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Bikers gather to pay tribute to one of their own
If Burwell is suggesting they knew the motorcycle was coming and were playing some form of "chicken" then of course manslaughter charges might be in order- however lacking any evidence to support this it's probably over the top speculation to consider that scenario, especially with the frontal area of a late model Goldwing headed at you. (might be funny to do with a little kid on a moped....) On that note, and assuming this was an accident of not looking both ways and seeing him, a late model Goldwing may as well have an electric motor, the damn thing is so quiet. Unless that custom Harley is the only one in the world with an OEM spec muffler, he'd be alive today if he'd been riding it instead of the Goldwing. Guy up my street rides one just like it, you can hear him coming at you two blocks away- on his tail, from dog beach I can hear him getting on the 8 east over six blocks away.— February 8, 2014 3:06 p.m.
Contrary to popular wisdom, drones are already among — or above — San Diegans
Great story, very informative. I couldn't help but notice an oft repeated misconception about SCOTUS rulings on surveillance, this one pertains to the landmark decision over infrared scanning on domestic dwellings (Kyllo v US, 2000). The police in that instance used heat signature viewers, noting unusual heat patterns and obtained a search warrant on that basis and raided the residence. In other words they used the technology, disclosed that fact, and used that in a court of law for a conviction. The ruling simply meant they could no longer obtain search warrants based upon infrared surveillance, that wasn't itself authorized with a warrant. The obvious misconception is that the SCOTUS ruling forbids police from using infrared (or now through the wall imaging, by radar or x-ray) technology to spy on citizens at all. Again it just means they can't get a warrant based solely on that information. There was a cable show called Kopbusters (hosted by a former Texas State drug interdiction officer) where they entrapped Odessa TX police who used IR surveillance on a supposed grow house (that was really growing Christmas trees) then lied to a judge about how they knew it was a grow house. If that had been a citizen growing pot and not a setup for an expose the fact they used IR technology just would have never come up. So we can have all the legislation we like but it's wishful thinking that it might actually be doing something unless the public is aware and not under the mistaken (commonly held) assumption that Kyllo v US meant they "can't scan without a warrant". It's "can't use a scan done without a warrant to obtain a search warrant or as evidence in court". Why all of this is so frustrating is because we feel telling them they need a warrant does something to prevent abuses, when the reality is they'd never seek a warrant to engage in privacy abuses anyway.— February 8, 2014 2:51 p.m.
You Have To Know Yourself
Well written piece. If there was a cognizant point behind the whole thing, or reason it was done 9 years ago but run now, it's a mystery to me. I was looking for a short blurb at the end like "since this was written, Laura and Chris lost their jobs like most Americans and now live in a 1978 Oldsmobile with their two children in parking lots of Walmarts between Santee and Ohio, with Chris supporting the family by cooking meth and pimping out Laura at truck stops". If you're just trying to rub our noses into the gooey mush of their perfect little 2.3 kids/white picket fence lives, well good job there. I'm pretty sure the real deal was you were looking for any excuse to write about that stove. Sounds very impressive, I must say.— January 19, 2012 5:29 a.m.