Actually -- could be wrong about this -- it's my understanding that they weren't even called, they were just doing a routine check as they often do about that time of night. ::shrug::
Otherwise, I totally agree with tyou. On 11/28/06, Todd Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I don't know that I would be outraged. Like I said, they weren't > called to investigate a crime. They were called there to escort the guy out > of the place 'after hours'. That's all there should have been to it. If he > went free and did something .. naughty, I don't think anyone could blame the > police for thinking he was nothing more than a loud mouthed kid trying to > make a statement at the time. At least, they shouldn't. > > Anyway, the argument isn't really whether he should have been detained at > all, but the amount of force used to detain him. I know of a tweaked out > drug user who stole 2 cars, a boat and held a family hostage in their home > at knife point that had an easier arrest than this kid. > > The amount of force used to detain the kid was very disproportional to what > was actually needed. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Stroz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: more civil rights goodness > > > > I beg to differ. I think its all about politics. My problem is not so > much > > with the fact that people are coming down on the police, rather that some > of > > the same people being vocal about how they handled this would be outraged > if > > this guy was actually doing something criminal and the police let him get > > away. > > > > I can't stand the 'Monday Morning Quarterback' mentality of cases like > this. > > > > > > -- > > Scott Stroz > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
