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• On the post: Before Forfeiture Is Finalized, Sheriff Racks Up 54k Miles On Seized Vehicle, Sells It To Private Buyer

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2016 @ 03:20pm

  One thing not mentioned in the Techdirt piece (but in the original) is that the parent's house is in a different county (Shiawassee) than the son's house where the pot was found (Saginaw). The warrent for the parent's house was issued by a Saginaw county judge, not one from Shiawassee. Maybe it doesn't ultimately matter from a legal standpoint, but it sure seems fishy. Wouldn't surprise me if the Saginaw county judge is in cahoots with the Sheriffs department.

• On the post: US Government Now Has An Official Open Source Software Policy

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2016 @ 05:05pm

  Re:

  Ridley Scott is the Chief Intelligence Officer.

• On the post: Just As We Warned: A Chinese Tech Giant Goes On The Patent Attack — In East Texas

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2016 @ 09:03am

  Re:

  http://bit.ly/1cvNE9l

• On the post: Judge Upholds UPS Employee/Paid Informant's Search Of An Intercepted Package

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2016 @ 04:47pm

  The UPS store owner told the deputy that a black male entered the UPS store and paid $90 to have the package shipped to Houma, Louisiana. According to the deputy’s police report, “[d]ue to the [cost of shipping the package] and suspicious behavior of the suspect,”
  
  So apparently if a black man wants to overnight a package they should use FedEx.
  
  (I'm assuming overnight is why the package was so expensive)

• On the post: Two Days, Two Shootings, Two Sets Of Cops Making Recordings Disappear

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2016 @ 05:27pm

  Re:

  Well said.

• On the post: Two Days, Two Shootings, Two Sets Of Cops Making Recordings Disappear

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2016 @ 05:25pm

  Re: wHAT IS GOING ON??

  What has changed since the 60's??
  
  One major thing - almost every ordinary citizen has a video camera in their pocket. I don't doubt that these same issues with the police have been around for half a century, but now everyone can see it. Cops can't hide it anymore, no matter how hard they try.
  What happened in Dallas is a tragedy, but I understand why it happened. No matter how the FOP and union assholes try to spin it, cops have brought this on themselves.

• On the post: Copyright Office Pushing Dangerous And Ridiculous Plan To Strip Websites Of DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2016 @ 09:11am

  DMCA-as-a-service subscription!

• On the post: Supreme Court Knocks A Little More Off The 4th Amendment; Gives Cops Another Way To Salvage Illegal Searches

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2016 @ 03:48pm

  Looks like Clarence "Nap Time" Thomas has stepped right into Scalia's shoes without any problem.

• On the post: Oklahoma Cops Debut Tool That Allows Them To Drain Pre-Paid Cards During Traffic Stops

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2016 @ 09:30am

  I'd like to know the FACTS about how this actually works. Most of what I see here is conjecture. Can they actually take money from your bank account or credit cards, or does it only apply to prepaid cards?

• On the post: Complaint Board Finds Police Officers Violated Policy By Arresting Public Defender Who Demanded They Stop Questioning Her Clients

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2016 @ 04:12pm

  I'm curious about this as well. While it's obvious they had no right to speak to her client or arrest her, what's the law on them taking pictures? Technically they are in a public place.

• On the post: Genetic Testing Company Wants To End 'Data Hoarding', Spends $20 Million To Put 10,000 Genomes In The Public Domain

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2016 @ 04:34am

  Is this essentially making the DNA of 10000 people available to law enforcement, etc?

• On the post: Body Cam Footage Leads To Federal Indictment Of Abusive Las Vegas Cop

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2016 @ 05:48am

  Re: Good job Tim.

  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/how-police-unions-keep-abusive-cops-on-the-street/383258/
  
  https://reason.com/blog/2014/08/14/police-unions-produce-rules-that-protect
  
  http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/real-reason-police-unions-enable-worst-cop-abuses
  
  I suppose those are all "yellow journalism" as well?

• On the post: South Carolina Politicians Propose Ridculous Plan To Register Journalists… To Make A Statement About Gun Control

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2016 @ 10:05am

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  No, they should just ban alcohol! Oh, wait...

• On the post: Court Points Out The Fourth Amendment Still Protects Public School Students From Illegal Searches

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2016 @ 05:58pm

  All this ruling means is that they will always dump the contents of the bag to determine the owner.

• On the post: CBS Sues Over Star Trek Fan Film Because It Sounds Like It's Going To Be Pretty Good

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2015 @ 06:00pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Dammit Jim, I'm a troll not a logician.
  
  FTFY

• On the post: White House Supports Privacy Destroying CISA, Despite Past Promises It Would Not

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2015 @ 03:54pm

  Re:

  The report button is getting a workout today!

• On the post: White House Supports Privacy Destroying CISA, Despite Past Promises It Would Not

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2015 @ 03:53pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  OOTB is back!

• On the post: Court Says RIAA Can Just Tell Cloudflare Any Site Is A Grooveshark Clone… And Cloudflare Has 48 Hours To Dump Them

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2015 @ 09:29am

  Wouldn't surprise me to learn that the RIAA are the ones setting up these Grooveshark clones.

• On the post: Comcast CEO: It's Not A Broadband Cap, It's A 'Balanced Relationship'

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2015 @ 09:03am

  A truthful analogy would be that Comcast's service is like a road that never wears out. You may need to widen it on occasion due to increased traffic, but that's it.

• On the post: Verizon Exec In Charge Of TV Services Admits She Cut The Cord

  

  lucidrenegade ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 09:48am

  Re:

  The real question is does she have FIOS available where she lives? If not, maybe she doesn't watch TV so why pay for it?

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