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Massage Parlor Customer Sues Cops Over Setting Up Video That Allegedly Caught Robert Kraft
Law and Crime ^
| April 15, 2019
| Law and Crime
Posted on 04/17/2019 9:30:47 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
A law enforcement operation that famously resulted in criminal charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft for alleged solicitation of prostitution included the use of video that prosecutors say caught Kraft in the act. What it also allegedly captured, was an innocent man in a state of undress, and that man is now suing the Jupiter Police and the Palm Beach County State Attorney for violation of his civil rights.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackbagoperation; chat; corruption; donutwatch; jupiter; kraft; newenglandpatriots; palmbeachcounty; robertkraft; wiretappinglaws
Police gotta have fun, too. But their fun should be obtained in ways that are legal.
To: The_Media_never_lie
If they had a valid warrant for the surveillance, and didn’t leak footage outside of the investigation I am not seeing a problem.
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posted on
04/17/2019 9:40:23 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: MrEdd
How about telling the owners they had a report of a suspicious package on the premises so the owners would evacuate and surveillance cameras could be installed? If you or I announced there was a suspicious substance in a package so that we could gain access to a building, we would be charged with a crime. But is ok for the police to force an evacuation by scaring the occupants?
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posted on
04/17/2019 9:45:52 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
04/17/2019 10:28:43 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: MrEdd
The whole investigation was invalid.
To: The_Media_never_lie
But is ok for the police to force an evacuation by scaring the occupants?Of course it's okay for them, they're the government-sponsored thug organization with badges, guns, and the knowledge that they can get away with a lot of BS.
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posted on
04/17/2019 10:35:41 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: StolarStorm
The whole investigation was invalid.I'm not insinuating you're wrong, but could you explain why you believe it was invalid?
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posted on
04/17/2019 10:37:52 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Whatever happened to all the hysteria about this being a sex-trafficking issue? So was there any real sex-trafficking taking place at this dump, or was it just a lame cover story?
Quite frankly, I don't care if what Kraft did is illegal. A lot of things that are none of the government's business seem to be illegal. I don't see how any arrangement between a lonely 75 year old widower and some mentally competent and willing woman in her 50s is anyone else's business. That's not sex-trafficking.
To: The_Media_never_lie
But is ok for the police to force an evacuation by scaring the occupants? Remember the suspicious fire at Trump Tower during the primary season.
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posted on
04/18/2019 2:07:37 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(recovering Spokeshave from another computer.)
To: MrEdd
>>and didnt leak footage outside of the investigation I am not seeing a problem.
The press is demanding access to the recordings.
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posted on
04/18/2019 4:25:50 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: The_Media_never_lie
it’s a black bag operation and the case against the Weather Underground fell apart because of such action by “Deep Throat” (who was sent to prison because of it).
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posted on
04/18/2019 4:26:54 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
04/18/2019 4:55:21 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
To: wastedyears; StolarStorm
wastedyears :" The whole investigation was invalid.
I'm not insinuating you're wrong,
but could you explain why you believe it was invalid? "
It's a legal concept : "Fruit of the poisoned tree"
In essence, you can't commit a crime (in this case, a false / fraudulent threat of suspicious package)
in order to gain unauthorized physical access (trespass )
and then charge someone with criminal action, based on illegal / falsified trespass.
To: MrEdd
If, as has been widely reported, the cops used the ruse of a phony bomb threat they themselves called in to gain access to the building and plant cameras, then they could indeed be in for a rough ride legally.
Phoning in bomb threats falls under Federal terrorism laws. A local judge granting a warrant likely can’t override them.
Another case that could tie-up our entire Federal court system for the next thirteen years.
To: null and void
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posted on
04/18/2019 1:28:53 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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posted on
04/18/2019 5:23:57 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
04/18/2019 7:01:20 PM PDT
by
Mr.Unique
(The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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