‘However, the chief is confident that once the mayor “hears the downside of this and how it was not well received in New York or Philadelphia or by law enforcement in general, he’ll see that’s not the best way to do business here.”

On Thursday, Suhr reiterated his stance, adding that suspects are detained solely on reasonable suspicion.’

I know where you are coming from, but I would be deeply suspicious of any law that would have prevented John Adams from serving this country as he did, or Abraham Lincoln for that matter.

So transparent that the Obama administrations bare lies just on shine through the worn and faded fabric of this once was republic. (To paraphrase a few words borrowed from William S. Burroughs)

I trust you mean: make the individuals in the government liable. Yes.

Clearly, immunity should apply in cases where the individuals were proceeding in good faith, however, in the case of genuine idiocy the individuals should be personally liable, with the government’s pockets only a backstop after their personal assets have been exhausted.

More: the venue for the trial must be one that is objective. Either a court in a different jurisdiction, or a completely independent system within the same jurisdiction. This is the problem with police overreach, in particular: their buddies in the prosecutors office have little interest in prosecuting them.

Now THAT’S an idea; make the government liable for its screwups, both civilly and criminally, with little or no immunity other than that which a private citizen might have (say, like good samaritan law). And then watch the State bail the hell out of an awful lot of things that it does badly and are none of it’s business.

Which is, of course, why it won’t be allowed to happen. But I can dream….

I am not going to second guess him on the decision to comply (at least for now). It sound like it was a temporary restraining order that was issued. Those are granted without argument (usually). He has a hearing on 7/9. That is where the battle should be fought. Why risk jail and financial ruin and potentially piss off the very judge hearing the ruling on 7/9? The ruling was wrong.

I should also mention that while I read Valenti’s blog I’m not really a fan, and disagree with him more often than not. I do believe that in this case his reporting was 100% accurate

But regulation doesn’t do jack squat when Fly-By-Night Constructors doesn’t follow the rules, doesn’t get a permit, wires up the place wrong, and then covers over everything with drywall and fresh paint (which makes anything look good). Then some kid gets killed and the government boosters say “OMG We need more regulation to make sure this doesn’t happen again!” It’s complete bullshit. The regulations you had were supposed to cover that. The regulation doesn’t mean anything, it’s just words on the paper, and it’s used after the fact (if ever!) to punish people who either are already punished (owners of non-compliant things who are crushed by the loss of both their loved one and their faith in humanity) or don’t give a rat’s ass (Contractor who declares bankruptcy to get out of any judgment against him, and reincorporates under a different name).

Which is why if you are getting something done, do not go with the lowest bid. Go with the most reasonable bid and check out your builder.

So this girl dies playing miniature golf. And “justice” will be a wrongful death suit involving all the various parties and their insurance companies.

When I emailed Radley a link about  the Valenti blog censorship case on Thursday morning, I had no idea of the number of other bloggers who would pick up on his mention of the story and run with it.

It’s great to see what kind of impact The Agitator has. Getting this story a little national attention is important, since the knowledge that there are a lot of non-local eyes closely following the proceedings might keep this from being handled as just business as usual. Local attention has been scant– while our daily paper has reported on the story, so far its editorial board and regular columnists have not found the time to mention it. Understandable, I suppose, when they have such crucial issues as rulings made by the board  responsible for state high school sports, or a local production of Fiddler On The Roof, to opine about.

Anyway, good work Radley, and thanks.