Comments for RHDefense: The Law Office of Rick Horowitz http://www.rhdefense.com Home of Probable Cause: The Legal Blog with the Really Low Standard of Review Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:29:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on When Law ENFORCEMENT Doesn’t Like the Law by Rick http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/19/when-law-enforcement-doesnt-like-the-law/comment-page-1#comment-10116 Rick Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5344#comment-10116 That only works if the People have the guns and the guts to back it up. That only works if the People have the guns and the guts to back it up.

]]> Comment on When Law ENFORCEMENT Doesn’t Like the Law by Dan http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/19/when-law-enforcement-doesnt-like-the-law/comment-page-1#comment-10115 Dan Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:25 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5344#comment-10115 Maybe it's time for the people of California to pass a "We fucking mean it about medical marijuana" act, providing for penalties against politicians and cops who ignore the first law? Maybe it’s time for the people of California to pass a “We fucking mean it about medical marijuana” act, providing for penalties against politicians and cops who ignore the first law?

]]> Comment on A New Kind of System by TJIC http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/20/a-new-kind-of-system/comment-page-1#comment-10107 TJIC Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:38:04 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5361#comment-10107 > It is no longer a “justice” system at all. Sure it is. It's just not the kind of justice that you and I understand or respect. It's the justice of the feudal period, where some men are in high station and some in low. The feudal lord or his men can do all manner of things that the serfs can not do. They can hunt, rape with impunity (as long as the victims are only serfs), steal, etc. The peasants can do certain things as well - they can celebrate a good harvest (after handing over a portion of it to the feudal lords), they can paint their houses any color they want, and they can eat their gruel before or after they eat their bread. > It is no longer a “justice” system at all.

Sure it is. It’s just not the kind of justice that you and I understand or respect.

It’s the justice of the feudal period, where some men are in high station and some in low. The feudal lord or his men can do all manner of things that the serfs can not do. They can hunt, rape with impunity (as long as the victims are only serfs), steal, etc.

The peasants can do certain things as well – they can celebrate a good harvest (after handing over a portion of it to the feudal lords), they can paint their houses any color they want, and they can eat their gruel before or after they eat their bread.

]]> Comment on When Law ENFORCEMENT Doesn’t Like the Law by A New Kind of System | RHDefense: The Law Office of Rick Horowitz http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/19/when-law-enforcement-doesnt-like-the-law/comment-page-1#comment-10106 A New Kind of System | RHDefense: The Law Office of Rick Horowitz Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:28:38 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5344#comment-10106 [...] as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, those responsible for enforcing our laws take a different approach when it comes to their own [...] [...] as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, those responsible for enforcing our laws take a different approach when it comes to their own [...]

]]> Comment on SOPA (Temporarily?) Washes Out Blogs by Lacey http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/01/17/sopa-washes-out-blogs/comment-page-1#comment-10105 Lacey Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:01:19 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5173#comment-10105 While I believe that there should be a form to “protect” copyright infringements, I think that the way the SOPA as it looks, may seriously hamper the overall efficiency of the internet… It comes to a point that I have to think if when writing a post, I can or can not use say the word “Apple”… While I believe that there should be a form to “protect” copyright infringements, I think that the way the SOPA as it looks, may seriously hamper the overall efficiency of the internet… It comes to a point that I have to think if when writing a post, I can or can not use say the word “Apple”…

]]> Comment on The Way SWAT Does Business by John David Galt http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/12/the-way-swat-does-business/comment-page-1#comment-10091 John David Galt Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:09:14 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5314#comment-10091 The only solution is to bear in mind that ultimately, the police work for us. Not just the requirements imposed on newly hired police and how they are armed and equipped need to be topics of public debate - so do their rules of engagement, internal affairs or complaint commission procedures, and the details of every case where they abuse their power. We need to demand from our state and local politicians that they keep us, the public, constantly informed about all these things, and that they make the police do their jobs the way we, their employers, want them to, and that officers who won't comply be fired and replaced (and that higher-ups who won't do that also be fired and replaced). There is no excuse for a police department in which a Serpico couldn't keep his job. Or one in which officers who commit atrocities can keep their jobs because of employee confidentiality or a union arbitration contract. State legislators must know that if any of these things happen, their own jobs will change hands until they stop. The only solution is to bear in mind that ultimately, the police work for us. Not just the requirements imposed on newly hired police and how they are armed and equipped need to be topics of public debate – so do their rules of engagement, internal affairs or complaint commission procedures, and the details of every case where they abuse their power. We need to demand from our state and local politicians that they keep us, the public, constantly informed about all these things, and that they make the police do their jobs the way we, their employers, want them to, and that officers who won’t comply be fired and replaced (and that higher-ups who won’t do that also be fired and replaced).

There is no excuse for a police department in which a Serpico couldn’t keep his job. Or one in which officers who commit atrocities can keep their jobs because of employee confidentiality or a union arbitration contract. State legislators must know that if any of these things happen, their own jobs will change hands until they stop.

]]> Comment on Out of Sight by Heidi http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/01/12/out-of-sight/comment-page-1#comment-10080 Heidi Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:31:55 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5155#comment-10080 I think this cop should get some time for his behavior...I have a sister that is mentally disturb and If that cop would have hit my sister he would be a died soul. A mental person can't help themselves for your devilish to hit that woman u should be ashame of yourself. I need your punching arm cut off so that u wouldn't lift your hand to hit a handicap ever again. I think this cop should get some time for his behavior…I have a sister that is mentally disturb and If that cop would have hit my sister he would be a died soul. A mental person can’t help themselves for your devilish to hit that woman u should be ashame of yourself. I need your punching arm cut off so that u wouldn’t lift your hand to hit a handicap ever again.

]]> Comment on The Way SWAT Does Business by Rick http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/12/the-way-swat-does-business/comment-page-1#comment-10077 Rick Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:55:26 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5314#comment-10077 It makes for a more <a href="http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=955&issue_id=82006" target-"_blank" rel="nofollow">professional</a> police <a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=67294" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">force.</a> It makes for a more professional police force.

]]> Comment on The Way SWAT Does Business by Brian Dunbar http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/02/12/the-way-swat-does-business/comment-page-1#comment-10076 Brian Dunbar Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:48:02 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5314#comment-10076 <i>More of them are moving in the direction of requiring degrees, which is a good thing, </i> Why is this a good thing, Rick? More of them are moving in the direction of requiring degrees, which is a good thing,

Why is this a good thing, Rick?

]]> Comment on SOPA (Temporarily?) Washes Out Blogs by Kate http://www.rhdefense.com/2012/01/17/sopa-washes-out-blogs/comment-page-1#comment-10075 Kate Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:51:09 +0000 http://www.rhdefense.com/?p=5173#comment-10075 No doubt that copyright infringement and inflammatory content on social media are serious issues, but blocking or censoring is not the solution. You block one domain, a hundred other can spurt. You censor Facebook and Twitter, people move on to Tumblr. Till date no serious crimes have occurred due to social media. On the other hand the power of social media was on display during Arab Spring earlier this year. Draconian laws like SOPA or censoring social media sites, as Kapil Sibal has proposed, will only provide certain authorities the power to control the flow of information. This is not acceptable in free society. No doubt that copyright infringement and inflammatory content on social media are serious issues, but blocking or censoring is not the solution. You block one domain, a hundred other can spurt. You censor Facebook and Twitter, people move on to Tumblr. Till date no serious crimes have occurred due to social media. On the other hand the power of social media was on display during Arab Spring earlier this year. Draconian laws like SOPA or censoring social media sites, as Kapil Sibal has proposed, will only provide certain authorities the power to control the flow of information. This is not acceptable in free society.

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