Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:41:59 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000326193926.00bbf160@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000325222749.D234@parish> References: <38DCC0D3.99AB6F28@originative.co.uk> <38DB8D34.1A750C81@originative.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003241806320.805-100000@acp.swbell.net> <20000325104927.B234@parish> <38DCC0D3.99AB6F28@originative.co.uk>
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At 03:27 PM 3/25/2000 , Mark Ovens wrote: >The problem with civil liberties is who is entitled to what rights? >Too many do-gooders seem intent on making sure that criminals don't >have their rights denied/eroded/abused by the police that the police >are severely hampered in their work. If a police officer physically >restrains a person (s)he is arresting they stand an increasing chance >of being prosecuted for assault. The term "reasonable force" nowadays >seems to mean "no contact". I see. So the police are justified in bursting into a man's apartment without warning, gunning him down in cold blood, and then going "Oops, wrong apartment?" In Denver, the police did this and paid Ishmael Mena's family a mere $400,000 in compensation. With the Mayor's consent and approval. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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