On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:58:02 -0700, richard wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKPKjl0-pg
>
> Where exactly this happens is not clear. But the guy is trying to show
> off a photo of Obama with a "Joker" style painted face.
> "That ain't allowed here because it has a photo on it. If you show it
> again I'll charge you with trespassing and take you off the
> property.".
>
> Another fine example of our nation's officers of the law hard at work.
> Another example of how our cops write their own laws as they see fit.
I can't tell, from the video, if this guy was a bona fide city cop, or a
"rent-a-Cop". But I can tell you, even a "rent-a-cop" can't write his own
laws. However he can enforce the client's restrictions for access to
property. I am speaking as a holder of a card issued by the State of
California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services"; commonly called a, "Guard Card".
As a store clerk I have evicted two people from the premises. As a Pinkerton
Security Officer, I kept a tow truck operator on hold pending word from my
client agent whether to allow him to tow a car on client property.
That officer was hired to monitor a potentially explosive affair, organize
by a political official on school property. The event organizer can set the
rules, and the officer can enforce those rules. Any member of the public
dis-respecting the event rules can have their right to access to that
property revoked; after which, his presence is, indeed, trespassing.
I also volunteer staff at an annual convention, which rents the McEnery
Convention Center, in San José, California. Although I am not one so
authorized, there are staffers with the authority to revoke a guest's
permission to attend the convention. One year, such a revocation was issued
against an attendee who attempted to shoplift merchandise at the Dealer's
Room. His guest card was recovered by appropriate staff, and he was escorted
off of the premises. He returned the next day, using a pass borrowed from a
friend, and returned to the Dealer's Room to attempt to continue his
predation. I witnessed the arrival of the police paddy wagon, and his person
being place in the ride to the gaol. No sympathy for thieves, here.
> Me? I'd tell the cop to go ahead and charge me any way he wants. He'll
> have his chance to explain it to the judge and jury.
Based on what I saw, in that video, you would lose. Sorry. But those are the
breaks.
--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum