Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One can only hope you get what you deserve someday; the difference will be that when you do, you'll be on "60 Minutes" with that middle class "who would have thought it would happen to me look". Napalm - your people only use that on children. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan C" <leicaman@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Is this believable? > Most people would be too intimidated to walk away from a police officer who > has stopped them to ask a question. But if you have sufficient intestinal > fortitude for the task, I am sure that you COULD walk away, and if the > officer persists, you could ask him/her if you were under arrest. The > officer would have to show pretty could reason to arrest you, and would be > liable to be sued for false arrest otherwise. And depending on how you > act, the police officer may be able to find some justifiable reason for > arresting you (littering, swearing at the officer, jay walking, etc.). Why > not just be cooperative? At least this is how things are in this part of > the world (North America). > > And this is probably going to get the napalm out, but anyone who would hang > around a hotel housing the Vice-President of the United States, in these > times, snapping 30 pics of the hotel, probably deserves whats supposedly > happened to that guy written about in that paranoid hackers site. Assuming > the story is true, the guy was obviously setting himself up for this. He > may as well have sailed a dingy up to a US aircraft carrier and started > snapping away with a camera. How long do you think he would last? Or > should last? > > dan c. > > At 01:03 PM 06-12-02 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm asking what law states that I am under arrest by default? I don't > >believe that is true. You have to break a law to be under arrest, and being > >under arrest requires telling you why you are under arrest, as well as the > >reading of your Miranda Rights...I believe. > > > >I also do not believe walking away from a supposed officer, who believes he > >has "engaged" you, is a crime. Perhaps it is...but I'd like to see the > >actual written law that states that. I just don't blindly believe these > >type of things without some better understanding. > > > >Austin > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of S Dimitrov > >> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:48 PM > >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Is this believable? > >> > >> > >> How do you know he's not involved in some kind of fact finding? Besides, > >> try walking away, when you have been stopped, or engaged in some way. > >> Once stopped by an officer, that is an act of arrest. > >> Slobodan > >> > >> Austin Franklin wrote: > >> > > >> > > Technically, once an officer of the law stops you, even to > >> ask about the > >> > > weather, you're under arrest until_he_decides > >> the_conversation_is over. > >> > > >> > Hi Slobodan, > >> > > >> > Where did you get that from? > >> > > >> > Austin > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html