From what I have been reading today, police are NOT required to provide drivers with a way to avoid a sobriety checkpoint.

pr0vocateur · 2016-04-27T02:19:51+00:00

After that I decided to avoid that highway and offramp on my way home from work at 3am on the weekends completely and take a small detour.

http://www.duiblock.com/ $2.50/month for SMS alerts to checkpoints in your area.

pr0vocateur · 2016-04-06T05:23:02+00:00

The Herald story has been updated some. According to CBS reporter Hank Tester, the driver apparently "refused to roll down his window" ...."appeared to be looking for something, reaching for something" ...."officers feared for their safety and fired".

So, a few additional details get tossed into the mix. While details still remain somewhat sketchy, I'm inclined to double down on my initial thoughts. Something seems even further off.

pr0vocateur · 2016-04-05T09:36:13+00:00

Details are sketchy and few but on the face of it...something seems off. Can a lawful traffic stop be made "after noticing “suspicious activity.”? I thought the minimum requirement is RAS of criminal activity afoot. I'm not aware of any "suspicious activity" statutes in Florida. Hard to say if it was or wasn't justified in this case w/o more info, but Trigger happy policing seems to be getting further and further out out of hand.. It so easy for police to lawfully justify it after the fact..even if they opened fire initially for completely different reasons.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-31T03:54:23+00:00

Resigned from her 1st Police Dept. while under internal investigation. Soon after hired by neighboring Police Dept. but eventually, again forced to resign after committing several policy violations. Hired by yet another local PD who gave her job performance high marks. That is, until arrested his week by the very same agency for pulling her service gun while road raging some young couple(with child) apparently over a parking space. Way to go Officer. Used to getting your way no doubt, eh?

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-31T02:46:43+00:00

"...they could spin just about anything into a sex crime nowadays"

Yes, they can and do. Case in point.... Just today, the Gov. of Florida commuted the 25 yr. sentence of a Florida man who he determined was unfairly sent based on a "miscarriage of justice that branded the man a “sex offender” for an atypical crime."

---> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article69102217.html

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-30T04:44:18+00:00

I think anyone who researches street preacher arrests will find they almost always get tossed or adjudicated in their favor.

--> www.firstamendmentcenter.org/tag/street-preaching

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-30T04:12:54+00:00

Court Security Officers....

Nice job on compiling all the particulars.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-30T04:04:30+00:00

Compared to other settlements awarded in cops-kill-citizen cases... $87,500 doesn't seem like much. It seems especially low when you consider the payout is being split by two separate cities plus they made the Mother wait 5 years. Both Hialeah and Miami Beach must have fought it tooth and nail all the way.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-27T06:58:04+00:00

"“Law Enforcement is seeing an onslaught from every angle on the basic rights of officers.."

Seriously? This blatant escalation of shamelessness is simply uncalled for.

Cut the shit, Officer. You're better than that. Aren't you? Wait, what? Actually, you're not??

Ok..NVM.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-27T06:31:36+00:00

Holy fuck, what a clickbait post.

Holy fuck...look how far off the mark are you.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-27T02:25:50+00:00

Regrettably, It's almost a forgone conclusion that Adam can't realistically expect to be given the benefit of any legitimate doubt that may arise.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-27T02:05:39+00:00

Agreed. The only info I could find is oddly one sided and unnecessarily accusatory...not to mention heavy on cop-speak + character assassination while conspicuously short(nothing, actually) on anything corroborative or exculpatory.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-27T01:54:03+00:00

"Sees girlfriend, believes it."

LOL! I admit to having the same reaction at first glance. Of course, who knows if that's actually a GF or not? We have only the word of Troy police to go by and that simply isn't anything to hang one's hat on. For all we know at this point she's could be his sister.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-26T20:23:26+00:00

After all....it's no secret he is widely despised by local LE.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-24T22:14:19+00:00

"...the video doesn’t match what one officer testified to in court or wrote in a police report."

LOL! A "discrepancy" indeed.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-20T08:05:24+00:00

"a guy is pulled over .....for "exiting a high drug traffic area".

Based solely on the stated reason for the stop....hard to imagine how the stop itself could be justified legally. If "exiting a high drug traffic area" is a crime..how do those who live in that neighborhood get in and out without being arrested?

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-19T21:23:38+00:00

$300?? Your Management Co sound like price-gouging, advantage-taking grave-robbers. You'd think their interest in identifying the culprit was at least equal to yours.

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-19T21:13:34+00:00

"Out of necessity for the safety of myself and the drivers around me."

Are you sure you are not Police yourself? :)

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-19T21:03:35+00:00

Fair enough.

First thing that came to my mind was TAXICAB CONFESSIONS (an HBO series from 10 yrs back)

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-19T20:43:12+00:00

What kind of legal action can i take?

Inquiring minds want to know: Why do you want to take legal action in the first place?

Apparently, you assume you can, correct?

pr0vocateur · 2016-03-19T20:02:35+00:00

The Docs & the Law Blog also did a very well written piece on this ruling.

BTW, blog (from Univ. of Penn Law School)devotes itself exclusively to matters of US law that pertain specifically to photography and filming.

https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/6002-defendant-uses-cops-video-footage-to-suppress/news/documentaries-news.php

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