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Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
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Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#12Disgusting abuse of power manages to catch a criminal. Is that our only metric for success now? Putting people in prison? Might as well shred the constitution, apparently we're ready to burn everything it stood for to prevent people from getting high. I know I sound dramatic but it is honestly impossible to overstate how damaging to privacy rights and how much horrific police militarization can be directly and indire…
> Disgusting abuse of power manages to catch a criminal. Is that our only metric for success now? looking back over the years, from the outside, I think that's been the american attitude all along.
I'd like to hear more about this if you don't mind expounding on it some. I realize that in a certain light that's how it looks (I'm no stranger to a lot of what used to be called conspiracy theories, including the long history of illegal surveillance) but honestly it's always looked to me like the powers that be, in America, genuinely try to operate in a benign fashion. I realize that's not the same as operating in a legal or legally spirited fashion, but I also don't see it as flagrantly hypocritical enough to warrant the cynicism you've presented.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#13Disgusting abuse of power manages to catch a criminal. Is that our only metric for success now? Putting people in prison? Might as well shred the constitution, apparently we're ready to burn everything it stood for to prevent people from getting high. I know I sound dramatic but it is honestly impossible to overstate how damaging to privacy rights and how much horrific police militarization can be directly and indire…
> Disgusting abuse of power manages to catch a criminal. Is that our only metric for success now? looking back over the years, from the outside, I think that's been the american attitude all along.
Yes, let’s take an outlier and extrapolate that to a universal. There are bad people everywhere and in America there are a lot of tools to discourage and identify that behavior.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#14"Deputy Attorney General Jesse Drum argued that the deputies had not acted in bad faith"
Is it typical for DAs to have lacking judgement? I know we hear about the bad ones but whenever any kind of insane police stunt appears in the media the DA is always on the police's side. I thought the judicial branch was supposed to be separate and neutral from the executive branch.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#15"Deputy Attorney General Jesse Drum argued that the deputies had not acted in bad faith" Is it typical for DAs to have lacking judgement? I know we hear about the bad ones but whenever any kind of insane police stunt appears in the media the DA is always on the police's side. I thought the judicial branch was supposed to be separate and neutral from the executive branch.
The DA is in the judicial branch?
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#16"Deputy Attorney General Jesse Drum argued that the deputies had not acted in bad faith" Is it typical for DAs to have lacking judgement? I know we hear about the bad ones but whenever any kind of insane police stunt appears in the media the DA is always on the police's side. I thought the judicial branch was supposed to be separate and neutral from the executive branch.
The DA is in the judicial branch?
Is it not? It's the lawyer appointed by the public.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#17"They sought warrants to search Heuring’s home and the barn, alleging that there was probable cause that a crime had been committed — that Heuring had committed theft by taking off the GPS tracker. While searching the barn, they found the tracker in a bathroom locker. They also found evidence of drug use: a glass pipe. A subsequent search, granted by a judge based on the paraphernalia, uncovered bags of methamphetami…
Better, just leave it on a road somewhere. As if it accidentally fell off. I'm guessing that it was magnetic.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#18Disgusting abuse of power manages to catch a criminal. Is that our only metric for success now? Putting people in prison? Might as well shred the constitution, apparently we're ready to burn everything it stood for to prevent people from getting high. I know I sound dramatic but it is honestly impossible to overstate how damaging to privacy rights and how much horrific police militarization can be directly and indire…
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Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#19"They sought warrants to search Heuring’s home and the barn, alleging that there was probable cause that a crime had been committed — that Heuring had committed theft by taking off the GPS tracker. While searching the barn, they found the tracker in a bathroom locker. They also found evidence of drug use: a glass pipe. A subsequent search, granted by a judge based on the paraphernalia, uncovered bags of methamphetami…
On the other hand, any police willing to act so unethically might also be willing to plant evidence out of careerism or pure malice. There is plenty of precedent for both.
Who is to say that the tracker actually was found in a locker, or the drugs and guns? Presumably they already knew where he lived.
Re: Indiana man charged with theft for removing police tracking device from car
#20"Deputy Attorney General Jesse Drum argued that the deputies had not acted in bad faith" Is it typical for DAs to have lacking judgement? I know we hear about the bad ones but whenever any kind of insane police stunt appears in the media the DA is always on the police's side. I thought the judicial branch was supposed to be separate and neutral from the executive branch.
DAs are in justice, which is part of executive.
Courts are in judicial.