florida lawmakers go way out with this one

Back in 1998 three officers were killed by a guy who had on his possession
a universal handcuff key. Which was on his necklace. Aren't cops trained to
remove things like this so they can't used as a weapon? Oh yeah. It's
against the prisoner's rights.

Anyways, some young dude living on the beach was busted for harassing some
ladies. Seems he was a tad drunk doing so. Then the cops find marijuana on
the dude. Ok that's a year or so in jail maybe. But the big big big issue
here? A handcuff key. Attached to his necklace. Concealed even. According
to the law, it's a 3rd degree felony (?? a felony ??) and thusly carries a
maximum prison term of five years.

It now appears that this law will get challenged as probably being
unconstitutional in some way. Which I hope gets thrown out. When these
kinds of law get written, do the lawmakers really think it will ever be
enforced? 5 years for just having a key? Totally frickin outrageous.

 

richard wrote in

With all that you have I would say the chair would be about right.

So much for keeping quiet, you must have lasted all of 24 hours.

STFU

 

You can be arrested in the U.S if you posses lock picking tools if
your not a locksmith.

I had a set once, very handy, you bounce the pins while putting
pressure on the cylinder.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/security/lock-picking2.htm
or http://tinyurl.com/lvr2nf

 

Lots of furniture has locks.

 

Maybe because some furniture have locks on them.

 

Depends on the state. In several states, simple possession is not sufficient
cause for arrest. I can't say, for sure, how it is in California, but, as a
juror, I'd be looking for more than simple possession; something like
felonious, or malicious intent.

 

They should make the handcuffs with changing combination locks so the LEDs
simply have to enter a password known only to them and then some sort of
biometrics for encrypted security.

Oh yeah, there ain't no key for a rope! Works out in the Wild West, it
ought to work in Faggy Florida?

--

I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; ; and *NO*, that is NOT
a Jedi light-sabre in my pocket; and yet, I'm NOT
particularly happy to see you; furthermore, I'm in the
Gnatzi SPNAKIN' Behnezz... and behnezz is *a-boomin'*!

Repent! The end is near.... So, smoke 'em if you got 'em.

 

When I worked in admissions at the lunatic asylum, all the staff had at
least one --- bought from a locksmith across the street. Smalltown cops
would bring in a nutso, sometimes from hundreds of miles away, and pretty
damn often they would discover they did not have a key for the handcuffs.

 

Eh? Looting is looting. When have white adults ever "found" any groceries,
other than those they paid for? If you were going to discuss illicit drugs,
you would be on to something.

 

: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:50:57 -0400, Rôgêr wrote:
:
: > wrote:
:
: >> This is old, but shows how things are seen, depending upon who you
: >> are. http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_photos/looting.jpg
: >> The top photo was removed from the site when both photos were being
: >> shown together.
:
: > It's not that hard to do the math on this one. If you are a black kid
: > you are looting. If you are white adults, you "found" the groceries.
:
: Eh? Looting is looting. When have white adults ever "found" any groceries,
: other than those they paid for? If you were going to discuss illicit
drugs,
: you would be on to something.

I recall video of 'looting' in New Orleans after Katrina on FNN. What they
didn't show was the part of the videos with an interview with store manager
saying the owner told him to tell people to take what they could use.