Lurker Galloway crawls out from under his rock to comment on Doctor
Theriault's legal analysis of public photography and the police.
Exactly like his photography, it is precisely thought- out, clearly
executed, and devoid of ambiguities. Which should remind all that he is
apparently as good at law as at photography and bike riding.
Not that anything needs to be added, but I can't help myself, so I press
on --
The police, to a man (or woman), started life as a person first,
and was trained in a skill-set that taught them they should expect the
public to obey, and yet would face frequent defiance. So they are taught
to enforce compliance, using the gun you see, or the back-up gun you
don't see unless things go horribly wrong, and finally the
'weapon-retention system' which is police jargon for the 6" Benchmade
knife you will never see until they are in a desperate fight for their
lives, trained to use it to "cut you off of the gun" by severing your
arm so severely you cannot grasp anything, or if that fails, they then
open up your belly so you can concentrate on holding in your intestines,
while they get away.
Granted that is somewhat graphic, but all should realize them's the
facts, and that is the situation. So, next time we all consider
challenging the police, or sheriff's deputy, keep that in mind before
embarking on mindless escalation. Of course a lot of you will wonder
what possible background I could have to suggest such things, and I
offer therefore to answer my 'criminal law phone' when you are put in
jail in my county in the bread-basket of central America. Don't worry,
my office is just south of the jail, it is the last sign you see before
going inside. Just remember the phone number. We accept collect calls
from Pentaxians.
Other than that I'm going to play with the photos I just took of my
step-father's 99th birthday party taken a few hours ago. If anything is
half good enough (which I doubt) I might post something. Dad is in a
neck-brace, because two weeks prior to today he lost his balance and
fell head-long into the wall, breaking his neck. It would have certainly
killed him except he is fortunate to be an orthopedic surgeon and
realized what had happened on the way to the floor. He held is head in
place with both hands, and told the caregivers not to move him until a
neck-brace was obtained. Oh, he was a Nikon guy, but I'm bringing him
around. (Yes, he was lying face-down on the bedroom floor, and told the
caregiver "I've broken my neck. I've got a bi-lateral cervical fracture.
Don't move me until you call 911 and get a neck brace." How's that for
thinking quickly?)
Galloway, Re-lurking now.
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