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Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they’re private corporations, immune from open records laws
Washington Post ^
| June 26 at 10:27 AM
| RADLEY BALKO
Posted on 06/26/2014 11:51:06 AM PDT by maine yankee
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To: maine yankee
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:10:18 PM PDT
by
Dick Bachert
(Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:12:09 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
To: thorvaldr
Dog the bounty hunter on steroids. This is humor right?
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:12:29 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
(Be strong when you are weak.)
To: maine yankee
If they are private companies, then neither they, nor their “employees,” have governmental immunity for their actions.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:17:57 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
To: maine yankee
I am a law abiding redneck. I don’t even speed.
No way i care to spend Any of my dimes in Mass.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:20:05 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:22:15 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: maine yankee
Ah, well if they are private companies and these are private individuals, then citizans can point their guns at them with fear of Federal law.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:23:20 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: maine yankee
We are OCP you can't sue us!
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:23:32 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: maine yankee
Interesting.
What type of license is required to set up a private policing firm? Can I set one up myself?
Once again, when you start to use mercs, don’t be surprised when others do also.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:25:20 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: will of the people
yeah, bye bye sovereign immunity.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:30:04 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: maine yankee
Fine. If they’re not govt. entities, they don’t have soverign immunity protection. In many states, there is pre-suit discovery (usually depositions; but can include documents). File a suit or file for a pre-suit depo and see what happens.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:30:30 PM PDT
by
1L
To: maine yankee; bamahead
I am not sure this works. I am troubled by the fact that a SWAT team, (corporation), can kill a Citizen but remain hidden from scrutiny?
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:33:11 PM PDT
by
GregNH
(If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
To: maine yankee
...the LECs are claiming that the 501(c)(3) status means that theyre private corporations, not government agencies. Then they should lose sovereign immunity in court. The Massachusetts statutory limitation of $100,000 should not apply. Sue them as a whole an individually for the same that happens to doctor and businesses.
To: maine yankee
Rather than improve competency in areas of:
Obtaining Valid Warrants,
Map Reading,
Perp Status in the Legal system,
Legal Use of Force constraints,
etc...
They’ve decided its better to shield their incompetence behind some bogus corporate structure.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:34:29 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: maine yankee
Lots of case law detailing how police have to function within our free society... thank God for the Supreme Court and our formerly sensible country.
These SWAT Teams - from those in the story - to the thug armies of Homeland Security, EPA, IRS, BLM, etc are functioning outside - and above - the law. It’s wrong...
It’s surprising a suckup paper like the Washington Post is covering this ....
Maybe the Washington Post didn’t get the memo that Police States are cool as long as the thugs and goons running them are Democrats.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:35:29 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Hey IRS - those receipts you wanted? The dog ate 'em. -New Name:"Washington Thinskins" -FR. coloeo)
To: bamahead
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:36:12 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: boycott
Ah, but that IS how FASCISM works.
And that’s exactly where we are today.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:36:58 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: maine yankee
Bullshit. You are either a government sanctioned, and under those same requirements, entity. Or you are not empowered with law enforcement authority.
But this is a clear example that cops have things got hide.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:43:45 PM PDT
by
LevinFan
To: will of the people
wouldnt that eliminate the protection from lawsuits since they are not government agents, but private employees?
Exactly. No Sovereign Immunity for NGOs and non-profit corps.
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posted on
06/26/2014 12:59:16 PM PDT
by
Spirochete
(GOP: Give Obama Power)
To: goodnesswins
The modern letters of marque and reprisal?
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posted on
06/26/2014 1:29:45 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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