Comments on: Worcester City Councilor Joe Petty on knives

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Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:55:38 +0000

[...] Original post by Brendan [...]

By: lincoln

lincoln — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:35:41 +0000

Do NOT allow anyone on the City Council to see this link or your toolbox may be confiscated.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/29/1029bbdeaths.html

By: Tom (Buckley)

Tom (Buckley) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:26:42 +0000

Isn’t the definition of “monetary”, “of or pertaining to the money fleeced from 175,898 people through rediculous fines and taxes set up by a knee-jerk reactionary over-liberal city council”?

By: Taco Joe

Taco Joe — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:30 +0000

I can’t believe how he just dropped the question. That is some great interviewing skills there. How is he still on public access with those killer instincts?
Maybe he didn’t know what the word “monetary” meant, so he felt foolish asking it.

By: lincoln

lincoln — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:29:47 +0000

I’m sure we are, I just can’t help but to put my two cents in.
I don’t suppose the ACLU-seless has been making any comment on the matter, or that there’s a single pol who is actually fighting to stop this thing from happening?

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:09:08 +0000

Of course we allow police discretion as there is always an exception to the law, but here we’re writing lazy ordinance and relying upon it.

Pretty sure we’re saying the same thing.

By: lincoln

lincoln — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:02:50 +0000

Equal protection under the law, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

The Officer discretion portion is already part of the job (and training) of every sworn officer. You stop someone going 60 in a 40 mph zone and if they’re just blasting down the street you give ‘em a ticket. If they’re on the way to the ER with a kid gushing blood, you give ‘em an escort. Same thing with a hundred other relatively mundane aspects of “spirit of the law” police work. I’m sure cops are already arresting people for using knives in an attack, a fight, a threat, whatever. This statute seems to be aimed at the benign act of simply carrying a knife. Codifying “discretion” is self-nullifying and stupid, which means that it’ll be perfectly fine with the majority of the C.C.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:53:56 +0000

This idea of officer discretion is fast becoming the de facto line of reasoning for local ordinance.

People should be cautious of this school of thought as it demands that all subsequent administrations respect the spirit of the law as it is viewed today.

By: lincoln

lincoln — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:42:23 +0000

http://www.telegram.com/article/20081029/NEWS/810290614/1101

So which part of this bothers me the most? The “zero tolerance” position, which likens the entire populace to children inside a government run facility (a school)? Or the contradictory, but oft-repeated, claim that officers will have great flexibility in enforcing the law?
Neither explanation/justification is acceptable in America.

By: Tom (Buckley)

Tom (Buckley) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:01:57 +0000

I want to fine people who flatulate in elevators full of people. It’s a health hazard and also an uncapped carbon emission. Farts should be taxed.

Get on that council! We need more absurdity!