OT: [censored] thread, September, READ RULES IN TOP POST

[Slim Pickens]

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Slim,

Did you actually repeat that idiotic claim of inciting a riot that the cops made up because they couldn't think of anything else?

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Yeah. I thought maybe I could get away with using my government powers to steal the life-essence from his brain banana, but apparently he's already on to us.

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Whether the kid is a douche or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid is an attention whore or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid was just trying to get laid or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid's questions were nonsense or not makes no difference.

The police were supposedly arresting him for inciting a riot. He obviously wasn't. Shouldn't the police at least have some idea what they are arresting someone for when they arrest them? Or if it was for inciting a riot, shouldn't there be like at least a 1 in a million chance he's actually guilty of what they are arresting him for?

People spaz out at public forums all the [censored] time. [censored] like this happens regularly at city council meetings. People don't get arrested for it.

The police were not being overly aggressive and once he resisted the amount of force wasn't excessive, but they need to at least have a crime in mind when they start ordering people around and putting their hands on them.

With great power comes great responsibility.

[terrellk11]

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Whether the kid is a douche or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid is an attention whore or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid was just trying to get laid or not makes no difference.

Whether the kid's questions were nonsense or not makes no difference.

The police were supposedly arresting him for inciting a riot. He obviously wasn't. Shouldn't the police at least have some idea what they are arresting someone for when they arrest them? Or if it was for inciting a riot, shouldn't there be like at least a 1 in a million chance he's actually guilty of what they are arresting him for?

People spaz out at public forums all the [censored] time. [censored] like this happens regularly at city council meetings. People don't get arrested for it.

The police were not being overly aggressive and once he resisted the amount of force wasn't excessive, but they need to at least have a crime in mind when they start ordering people around and putting their hands on them.

With great power comes great responsibility.

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Refusing to leave a place he had no right to be and trying to dash back during the process of being escorted out was what brought the arrest on. At first they weren't arresting him - they were just forcing him to get the [censored] out of the place.

This isn't a city council. This is not a public building. He has no right to be on the premises. He had a privilege to be there that was revoked when he abused that privilege.

[Jbrochu]

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The police were not being overly aggressive and once he resisted the amount of force wasn't excessive, but they need to at least have a crime in mind when they start ordering people around and putting their hands on them.

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So does that mean any time some wingnut like this decides to hyjack a microphone we're all at his mercy until he gets laryngitis?

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Legally he is arrested any time he is detained by the police. That happened the second he was grabbed. That's why he was resisting arrest when he tried to get away. Otherwise he wasn't resisting.

He had the mic for like 1 minute and 20 seconds before he was arrested. Kerry was asking the police to stop and let him answer the questions.

Did the police have the authority to revoke his privileges to be on the premises? Was the event held in a police station? If not, and it was on private property, and he legally entered the property, some representative of the owner needed to request that he leave and certainly give him a reasonable chance to hear that request. Then if he wouldn't leave the owner could force him to leave or ask the police to do it. None of this happened.

[Jbrochu]

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Did the police have the authority to revoke his privileges to be on the premises?

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, yes.

[futuredoc85]

[censored] that kid, i finished in 11th in the hundred grand last night after 6 hours of playing, i would have gladly just gotten taser'd at 9 and gone to bed

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Did the police have the authority to revoke his privileges to be on the premises?

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, yes.

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I know you're a climber, but that's a very weak limb you're on. The police don't just have the authority to decide where everyone is allowed to be. He lawfully entered the facility and at a later point it's not up to the police to decide whether he's trespassing or not.

[Jbrochu]

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Did the police have the authority to revoke his privileges to be on the premises?

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, yes.

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I know you're a climber, but that's a very weak limb you're on. The police don't just have the authority to decide where everyone is allowed to be. He lawfully entered the facility and at a later point it's not up to the police to decide whether he's trespassing or not.

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They weren't removing him because he was trespassing. I think it's reasonable to assume the police where there by request of the organizer/property owner to maintain order and public safety.

Even if the police did make a mistake in judgement, it doesn't give this kid the right to resist arrest. (I'm not saying you're suggesting it does.)

[futuredoc85]

microbet, on most campuses that ive been on, campus police dont have the same rules/restrictions as normal police, and they can enter any building on campus as well as make you leave at their personal discretion.