Hi John, Forwarded message:

Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 17:34:30 -0500 From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com> Subject: Re: [Censored] Quote of the Day (fwd)

Jim Choate wrote:

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I've had to threaten several DPS officers (Texas state troopers) with this because they like to park their cruiser in the drive outside my fence but still within the property line without asking my permission to do paperwork and eat.

They don't do it anymore.

Damn, Jim, it's been nice having you here. Huntsville's agape for sugary puckers "threatening an officer."

Still that beats joining the roadkill at the bottom of Lake Travis for messing with Texas.

Sorry dude, it isn't against the law in Texas to threaten an officer when they are committing a crime, and trespassing on private property without permission, in pursuit of a suspect, or a warrant is most definitely a crime in this state, even for police. In this state if I catch somebody on my property at night in the process of what I *believe* is theft is even grounds for me to use deadly force; but *only* between sunset and sunrise. About 3 years ago we had a female UT-Austin student shoot and kill a peeping tom in the middle of town. She saw the guy through her window, got her gun, went outside and dropped the guy. No charges were filed because it was after dark and his trespassing on the apartment property was enough to invoke the above referenced law. There was a lot of screaming and yelling from a bunch of bleeding hearts about it, but the law still stands. You really should try to understand why you cow-tow to 'The Man'.... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|