> "jaybird" > wrote in message > ... > >>"Dave C." > wrote in message ... >> >>>"BE" > wrote in message hlink.net... >>> >>>>But you are not in your home when driving on a public street. You > > have a > >>>>diminished expectation of privacy anytime you chose to leave your > > home, > >>>>and that was the ruling made here. What am I missing? >>> >>>Nothing. Stay home. Don't leave it. Ever. Not even for >>>roceries. -Dave >> >>You can leave, just make sure you leave your pot at home. > > > No, that still leaves you open to the demand for a search from any > policeman who feels like demanding one. > > Yeah, they can demand, just like you can tell them to go screw themselves. |
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"Brent P" > wrote in message news > The searching does nothing. What stops highjackings is that any passenger > that gets out of line is restrained or has the crap beat out of them by > other passengers. The archie bunker theory is what is keeping us safe. As was evidenced on that American Airlines flight where that religious fanatic who tried to light his shoe had the crap beaten out of him by the other passengers. |
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