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Thread #129116 Message #2901766
Posted By: Ron Davies
06-May-10 - 11:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Your papers, please' - for US citizens?
Subject: RE: BS: 'Your papers, please' - for US citizens?
"how many he misses..."
Not as many by a long shot as the poster--who still hasn't learned to read. Pobrecito.i
Situation normal.
The paper was the well-known leftist rag, the Wall St. Journal. As somebody who could read more than just what he wanted to see would have noticed.
Point is: the sheriff has enough to do without zealous citizens second-guessing him and telling him what to do every step of the way.
That is perhaps the main problem with this wonderful law: it takes away the discretion of the police officer to judge whether a person should be apprehended or not--since if he does not comply with the would-be Dick Tracy citizen, he could be sued.
As Genie has pointed out, it's a bonanza for trial lawyers, a classic mess for everybody else.
Not that the poster, blinded by the "Brown Peril" should be expected to see this.