The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the State (whatever incarnation-police or children services) had no right to seize all of those children from the polygamist ranch. This evening a lower court judge refused to sign an agreement reached between attorneys for the illegally seized children and parents and the State because she wanted to add [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Police’
May 8, 2008
Bad Negotiation Tactics…
Ladies, this tactic will land you in jail, NOT with any satisfaction.
As reported in the Athens Banner Herald:
Story updated at 10:36 PM on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
An Athens woman used a gun Tuesday to make a one-sided settlement with her estranged husband, Athens-Clarke police said.
Ben Russell, 59, of Nicholson, agreed to meet his wife about [...]
April 26, 2008
Religion vs. Crime
When Texas officials entered the property of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, America cheered. The search warrant for the properly signed and sealed, no doubt, with memories of the Waco standoff some years ago in mind. They searched for a girl who they believed called law enforcement to report sexual [...]
April 17, 2008
Forced DNA Samples: Privacy vs. Safety
Federal Agencies with arrest powers have decided to take DNA samples from every individual arrested. According the on-line article, the rule is being published in the Federal Register for a thirty day comment period.
See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dna_collection
What would this new rule mean? Any person arrested by a federal agent will have a DNA swab taken [...]
April 16, 2008
Cruel
Circumstances call on law enforcement officers to execute many life changing duties. Informing family members of the untimely death of a loved one is the most dreaded duty. In some cases, these officers are required to withhold information from the public and from family members in order to protect the details of a case. But [...]
