Oh. You want my honest opinion, as opposed to what, my dishonest opinion? All righty, then. If an LE would swear in affidavit that he witnessed a capital crime, I would deny bail. Of course, we know that no such affidavit was sworn.
And this is a big problem, which no amount of rationalization can make go away. There is no individualized probable cause. The base is rotten.
Many readers will not remember, but you will, that I have expressed concern about RICO-type statutes. I am still wondering why the focus of forum outrage on these Waco threads does not address the statute.
My comments about the Texas OC law have mostly related to being confused as to how it could have been applied on 5/17, in the heat of the moment. I am aware of prolife rescuers who were prosecuted under federal RICO. Their overt act was trespassing and blocking access to abortion mills.
The Feds did have evidence that two or more had agreed in advance to do this. THAT I can understand. I don't like it, because I believe that the prolife cause is just and righteous, but I can understand the application of RICO
It looks to me like Renya used the Texas OC law as a bill of attainder.
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of pains and penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without a trial.
FReepers are not helping the situation by bloviating on FR and calling other people trolls.
Please define bloviating.
Also, please suggest a "proper" term to call those few who try to overwhelm every Waco thread; who slander others (calling people "gang supporters"); who consistently ignore what a poster actually posts, but rather twists what is actually posted and constructs a strawman to set ablaze?
Also, please suggest a “proper” term to call those few who try to overwhelm every Waco thread; who slander others (calling people “anti-constitution”); who consistently ignore what a poster actually posts, but rather twists what is actually posted and constructs a strawman to set ablaze?