You ever read Unintended Consequences?
Posted on 08/08/2008 6:41:44 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
The FBI has launched a review of the violent law enforcement raid of the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo in Prince George's County last week that resulted in the deaths of the family's two dogs.
The agency has begun "reviewing the events that occurred at Mr. Calvo's residence," said Richard J. Wolf, spokesman for the FBI in Baltimore, which has jurisdiction over federal civil rights investigations in Maryland.
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Courts across the country in recent years have ruled that it is almost always unacceptable for police to kill pets in the course of searching a home. Cases in three federal circuits have found that killing pets amounts to unreasonable seizure.
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I even prefer elected judges, top to bottom, and suspect that the day the rules for the US Supreme Court were written someone brought in some powerful weed (hidden in the smoking tobacco of course) to the Constitutional Convention.
I even prefer elected judges, top to bottom, and suspect that the day the rules for the US Supreme Court were written someone brought in some powerful weed (hidden in the smoking tobacco of course) to the Constitutional Convention.
They did not have a warrant to raid his house.
He walked.
See, it already happened.
It needs to happen more often.
L
While I’m generally in favor of more democracy, I have to respectfully disagree. Crime is a top priority of municipal governments (I’d place it #2 after basic infrastructure); I want the mayor and council to have their butts directly on the line, not fighting and finger-pointing with a top LEO who has his own constituency and agenda.
And elected judges? I’m not a big fan. Roy Moore springs to mind as an example. Our criminal justice system has plenty of flaws (it’s the worst in the world except for all the others), but I’m deeply uncomfortable with my life, liberty and property being in the hands of a police chief, a district attorney, and a judge all of whom are looking to the next election.
The difference between democracy and autarchy is the size of the electorate.
We did autarchy for many thousands of years. Turned out in the end it was cr*p. It has not improved in America.
BTW, New York has had some of the worst instances of cops shooting up civilians for no reason at all ~ and their top LEO is just a civil service flunky ~ using appointment (electorate of one) does not seem to improve this process in NYC.
You ever read Unintended Consequences?
L
True. In the end, the people will have the power. Appointed judges are just a couple of layers removed from a direct vote. In many cases, that's a good thing -- no one running for re-election could have handed down Brown v. Board.
L
Good man. What's she up to these days? Blogging?
That's a matter of "be careful what you wish for." New Yorkers get the "law and order" they want, and that they demand of their elected officials. They're willing to accept broken eggs as long as they like the omelette -- that is, as long as NYC doesn't go back to the s--thole it was pre-Giuliani.
I have serious doubts the voters would hold the police commissioner to any higher standards than mayors have.
L
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