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Inuyasha
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03 Sep 2011, 1:58 pm

I think people need to look at this:

http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/09/02/75- ... ng-police/

I think you all will want to see this.

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Following on the news of a court in Massachusetts stating, clearly, that arresting someone for recording the police is a 1st Amendment violation, you'd hope that we'd start hearing fewer such stories. And yet, as Nick Burns alerts us (followed by a few more of you), over in Illinois, a guy named Michael Allison appears to be facing 75 years in prison for recording the police. Similar to other cases, the police charged him with illegal eavesdropping under an Illinois state law -- in this case, five felony counts, each of which could get 15 years in prison.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201109 ... lice.shtml



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03 Sep 2011, 3:47 pm

Jury Nullification anyone?



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03 Sep 2011, 3:53 pm

demeus wrote:
Jury Nullification anyone?


Actually, the 1st Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has already thrown out a similar case before this (they pretty much said a law like this is unconstitutional), but the Illinois Prosecutor is continuing to push this case.



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03 Sep 2011, 4:41 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
demeus wrote:
Jury Nullification anyone?


Actually, the 1st Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has already thrown out a similar case before this (they pretty much said a law like this is unconstitutional), but the Illinois Prosecutor is continuing to push this case.


They are doing it for show and to scare citizens who would keep an eye on the cops. The Federal Courts will overturn this miscarriage of justice.

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03 Sep 2011, 6:16 pm

The Chicago mafia that runs Illinois doesn't want any non-official record of their enforcers' activities.


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04 Sep 2011, 2:29 pm

How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

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04 Sep 2011, 2:32 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.



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04 Sep 2011, 3:16 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Guess so.

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05 Sep 2011, 10:45 am

if only the court systems moved as fast as the stock markets
*grabs more beer and popcorn

should be an interesting case, precedent to be set and all that.
shouldn't this be 15 years anyway, if it were to go to that far, sentences served concurrently?



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05 Sep 2011, 12:07 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

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05 Sep 2011, 12:24 pm

johansen wrote:
if only the court systems moved as fast as the stock markets
*grabs more beer and popcorn

should be an interesting case, precedent to be set and all that.
shouldn't this be 15 years anyway, if it were to go to that far, sentences served concurrently?


There is already precident for the case to simply be thrown out set by the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals.



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05 Sep 2011, 1:45 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

ruveyn


Just because they were involved in Chicago politics doesn't mean they or every other politician there were involved in corruption.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



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05 Sep 2011, 1:50 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

ruveyn


Just because they were involved in Chicago politics doesn't mean they or every other politician there were involved in corruption.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Actually, it kinda does particularly if they are Democrats.



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05 Sep 2011, 1:55 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

ruveyn


Just because they were involved in Chicago politics doesn't mean they or every other politician there were involved in corruption.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Actually, it kinda does particularly if they are Democrats.


Then show proof that then State Senator Obama ever did anything wrong.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



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05 Sep 2011, 2:04 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

ruveyn


Just because they were involved in Chicago politics doesn't mean they or every other politician there were involved in corruption.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Actually, it kinda does particularly if they are Democrats.


Then show proof that then State Senator Obama ever did anything wrong.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


It's more of I have a lot of things that look suspicious, including the fact he was actually elected to the State Senate in the First Place, starting his campaign in the home of an unrepentent Domestic Terrorist, his pastor of 20+ years running around screaming "God damn America.", the fact he worked for ACORN in forcing Banks to make loans to people whom couldn't afford said loans, and that's just for starters.



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05 Sep 2011, 2:12 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
How is such a thing anywhere in this country even considered legal for the courts to do?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Illinois, particularly the Chicago area, is well known for its corruption.


Prince Obama's training ground. Also Ram Emanuel.

ruveyn


Just because they were involved in Chicago politics doesn't mean they or every other politician there were involved in corruption.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Actually, it kinda does particularly if they are Democrats.


Then show proof that then State Senator Obama ever did anything wrong.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


It's more of I have a lot of things that look suspicious, including the fact he was actually elected to the State Senate in the First Place, starting his campaign in the home of an unrepentent Domestic Terrorist, his pastor of 20+ years running around screaming "God damn America.", the fact he worked for ACORN in forcing Banks to make loans to people whom couldn't afford said loans, and that's just for starters.


All of this is blown out of proportion as far as I'm concerned. And since when is suspicion equatable to actual crime?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer