They watched Tuttle leave the house to walk his terrifying dog, and did not take the opportunity.
Acevedo claimed the neighbors were glad to be rid of these horrible pushers; when neighbors said otherwise, Acevedo said they were clueless. Pick one.
Ah but the cops (at least one or two) did know a crime had been committed: Goines's perjury.
Is it true that part of George Floyd's criminal record was due to Goines?
I hope the defense replies with a motion to bar the prosecution from mentioning any element of the alleged crimes.
“We'll refrain from alleging that our actions were legal, if you'll refrain from alleging that our actions were illegal. That's fair ain't it?”
The prosecution will argue, and the judge will likely agree, that the place to raise First Amendment issues is on appeal. Jurors are not to be confused with matters like whether or not the law itself is just.
Someone claiming to be a lawyer recently told me on Reddit that if the cop tells you “No, you are not free to go” that is not enough to infer that you are not free to go.
A year or two ago, rumor reached me of a medical technique that could be used to stretch subjective time so that a day in prison would feel like much longer. (Details, if any, forgotten.) Folks responded with horror and the concept seems to have vanished. But it seems quite appropriate for cases like this; no crooked prosecutor or cop will ever be confined for as long as his victim was (let alone all his victims combined), but …
When did T.S. come up with the phrase “party like it's 1989”? I might be able to dig out the issue of the libertarian zine The Connection (199x) in which Carol Moore used it to allude to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact (and linking it to the 11-year solar cycle).
Perhaps not summary, but if the defense declines to present evidence to rebut the plaintiff's allegations, the trier of fact is entitled to presume the allegations are true.
And yet it seems to me that slavery would have died sooner if the secession were successful than if it had never been attempted, for at least two reasons. The more obvious is that the Fugitive Slave Laws go away, the Underground Railroad becomes much shorter, and the Union stops pretending to give a damn about Abolitionist troublemakers.
My other reason is more … obscure? convoluted? contrived? reality-challenged? But here goes.
Slavery was a symbol, the defining feature of the Southern bloc in Congress. Having lost an early majority in the House as the North industrialized and prospered, Southern political machines clung to ensuring that (at least) half of the Senate represented slave states. In an independent Confederacy, slavery loses its symbolic value, and voters become more interested in its externalized costs.
distinctions
forego != forgo
taxpayers
Don't call it “forfeiture” or “taking”, call it “stochastic taxation”
behind the times
When did Republicans last pretend to believe in free markets?
my favorite details
They watched Tuttle leave the house to walk his terrifying dog, and did not take the opportunity. Acevedo claimed the neighbors were glad to be rid of these horrible pushers; when neighbors said otherwise, Acevedo said they were clueless. Pick one.
planted by another officer
I like the idea of narcs framing each other.
yes there was a crime
Ah but the cops (at least one or two) did know a crime had been committed: Goines's perjury. Is it true that part of George Floyd's criminal record was due to Goines?
oath or affirmation
Fun fact: the phrases “oath or affirmation” and “swear (or affirm)” are in the Constitution because Quakers don't swear oaths.
Defendants are never (afaik) required to testify.
a stinging retort
I hope the defense replies with a motion to bar the prosecution from mentioning any element of the alleged crimes. “We'll refrain from alleging that our actions were legal, if you'll refrain from alleging that our actions were illegal. That's fair ain't it?”
in the proper context
The prosecution will argue, and the judge will likely agree, that the place to raise First Amendment issues is on appeal. Jurors are not to be confused with matters like whether or not the law itself is just.
Obviously you ought to drink whatever liquids you're carrying before going through “security”.
articulation of commata
You left out a comma after two of those “the”s. Consistency!
free to go
Someone claiming to be a lawyer recently told me on Reddit that if the cop tells you “No, you are not free to go” that is not enough to infer that you are not free to go.
Re: It's "rein them in"
Reign is what racists do, when they can.
Re: 32 years vs 'You can no longer do the thing you don't want t
A year or two ago, rumor reached me of a medical technique that could be used to stretch subjective time so that a day in prison would feel like much longer. (Details, if any, forgotten.) Folks responded with horror and the concept seems to have vanished. But it seems quite appropriate for cases like this; no crooked prosecutor or cop will ever be confined for as long as his victim was (let alone all his victims combined), but …
prior art
When did T.S. come up with the phrase “party like it's 1989”? I might be able to dig out the issue of the libertarian zine The Connection (199x) in which Carol Moore used it to allude to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact (and linking it to the 11-year solar cycle).
Re: Summary judgment
Perhaps not summary, but if the defense declines to present evidence to rebut the plaintiff's allegations, the trier of fact is entitled to presume the allegations are true.
Re: a most ingenious paradox
And yet it seems to me that slavery would have died sooner if the secession were successful than if it had never been attempted, for at least two reasons. The more obvious is that the Fugitive Slave Laws go away, the Underground Railroad becomes much shorter, and the Union stops pretending to give a damn about Abolitionist troublemakers. My other reason is more … obscure? convoluted? contrived? reality-challenged? But here goes. Slavery was a symbol, the defining feature of the Southern bloc in Congress. Having lost an early majority in the House as the North industrialized and prospered, Southern political machines clung to ensuring that (at least) half of the Senate represented slave states. In an independent Confederacy, slavery loses its symbolic value, and voters become more interested in its externalized costs.
one letter
Did Cuomo really write “fear-installing” rather than “instilling”?
Re: Hmmm
“any” is correct: there is no part of this that works their way.