Minneapolis PD Suspect Dies On Video While Handcuffed. FBI Investigating.

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In addition, Posse Comitatus doesn't apply to the US Navy and US Marine Corps, which are only bound by regulations.

The 9th Circuit disagrees with that assessment. We ran afoul of them when one of our all civilian undercover CP platforms found a non-DOD nexus offender and related the info to a local jurisdiction for action. 9th Circuit threw the case out because of Posse Comitatus - saying NCIS is part of the "military" and therefore can't enforce civilian laws. I lost the bubble on whether or not that case was ever appealed higher.

[BehindBlueI's]

The U.S. is a country of many contradictions in its policies.

Some insights from my earliest years working for the federal gov't:

When I would suggest that anyone who was able bodied but received financial relief should be compelled to work, whether street sweeping, ditch digging, public works, whatever...I was told that the unions wouldn't tolerate the incursion on its fiefdom. They wanted that work to go to union members. (Who obviously paid dues.)

When I shoveled snow in front of the federal building where I worked in Brooklyn, I was told I couldn't because it wasn't in my job description. I said "then fire me" because I didn't want little old ladies falling down and breaking their hips on un-shoveled sidewalks. They didn't fire me.

Yet, in East New York, (Brooklyn), the district manager (back in the late 70's) thought nothing of sending me out with a baseball bat to escort some of the women into the office when they came off the subway. It was a very high crime area. The bat wouldn't have gotten me very far.

However, when I drilled holes and mounted coat hooks under the female employees desks so their pocketbooks wouldn't be stolen, I was told I wasn't an electrician and wasn't allowed to do it. (I still finished the job.)

If we could only get out of our own way and allow common sense to rule our decisions. Hell, to even enter into the decisions.

Anyway, I digress...

Media 101: "blues ignored his supervisors' warnings after being caught under female employees' desks."

[TGS]

The U.S. is a country of many contradictions in its policies.

Some insights from my earliest years working for the federal gov't:

When I would suggest that anyone who was able bodied but received financial relief should be compelled to work, whether street sweeping, ditch digging, public works, whatever...I was told that the unions wouldn't tolerate the incursion on its fiefdom. They wanted that work to go to union members. (Who obviously paid dues.)

When I shoveled snow in front of the federal building where I worked in Brooklyn, I was told I couldn't because it wasn't in my job description. I said "then fire me" because I didn't want little old ladies falling down and breaking their hips on un-shoveled sidewalks. They didn't fire me.

Yet, in East New York, (Brooklyn), the district manager (back in the late 70's) thought nothing of sending me out with a baseball bat to escort some of the women into the office when they came off the subway. It was a very high crime area. The bat wouldn't have gotten me very far.

However, when I drilled holes and mounted coat hooks under the female employees desks so their pocketbooks wouldn't be stolen, I was told I wasn't an electrician and wasn't allowed to do it. (I still finished the job.)

If we could only get out of our own way and allow common sense to rule our decisions. Hell, to even enter into the decisions.

Anyway, I digress...

Beefing with the unions in NYC?

I'm surprised a desk didn't "accidentally" collapse on you, or you didn't "accidentally" slip on the ice for an unknown reason and break a bone or two.

I remember helping a friend represent his diving company at a trade show in Secaucus. A nearby booth had a display stand placed in the wrong position. Nobody came to move it when they called the convention management. So, they moved it themselves after setting up all their product (30-45 minutes had elapsed?).....took, what, 5 seconds to move the display stand 6 feet? No shit, a squad of union bruisers come out and yelled at him, get close and physically intimidate him to not do it again, that's their job.

[DDTSGM]

The article was an interview with the author. I wouldn't call that "stealing from."

The FHA manual cited is a public document: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...ing-Manual.pdf

A quick glance found
980 (3). Recorded restrictive covenants should strengthen
and supplement zoning ordinances and to be really effective should
include the provisions listed below. The restrictions should be recorded with the plat, or imposed as a blanket encumbrance against
an lots in the subdivision, and should run for a period of at least
twenty-five to thirty years. Recommended restrictions should include provision for the following:
...
g. Prohibition of the occupancy of properties except by the
race for which they are intended

Peter, I hate to say this, but, minds are made up. You do know the Federal Government 'made' lenders give all those bad loans to the blacks, right? (that's sarcasm).

[ccmdfd]

The U.S. is a country of many contradictions in its policies.

Some insights from my earliest years working for the federal gov't:

When I would suggest that anyone who was able bodied but received financial relief should be compelled to work, whether street sweeping, ditch digging, public works, whatever...I was told that the unions wouldn't tolerate the incursion on its fiefdom. They wanted that work to go to union members. (Who obviously paid dues.)

When I shoveled snow in front of the federal building where I worked in Brooklyn, I was told I couldn't because it wasn't in my job description. I said "then fire me" because I didn't want little old ladies falling down and breaking their hips on un-shoveled sidewalks. They didn't fire me.

Yet, in East New York, (Brooklyn), the district manager (back in the late 70's) thought nothing of sending me out with a baseball bat to escort some of the women into the office when they came off the subway. It was a very high crime area. The bat wouldn't have gotten me very far.

However, when I drilled holes and mounted coat hooks under the female employees desks so their pocketbooks wouldn't be stolen, I was told I wasn't an electrician and wasn't allowed to do it. (I still finished the job.)

If we could only get out of our own way and allow common sense to rule our decisions. Hell, to even enter into the decisions.

Anyway, I digress...

Wow.

1. Glad you made it out with your kneecaps still intact.
2. Nothing like requiring hooks to be installed by electricans. No wiring at all. Guess the electricians liked the money for near nothing.

3. You've got quite the resume!

[blues]

Media 101: "blues ignored his supervisors' warnings after being caught under female employees' desks."

To the shock of no one.

[Borderland]

Media 101: "blues ignored his supervisors' warnings after being caught under female employees' desks."

That seemed to be a joke with some of the women I worked with. They would ask some unsuspecting guy (me) to chase down a connection under their desk. Then the fun started. "Thank you so much. It's been a long time since I've had a man under my desk". My standard reply became "I'm glad I could help. Just ask if you need any further assistance''. We had a lot of fun with it.

[Maple Syrup Actual]

To the shock of no one.

Sounds like qualified electrical work to me then

[deputyG23]

Do we have a defensive driving thread here in P-F? My experience last hour has made me think of this issue, and my lack of training.

My wife, two small children and I were driving home from a family event and an old part of St. Louis city. Driving west, heading home I exited driving up the off ramp, turned left to head south bound and immediately noticed what could not be seen from the highway, a protest of 50 plus people blocking the road (in front of a municipal police station) and swarming vehicles. This group controlled the intersection immediately beyond the overpass on which I had just turned.

Luckily, I was able to accelerate, finding a gap in the last bit of oncoming traffic and make a tight 180 turn to get back onto the west bound on-ramp and exit the area to which the National Guard was shortly thereafter dispatched.

I sent my son to RSR in Point Pleasant, WV several years ago for advanced defensive driving. The training saved his life a couple of years later.

[blues]

Sounds like qualified electrical work to me then

I've always enjoyed putting a charge into my female clients.