Interesting 3rd amendment issue

[Tank]

this is from a libertarian website, i believe, and it's slighted towards that viewpoint. but it raises some interesting questions about our increasingly militarized police departments.

 

http://www.truthandaction.org/police-state-federal-judge-rules-police-can-take-home-see-fit/

 

[Schildog]

1) move to spin

2) the absolute **** is going on with the police nowadays

[mtangelsfan]

It is totally scary as the police become more and more like the military.

 

It isn't good at all.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Why am I not surprised that this case is from the Las Vegas area.

I remember when this happened. The family's home was used as a staging area for the Henderson PD as they planned surveillance and eventually a raid on a nearby home.

Edited April 24, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Glen]

Man, that is scary.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Wow. It speaks a lot to our current police/judicial system that I am not even surprised by this.

[shellback]

whats the big surprize? it should be obvious to the most casual observer that we live in a police state.

and there aint shit that can be done about it.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Sure there is, it just takes people to actually give a **** and make it clear that we, as citizens, are tired of this shit. Not just black people, but all people. Part of this whole black people vs. police topic in the media is really revealing how ****ed up our police are. Say what you will about the Michael Brown case, but at least it exposed that police department. There is a huge problem when so many departments funding comes from fines, and departments encourage/reward their force for issuing the most fines. Not to mention the bullshit that is civil forfeiture. I would like to think/hope that the media exposure will lead to reform in some way. This is the type of power the country is supposed to be against after all.

[Jason]

Hence the reason we have a 2nd amendment. Not that we would still have a fighting chance. Yes, this is scary stuff.

[shellback]

imo, the government plays the race card very effectively when dealing with police overreach.

they turn the brutality issue into a black v. white issue to disguise the fact that the police are a profit gathering and military social control device. as long as the brutality and militarization issue stay clouded via endlessly arguing about race relations, nothing will ever be done about the real issue- the increasing infringement on the peasants ever shrinking constitutional rights.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Sure there is, it just takes people to actually give a **** and make it clear that we, as citizens, are tired of this shit.

 

Good idea. Just walk up to the head of the SWAT team and tell him to get the f*** out of your house.

[shellback]

one thing thats really great about our wired world is the fact that almost everybody has a camera that they carry with them everywhere.

police brutality, overeach and violence has been going on for a long, long time- now its becoming mainstream knowledge through cell phone cameras. and it aint pretty.

[Mark68]

That's not by any means the only problem that we have with the police. It is the most egregious, obviously, when lives are lost due to the militarization of the police (and the attitude that many police officers have always had).

 

Another problem that should piss off a lot of people is that the cops are also being used as a revenue stream for municipalities. Our local NBC affiliate in Denver just did a series called "Citation Nation" where they called out four cities in Colorado that get at least half of their incomes from the issuance of tickets.There are a lot that get a significant percentage of their revenue, but these four were horrendously bad.

 

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/investigations/2015/04/29/interactive-map-traffic-tickets/26579077/

 

This is another example of what I consider to be law enforcement overreach.

[LBHalos17]

This is the first I've heard of this case; I'm really shocked that the judge would rule in favor of the Department, especially in such a "minor" case of a domestic disturbance.

Hopefully this silly ruling will lead to more discussion on updating the wording of the Amendment.

 

I don't see a difference between the Police or military occupying a third-party house like this.  Stay in your tanks, and out of our houses.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Another problem that should piss off a lot of people is that the cops are also being used as a revenue stream for municipalities. Our local NBC affiliate in Denver just did a series called "Citation Nation" where they called out four cities in Colorado that get at least half of their incomes from the issuance of tickets.There are a lot that get a significant percentage of their revenue, but these four were horrendously bad.

 

I noticed an abnormally high number of Nevada Highway Patrol and Las Vegas MPD cars with vehicles pulled over this past weekend. Word on the street is it's revenue push time.