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David Dennison

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  1. 5 minutes ago, Chrispy said:

    No, I gave a response as to why the black community aren’t afforded the same opportunities as whites. The answer is actually very simple, black fathers need to stick around after insemination.

    When 70% of Black babies are born out of wedlock, that’s a full blown crisis. Funny how white politicians won’t touch it with a ten foot pole. Gee, I wonder why? Yeah, I’m the one out of touch. Get a grip. 

    What do you propose we do about the full blown crisis?

  2. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    I think we're talking 2 different things. You're talking prosecution, I was thinking at the cop level.  They have to respond and are supposed to at least remove the indivuals from the property correct ??

    They definitely didn't need to arrest them, unless there's something we're not hearing that could have justified it ??

     

    I don't think so. 

  3. 1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    What other controlling legal authority would be responsible for enforcing a no trespassing incident ?  

     

     

    The local prosecutor comes to mind, but even they can choose not to pursue the case. Just because the cops can arrest someone doesn't mean they have to, unless of course there is a law that says they do. Maybe there is such a law in Pennsylvania. 

  4. 4 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    It's the nature of trespass.  The owner determines when a person is trespassing.  If the owner denies or revokes permission to be on the premises, bang, it's a civil tort and a criminal offense.  If the owner calls the popo and tells the popo "These people do not have permission to be on my property, but will not leave," but the popo has little choice remove them, at minimum, and charge them with trespassing at worst.

     

    Is this actually true? I'm pretty sure they are well within their rights to choose not to remove them. 

     

  5. 1 minute ago, Amobie said:

    I'm not legal expert but i'm pretty sure that isn't a legal requirement of trespass.  Otherwise you'd have homeless people setting up camp inside businesses on a daily business.  The policy of only allowing access to the amenities of the business to paying customers is pretty standard.

    Again, the cops do not have to arrest a trespasser if they choose not to.

  6. Just now, Mojo Hand said:

    Police have the authority to arrest in this situation.   A Starbucks manager has the right to force the issue in this situation and demand removal of the men.   That doesn't make what happened the right course of action for the manager or the cops, nor does it make it the only way this could have played it out.   The manager was wrong, but so were the cops. 

    This is correct. It is also very different from a duty to arrest and I think some folks here are getting the two confused.

  7. Just now, Amobie said:

    I'm not sure what the legal term would be, but I think the manager would be acting on behalf of the owners of the property since they are essentially running the business.  If some guy walks into my office and refuses to leave, I can call the police and have them removed.  I don't have to own the building or be the CEO of starbucks in order to have them removed from the business.  

    You can call the police, but I'm not sure the police are under any legal obligation to do what you ask them to do unless the public is threatened in some way.

  8. 1 minute ago, Amobie said:

    I'd put this on the shoulders of the manager much more than the cops.  If the manager is saying they are trespassing and they don't remove themselves from the property, law enforcement is supposed to do it.  

    I'm not sure they are. They owe no duty to the manager or Starbucks. 

  9. 2 minutes ago, Dirk X West said:

    Sorry, I wish there was a difference, but if there is, it's small.  If you notice, things have been trending in a particular direction, and that trend has only, if anything, just slowed a bit during the (admittedly brief) recent periods when the Ds have had control of one or more houses of Congress.  Obama did nothing end our imperial wars in the Middle East, for ex.  There may well be individual Ds that have principles and speak out against tax cuts for the rich and increased defense spending, but other Ds vote for those things and they still happen.  If you think the Ds aren't the GOP lite now, you aren't paying attention.  Hillary is about as conservative as Nixon, again, if you leave aside social issues.  Funny pictures don't change that.  

    I forget, which Democrats voted for the most recent tax cut legislation? 

  10. 5 minutes ago, JBJ said:

    It's not the cops job to tell Starbucks it is being unreasonable.  It's their job to enforce the law.  I don't think they erred on the side of "just arrest them."  They were asked to leave willingly by both the owner and officers.

     

    Yes.

    Are you sure? Duty is a legal term of art. Can Starbuck's sue for damages if the cops don't remove a trespasser?

  11. 7 minutes ago, JBJ said:

    I think the cops did the right thing here. 

    They got a call from the Starbucks manager that someone was refusing to leave when asked.  The cops asked them to leave and they still didn't.  They get taken out in cuffs.

    It's the cops duty to remove trespassers, and it's their responsibility to do it with as little force as possible.  I believe we saw both.

     

    What led to the manager calling police isn't clear.  It's likely that both the staff and two black men have some level of fault.

    Are you sure it's the cops' duty to remove trespassers?

  12. 3 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    Don't confuse the Baby Boomers with the WWII generation.  

    I'm not. My biggest issue with the WWII generation is its racism coupled with its widespread resistance to the civil rights movement.

     

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  13. 5 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Regardless, to get a warrant SDNY has evidence Cohen committed a crime. They already have his emails through alternate sources apart from the raid on his office. He will be indicted/charged soon enough 

    I can't wait to find out everything he's done for Donald Trump.

  14. 34 minutes ago, retread said:

    The passing of Barbara Bush really brings it home how quickly the America of our parents and grandparents is fading from view. People have it in their mind that the USA is indestructible. It's just not true.

    For many Americans, the fading of the America of our parents and grandparents is a positive.

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