Police corruption is endemic in the US. It's just given a veil of legality and called "civil forfeiture."
They won't say "we'll kill your family." They'll say "we'll take your kids for their own protection, if you don't sign over the cash we found in your car."
Your jocular suggestions are essentially the opposite of what I'm suggesting. A horseless carriage emulating a carriage by playing horse hooves is essentially the same as a cumpootah emulating a live human.
Unlikely if they put the "gas chamber" outdoors in a jail yard, or in a room with fan-forced ventilation. N2 is not toxic, just not breathable. So you'd need a high concentration (90%+) to kill someone.
We seek better and better, more and more "clinical" means of state-sanctioned killing. First the electric chair, then gas, then injection, then back to gas, apparently. It's almost as if we don't want to admit what the state is doing in the public's name.
Personally, if we're going to keep the death penalty, I'd like to see the judge, jury members, and DA draw straws to be on a firing squad. If people are willing to sentence others to death, they should be willing to put their "money where their mouth" is.
Better yet, get rid of capital punishment. Wasteful, expensive for appeals, and too much risk of a wrongful convicting that can't be reversed. See also: Cameron Todd Willingham and the West Memphis Three.
Historically, the law made you "Black" and subject to things like segregation on trains and in restaurants if you either: (1) had any Black ancestors or (2) were one-eighth (had one great-grandparent who was) Black
Does it make sense? Hell no. But that's American tradition.
It's not a good thing that people showed up for WW2. It's a shame there weren't more people like Stauffenberg -- one of them would have been a true hero if they were successful.
It would be fun to troll the shit out of them. Make them feel awful. Pretend to be the black teen they're talking about, say your family just died in a fiery car crash, you were mowing lawns to raise money to give them a proper funeral, and you got harassed by the cops. Maybe start a GoFundMe and donate all proceeds to the NAACP and ACLU.
Not even close... how about? (1) Train toilet cleaner (2) Parking enforcer, where people curse you in person, not online (3) Tech support rep (4) Hoarder house cleaner
If they're "cloud" cameras as opposed to recording to a local hard drive, they're exactly that: public tracking/surveillance devices. Anyone who buys and uses one is either ignorant or evil (not caring about others' privacy is evil).
I wouldn't have a cloud camera if they paid me to. And I certainly wouldn't give a login to the police. Let them go through the proper channels and get a subpoena for any footage, or go fly a kite. I see no reason to make mass surveillance any easier.
You're understating this. The cop committed a crime known as "brandishing a firearm", punishable by up to a year in county hoosegow. Not to say that he'll be prosecuted, but he should be prosecuted in a just world, if only to create enough of a record to justify firing him without pension.
In a sane country, it would be handled at the level of a traffic ticket. No bail. Charge $200 for a night's stay in the drunk tank. If it's paid, the court date should be optional unless someone wishes to contest the fee. No criminal record involved, just a small fine for an infraction.
You should be happy he got out but fucking livid that US cop see fit to arrest someone for something as trivial as being drunk in public.
Unless he was violent or driving drunk, why did the State have any business throwing him in a cage and shaking him down for money because of a victimless crime?
Got to love states run by religious control freaks -- in more civilized countries and states, it's either legal, or a ticket and small fine at most.
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Wowsers! They're created the Mechanical Hound from Fahrenheit 451! Book-burning optional.
Police corruption is endemic in the US. It's just given a veil of legality and called "civil forfeiture."
They won't say "we'll kill your family." They'll say "we'll take your kids for their own protection, if you don't sign over the cash we found in your car."
Robot dogs electronics vs Tesla Coil ... or maybe even a Taser ... should be interesting.
Your jocular suggestions are essentially the opposite of what I'm suggesting. A horseless carriage emulating a carriage by playing horse hooves is essentially the same as a cumpootah emulating a live human.
"Hi this is Alexa or Scroogle blahblahblah."
"Call back in person or fuck off."
*click*
Unlikely if they put the "gas chamber" outdoors in a jail yard, or in a room with fan-forced ventilation. N2 is not toxic, just not breathable. So you'd need a high concentration (90%+) to kill someone.
Spam makes Baby Jesus cry.
We seek better and better, more and more "clinical" means of state-sanctioned killing. First the electric chair, then gas, then injection, then back to gas, apparently. It's almost as if we don't want to admit what the state is doing in the public's name. Personally, if we're going to keep the death penalty, I'd like to see the judge, jury members, and DA draw straws to be on a firing squad. If people are willing to sentence others to death, they should be willing to put their "money where their mouth" is. Better yet, get rid of capital punishment. Wasteful, expensive for appeals, and too much risk of a wrongful convicting that can't be reversed. See also: Cameron Todd Willingham and the West Memphis Three.
Historically, the law made you "Black" and subject to things like segregation on trains and in restaurants if you either:
(1) had any Black ancestors or
(2) were one-eighth (had one great-grandparent who was) Black
Does it make sense? Hell no. But that's American tradition.
It's not a good thing that people showed up for WW2. It's a shame there weren't more people like Stauffenberg -- one of them would have been a true hero if they were successful.
Try dealing with a raged-out, roided-out cop who's pointing a gun at you because some idiot neighbor reported you "breaking in" to your own home.
It would be fun to troll the shit out of them. Make them feel awful. Pretend to be the black teen they're talking about, say your family just died in a fiery car crash, you were mowing lawns to raise money to give them a proper funeral, and you got harassed by the cops. Maybe start a GoFundMe and donate all proceeds to the NAACP and ACLU.
Not even close... how about?
(1) Train toilet cleaner
(2) Parking enforcer, where people curse you in person, not online
(3) Tech support rep
(4) Hoarder house cleaner
I wear the appellation "libtard" proudly. Better than a boot-lickin', stranger-shootin', Jeebus-jumpin' red blooded conservative. YeeeeeHAW!
If they're "cloud" cameras as opposed to recording to a local hard drive, they're exactly that: public tracking/surveillance devices. Anyone who buys and uses one is either ignorant or evil (not caring about others' privacy is evil).
I wouldn't have a cloud camera if they paid me to. And I certainly wouldn't give a login to the police. Let them go through the proper channels and get a subpoena for any footage, or go fly a kite. I see no reason to make mass surveillance any easier.
You're understating this. The cop committed a crime known as "brandishing a firearm", punishable by up to a year in county hoosegow. Not to say that he'll be prosecuted, but he should be prosecuted in a just world, if only to create enough of a record to justify firing him without pension.
Call it the Armed Response for Racist Cowards app...
Or maybe Dial-a-Lynch?
In a sane country, it would be handled at the level of a traffic ticket. No bail. Charge $200 for a night's stay in the drunk tank. If it's paid, the court date should be optional unless someone wishes to contest the fee. No criminal record involved, just a small fine for an infraction.
You should be happy he got out but fucking livid that US cop see fit to arrest someone for something as trivial as being drunk in public.
Unless he was violent or driving drunk, why did the State have any business throwing him in a cage and shaking him down for money because of a victimless crime?
Got to love states run by religious control freaks -- in more civilized countries and states, it's either legal, or a ticket and small fine at most.
Most chains with 20+ locations aren't worth going to anyway.
Not really, without practice, it falls off :)
Why, so you can regress even further into social isolation and alienation?
Sounds like you're a lot of fun on a first date. :D
You're not destroying it. You're enhancing your privacy by removing a misfeature that mainly benefits the manufacturer :)
You can always re-connect the thing if you feel you really need it.