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Tue Oct-20-09 02:09 PM
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| 7. If you give a description of someone robbing a bank.... |
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Do the police have to actually see the robbery before stopping someone matching that description near the bank?
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| -Roberts speaks out on drunken driving case |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-20-09 01:57 PM |
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I can see no bad consequences from giving drunk drivers... |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 01:58 PM |
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I see no bad consequences from having to be doing something wrong before being stopped. |
dmallind |
Oct-20-09 02:05 PM |
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If you give a description of someone robbing a bank.... |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 02:09 PM |
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Only if an actual bank reported an actual robbery |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 02:57 PM |
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What if you call and say your neighbor is beating his wife.. |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 03:02 PM |
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No, but they can't stop random men on the street |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 03:08 PM |
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If you saw someone beating his wife while driving his car... |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 03:11 PM |
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Not necessarily |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 03:35 PM |
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A victim? |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 03:41 PM |
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Good lord. There's a victim so there is definitely a crime |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 03:55 PM |
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So the cops would need to examine the body first before |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 04:04 PM |
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This is too stupid. |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 04:14 PM |
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Actually, those have proven TOO effective. nt |
WriteDown |
Oct-20-09 04:25 PM |
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But callers are 100% accurate and never malicious. |
No Elephants |
Oct-21-09 07:09 AM |
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Neither are rape accusers, but we seem to arrest suspects. nt |
WriteDown |
Oct-21-09 08:58 AM |
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No. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 04:25 PM |
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In the case of the phantom bank robberies and other victims |
sandnsea |
Oct-20-09 04:29 PM |
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That as well. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 05:04 PM |
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A cop can follow anyone for a few miles, and find at least one minor traffic violation drunk or not |
mule_train |
Oct-21-09 08:22 AM |
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Sorry... |
Rebubula |
Oct-20-09 02:18 PM |
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So you won't mind my calling 911 to report Rebula driving drunk? |
Flaneur |
Oct-20-09 02:34 PM |
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The police have been using cellphones to make anonymous tips for a PC traffic stop |
cabluedem |
Oct-21-09 09:14 AM |
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The issue is whether |
Piewhacket |
Oct-20-09 04:37 PM |
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that's not the issue |
paulsby |
Oct-21-09 09:52 AM |
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can you see any bad consequences.... |
harmonicon |
Oct-20-09 03:56 PM |
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Yeah, let's just eliminate the 4th Amendment altogether and make it |
Zorra |
Oct-20-09 06:09 PM |
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Spin much? Describing them as drunk assumes the critical fact. |
No Elephants |
Oct-21-09 07:02 AM |
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Allowing anyone who has a grudge to be able to get someone pulled over is not good law. |
truthisfreedom |
Oct-20-09 02:02 PM |
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If you wait for a drunk driver to kill a pedestrian, called probable cause... |
Ozymanithrax |
Oct-20-09 02:06 PM |
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LOLZ.... |
Rebubula |
Oct-20-09 02:21 PM |
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Re: LOLZ .... |
SFnomad |
Oct-20-09 03:08 PM |
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Welcome to DU |
Tempest |
Oct-20-09 08:40 PM |
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You can not tell if the person behind the wheel is drunk. |
Ozymanithrax |
Oct-20-09 04:45 PM |
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Any cop will tell you that all they have to do is follow you for 1/2 a mile and |
Purveyor |
Oct-20-09 02:06 PM |
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During the summer of 2003, my family and I were vacationing in California... |
KansDem |
Oct-20-09 02:18 PM |
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I was driving home from work one night around midnight. A car came up behind me with it's |
madmom |
Oct-20-09 02:37 PM |
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Perhaps they were aimed wrong. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 05:05 PM |
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I don't understand... |
KansDem |
Oct-20-09 02:07 PM |
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I got pulled over after being reported. |
imdjh |
Oct-20-09 02:40 PM |
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do you really believe that? |
excess_3 |
Oct-21-09 01:58 AM |
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Yes, I do, because I was drifting in the lane and I had been falling asleep. |
imdjh |
Oct-21-09 09:48 AM |
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An anonymous tip isn't probable cause. A credible tip is. |
imdjh |
Oct-20-09 02:42 PM |
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Ahhh! Thanks for the clarification... |
KansDem |
Oct-20-09 02:49 PM |
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If he was driving okay, was he intoxicated? |
Trillo |
Oct-20-09 03:11 PM |
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Washington Post: Roberts: Decision could give drunk drivers 'one free swerve' |
Judi Lynn |
Oct-20-09 02:12 PM |
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I agree with Roberts, this seems like a dumb ruling |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-20-09 02:14 PM |
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Ah, yes, that's it: Let's encourage police to perjure themselves. |
Flaneur |
Oct-20-09 02:30 PM |
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In 50+ yearsnobody has ever anonymously called the cops on me |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-20-09 05:57 PM |
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It's happened to a couple of friends of mine |
Tempest |
Oct-20-09 08:48 PM |
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easily circumvented by a little creativity when the police write up their testimony.. |
frylock |
Oct-20-09 02:45 PM |
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If one of my neighbors called the police |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-20-09 02:58 PM |
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You're missing the point. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 04:00 PM |
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oh, good - we'll go to you for everything now |
harmonicon |
Oct-20-09 04:05 PM |
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But in this case it was an anonymous tip. |
NYC Liberal |
Oct-20-09 04:09 PM |
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apples |
frylock |
Oct-20-09 06:35 PM |
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No, I was mad at first, but look closely. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 03:55 PM |
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If you did NOT ID yourself when you call the Police, they have NO right to Search |
happyslug |
Oct-21-09 11:02 AM |
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The best way to stop a drunk driver is to not let him/her get behind the wheel. |
peace13 |
Oct-20-09 02:27 PM |
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Well well! Roberts doesn't get his way this time! |
napi21 |
Oct-20-09 02:29 PM |
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The majority likely didn't see a federal question involved |
depakid |
Oct-20-09 02:39 PM |
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I'm concerned that he would even raise this issue. |
AtheistCrusader |
Oct-20-09 03:57 PM |
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don't forget about all of the blacks and hispanics!! |
harmonicon |
Oct-20-09 04:09 PM |
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I agree w/the majority. Nothing like encouraging your enemies to call cops saying you're driving |
williesgirl |
Oct-20-09 03:09 PM |
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You mean cops can't find a way to pull you over?? |
tomhayes |
Oct-20-09 03:10 PM |
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No kidding! |
intheflow |
Oct-21-09 09:51 AM |
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"...spoke out in vain ..." |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Oct-20-09 03:22 PM |
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This sort of crap is the reason Europeans rightfully think we're MORANS. |
elehhhhna |
Oct-20-09 05:05 PM |
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Who cares what Europeans think? |
Mudoria |
Oct-21-09 11:40 AM |
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Anybody fighting for health care for one - European practices are |
24601 |
Oct-21-09 06:15 PM |
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Lots of signs on CA highways |
Mz Pip |
Oct-21-09 08:10 AM |
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they should have a cell phone trap right after those signs - lol nt |
mule_train |
Oct-21-09 08:39 AM |
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Its legal to use a cellphone while driving to call 911. nt |
cabluedem |
Oct-21-09 09:31 AM |
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Here's the Court of Appeals decision: |
struggle4progress |
Oct-21-09 10:35 AM |
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Roberts' political grandstanding is unattractive behavior from the Chief Justice |
struggle4progress |
Oct-21-09 11:59 AM |
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