US Finally Kills The 2nd Ammendment

[Jamie Lawrence]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Steve Furlong wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 14:18, Steve Schear wrote:
> 
> > Did you carry and present ID?
> 
> No. Once it was requested (strongly requested, just short of a demand
> with threats), but when I demanded his justification he backed down. In
> NY, at least at the time, citizens were not required to carry or present
> ID, nor identify themselves on demand without cause. I believe that is
> no longer the case.

Correct.

A client/friend recently spent 9 hours in jail for failure to carry a
wallet. He was doing something mildly suspicious, but not illegal. NYC
has a very entrenched industry dealing with "processing" people the cops
pick up. This has only gotten worse since Bloomberg and his "quality of
life" racket. Breathing Without ID is essentially a crime that costs a
day of your life, not less than ~$200, and a lot of humiliation. I
thought the San Francisco cops were bad, before I moved here. (My
friend was even told by the cops what to expect, and how best to optimize 
for getting out quickly. Kafka would have trouble doing better.)

There was a mildly publicized incident in another part of Brooklyn
recently where someone was ticketed after their child's balloon popped
in public. A noise infraction. Quality of live, indeed.  "There are no 
quotas, but if you don't meet them, you're on report."

I'd prefer a good old fashioned Mafia protection scheme. At least that 
would be straightforward. 

-j

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Jamie Lawrence                                        jal at jal.org
It it ain't broke, let me have a shot at it.