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Strange sight...
Apr. 11th, 2012 01:39 pmWow... you know, as a volunteer that works with law enforcement from time to time, I know and fully accept the meaning of "Observe and Report."
Some people might take it too far and in the rare instance someone gets hurt due to no one thinking clearly (a la the soon to be Zimmerman case in Florida).
However, if you want to be a mouthpiece for one side or the other, please, as to not drive me nuts, don't try to profit off of it or protect your Intellectual Property.
There's a sign being shown on media outlets with a giant Trademark (TM) symbol next to the content...
Really??
For the record, what I mean by, "no one thinking clearly"- You don't really need to aggressively chase someone as part of "Observe and Report" protocol, and you don't need to run away from someone looking at you funny. As a matter of fact the smart thing to do would be to stop and report the person following you to police, stay in a public/visible place, and wait for a unit to arrive to straighten things out/help you.
In other words, no one was thinking clearly that day.
Instead you have chases and maybe a fight the leads to a gunshot. I don't know, I wasn't there, and I'm not willing to drown myself in all the media hype/reports. All I know is police said not enough evidence to prosecute, a special prosecutor skipped the grand jury process probably because they wouldn't have indicted (so how do you ever expect to get a conviction??), and they will probably bring charges for political purposes instead of "justice", in order to play CYA with the voting public.
"See, I brought charges, that dumb jury didn't understand the law. It's their fault for finding him not guilty. Elect me to office now since I'm so strong! OH, or give me a nice job at DOJ!"
It's kind of a sick game now.
Some people might take it too far and in the rare instance someone gets hurt due to no one thinking clearly (a la the soon to be Zimmerman case in Florida).
However, if you want to be a mouthpiece for one side or the other, please, as to not drive me nuts, don't try to profit off of it or protect your Intellectual Property.
There's a sign being shown on media outlets with a giant Trademark (TM) symbol next to the content...
Really??
For the record, what I mean by, "no one thinking clearly"- You don't really need to aggressively chase someone as part of "Observe and Report" protocol, and you don't need to run away from someone looking at you funny. As a matter of fact the smart thing to do would be to stop and report the person following you to police, stay in a public/visible place, and wait for a unit to arrive to straighten things out/help you.
In other words, no one was thinking clearly that day.
Instead you have chases and maybe a fight the leads to a gunshot. I don't know, I wasn't there, and I'm not willing to drown myself in all the media hype/reports. All I know is police said not enough evidence to prosecute, a special prosecutor skipped the grand jury process probably because they wouldn't have indicted (so how do you ever expect to get a conviction??), and they will probably bring charges for political purposes instead of "justice", in order to play CYA with the voting public.
"See, I brought charges, that dumb jury didn't understand the law. It's their fault for finding him not guilty. Elect me to office now since I'm so strong! OH, or give me a nice job at DOJ!"
It's kind of a sick game now.
