That's an amazing story, Morris. Sure hope your step-dad heals quickly. Wishing you and him the very best from Chicago! cheers, Christine
On Mar 31, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Morris Galloway wrote: > 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. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
