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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 1:46:11 PM
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rcjames
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Jeeezzzz, I guess the important question was how many evil doers did they catch;, and did the crime rate and drug sales diminish during the blockade.
I watched on a newscast the other day where something siniliar was going on and they made 42 felony drug arrest, and most of the residents were cheering the police on.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 3:02:50 PM
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It's depressing that in the "War on Crime" (since we're at war with everything!!!) that the First Ten Amendments to our constitution (you know, those pesky Bill of Rights) get trampled in the rush to get the bad guy. How many law abiding citizens get questioned by police because the only probable cause is that they share the same apartment complex? Or has Gitmo been relocated?
Hey but that makes me pro-criminal in conservatives eyes.  Conservatives always reduce everything to an ad hominem attack. It makes it easier for them to comprehend and "discredit" those who don't adhere to their creed.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 3:07:26 PM
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Kat_D
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1011465,CST-NWS-barr18.article
This is ridiculous!
What's ridiculous about it?
Sounds like the owner rented to every Tom, Dick, and Harry (as many landlords do today) and the non-criminal residents were suffering because of it. The police then had to step in to clean up what the owner could have prevented in the first place. The article said the police had been called there 3-4 times every day prior to the blockade...good for them for doing something!
P.S. Sounds like the only one complaining is the owner!!
< Message edited by Kat_D -- 6/18/2008 3:17:37 PM >
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 4:16:16 PM
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mapachito13
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1011465,CST-NWS-barr18.article
This is ridiculous!
What's ridiculous about it?
That it's an obvious violation of the 4th Amendment!
Why don't they put in a substation like they do in high crime areas for a faster response? They sometimes put them in such high crime areas such as shopping malls?
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 4:41:41 PM
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Sophie11
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quote:
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1011465,CST-NWS-barr18.article
This is ridiculous!
What's ridiculous about it?
Sounds like the owner rented to every Tom, Dick, and Harry (as many landlords do today) and the non-criminal residents were suffering because of it. The police then had to step in to clean up what the owner could have prevented in the first place. The article said the police had been called there 3-4 times every day prior to the blockade...good for them for doing something!
P.S. Sounds like the only one complaining is the owner!!
So tell me what the police were able to accomplish with this that couldn't have been accomplished by simply doing something when they were called out each day? And as far as anyone knows, it could have been some lone nutjob making all of the calls every time. Why not go after the individual criminals instead of treating everyone who lived there like one?
And if this is the way to stop crime, well then I suppose we better barricade every major city in America.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 4:50:47 PM
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...well then I suppose we better barricade every major city in America. Houston is available for a start!
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/18/2008 8:42:44 PM
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SovereignIsHe
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ORIGINAL: mapachito13
It's depressing that in the "War on Crime" (since we're at war with everything!!!) that the First Ten Amendments to our constitution (you know, those pesky Bill of Rights) get trampled in the rush to get the bad guy. How many law abiding citizens get questioned by police because the only probable cause is that they share the same apartment complex? Or has Gitmo been relocated?
Aren't guilty people the ones afraid of being asked a question by the police? All the abiding citizens I know don't have an issue with talking to the police and would be glad to see them actually dealing with crime in a pro-active manner and not waiting till something happens...
John
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 9:56:51 AM
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Kat_D
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quote:
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ORIGINAL: Kat_D
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ORIGINAL: Sophie11
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1011465,CST-NWS-barr18.article
This is ridiculous!
What's ridiculous about it?
That it's an obvious violation of the 4th Amendment!
Why don't they put in a substation like they do in high crime areas for a faster response? They sometimes put them in such high crime areas such as shopping malls?
I didn't read that they were doing unlawful searches and seizures. They just were limiting the number of entrances and exits so they can see who comes in and out. The police are likely well aware of who the lawbreakers are in the building. If anyone gets searched, they probably know up front that particular person may be trafficking drugs, etc.
Again, since you decided to do selective quoting, I'd like to reiterate that no one seems to be complaining except the owner, who, if he had been screening the people he rented to, wouldn't be in this predicament....oh, him, and likely the criminals who live there, they probably don't like it one bit either. Cry me a river! 
If I were living in a building with a criminal element, I'd be thrilled to death that the police were doing something to end the crime...being inconvenienced by blocked exits/entrances would be a small price to pay.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 10:50:18 AM
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in high school and my first year in college i worked at a restaurant and would volunteer to clean the kitchen after hours to get more hours. One of the guys i worked with would often have to catch a cab home so i started giving him a ride. He lived in a housing project and every night for weeks i was questioned as i came and as i left and sometimes searched. I asked him how long they had been doing that and he said just about a month and that it had made a huge difference in the crime rate and that the residents now had faith that the police would actually help and they started to help the police where they used to just be tight lipped out of fear that there would be retribution once the cops left. I applaud the police in this effort, being proactive rather than reactive is the only way to effectively lower crime rates.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 11:27:24 AM
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quote:
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ORIGINAL: mapachito13
It's depressing that in the "War on Crime" (since we're at war with everything!!!) that the First Ten Amendments to our constitution (you know, those pesky Bill of Rights) get trampled in the rush to get the bad guy. How many law abiding citizens get questioned by police because the only probable cause is that they share the same apartment complex? Or has Gitmo been relocated?
Aren't guilty people the ones afraid of being asked a question by the police? All the abiding citizens I know don't have an issue with talking to the police and would be glad to see them actually dealing with crime in a pro-active manner and not waiting till something happens...
John
How about we instead set up checkpoints where people are required to pay a $1 toll to cross through? Where people are required to surrender firearms to cross? Hey- if they can do an unconstitutional search, they'll soon be doing unconstitutional gun seizures.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 3:17:48 PM
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davemiller7
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Unfortunately, because of the new affirmative action/equal opportunity/equal everything else, landlords are often required to rent to anyone and everyone. This gets into the courts quite often. In my opinion, the landlord should be able to have some discriminatory authority.
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ORIGINAL: Sophie11
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1011465,CST-NWS-barr18.article
This is ridiculous!
What's ridiculous about it?
Sounds like the owner rented to every Tom, Dick, and Harry (as many landlords do today) and the non-criminal residents were suffering because of it. The police then had to step in to clean up what the owner could have prevented in the first place. The article said the police had been called there 3-4 times every day prior to the blockade...good for them for doing something!
P.S. Sounds like the only one complaining is the owner!!
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 3:23:24 PM
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davemiller7
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I'm not thrilled at police sobriety and drivers license checkpoints but if it helps keep drunks and illegal drivers off the roads, I'm all for them. The same would apply to checking out housing complexes. I wonder though, what do they do about illegal immigrants they find in "safe haven" communities.
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ORIGINAL: mapachito13
It's depressing that in the "War on Crime" (since we're at war with everything!!!) that the First Ten Amendments to our constitution (you know, those pesky Bill of Rights) get trampled in the rush to get the bad guy. How many law abiding citizens get questioned by police because the only probable cause is that they share the same apartment complex? Or has Gitmo been relocated?
Aren't guilty people the ones afraid of being asked a question by the police? All the abiding citizens I know don't have an issue with talking to the police and would be glad to see them actually dealing with crime in a pro-active manner and not waiting till something happens...
John
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 3:23:56 PM
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Sophie11
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You know the more I think about this issue the more I may be coming to the other side on it. I am thinking that if I were one of the tenants in those apartments, and there really was a lot of crime going on, well first of all I would probably move but aside from that I really guess I don't think it would bother me for the police to do what they are doing. And if I was unable to move and had been dealing with the crime, I might even be out there cheering the cops on.
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 3:41:48 PM
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Sophie11
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Did the police actually search each person coming and going from the complex? 
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 4:59:08 PM
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mapachito13
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Well with that logic, why don't we start just having an annual search of everyone's home so the police can be proactive. They can start with yours! 
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 5:14:10 PM
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mapachito13
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The only thing the police are constitutionally allowed to do at these checkpoints is "stop-and-identify" and perhaps perform a pat-down if they have reasonable suspicion to believe the suspect is carrying a weapon and poses a risk to the officer or others.
So I guess that means that the "stop and show your license checkpoints" my city and neighboring cities do 4-5 times a year are legal? 
"Show me your license while I scan the inside of you car with a flashlight and shine it in my family's faces to 'identify' them?" It reminds me of the movies where the Nazis/Commies stop people and say "Show me your papers!"
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RE: Police barricade apartment complex - 6/19/2008 6:03:27 PM
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Well, the Supreme Court already ruled that drug checkpoints for motorists are illegal, so it also appears that these pedestrian checkpoints are also illegal:
DUI check points are still allowed. They happen all the time. Of course that covers drunk driving and driving under the influence of drugs.
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