errrr ... Some folks here are as
morally clueless as a Lance Armstrong tour bus, and lot more dense than my Lipo battery packs.
No offense intended , and no prior reference to Lance intimated in my following rants ----
@ flat hill --- "
Gee wonder why the guy was mad! The cop should be arrested. You would be OK with him searching your unlocked bag, car, or house if he had probably cause (I heard something, I smelled something)"
The cop was doing his job. The "probable cause" was that a report was filed and there was an unattended, unlocked vehicle on school property with unknown cords attached to school building.
Please , please DO NOT go to a local school and leave "unlocked bag"(s) of wires, cords or batteries : then wander away. ESPECIALLY anywhere near the following schools --- Sandy Hook Elementary , Columbine High School, West Nickel Mines Amish School , Virginia Tech, Oikos University, Sparks Middle School, or Santa Monica College.
You would likely be questioned and searched.
Also @flathill, I tried to translate your "Authentication type outlet" post into a graphic ? ---->
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7gqn6YHS91qb25dg.jpg
@ykick---"
Otherwise, it's just another opportunity for "petty tyrants" like this cop and his ilk to cage citizens." . The cop showed remarkable restraint.
I don't see where he was in anyway a "petty tyrant".
Protecting and serving those people at the USA schools has cost a few cops their lives, and even saved a few kids theirs.
@calab --- "
$0.05 theft with jail time (15 hrs) how sad, power tripping cop!!!!
If convicted, in the US, means you are F'D for the rest of your life,
loss of travel freedoms outside the US, possibly loss of current job, loss of future contracts
and definately very limited future employment opportunities"
You are possibly watching too many USA television programs. Your scholarly pursuit of U.S jurisprudence is severely limited. Perhaps, think it over before attempting to practice U.S law without a license?
@veloman --- "
Should public street parking be off limits because there isn't a meter? ". Good question and interesting logic!
Thus should speed limits be construed as unlimited because they are not posted? If you are living and enjoying the freedoms and rights in the USA it does help to know what those rights are. The Law does burden us with knowing some of its' rules before we automatically assume, or draw our own conclusions.
To those of the "Me Generation", or the peaceful fun folks in the hacky-sack-tournament-drum-circle ... I sadly break the news to you that
There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Somebody has to pay for your "free ride".
If you want all of us to chip-in
our "hard earned" money and donate a free-ride for you, perhaps you can at least
ask first? If advocating free-use-electricity please think that there will be a "cost $$$" that must be paid by someone.
I must say, there will be a $$$ responsibility for infrastructure installation, and $$$ upkeep... and of course there must be liability insurance $$$$$ ... and adequate safety protections $$$$ ... and rules for usage
.....
When it comes to public enjoyment of a public facility, the sad facts-o'-life is that there is always some asshat turd-in-the punchbowl who will screw it up for everybody by his destructive and selfish actions.
@Punx0r --- "
If I see a Leaf charging at a public outlet I'm going to unplug it and plug in my ghetto-boom-box-blaster to the soundtrak from TV adverts for high-end luxury ICE cars. It's my right, apparently .
Nope, me and cousin Eddie saw it first and we is puttin our "rebel flag" to lay claim in the name of Jethro and Granny. "Squatters rights" for our RV (that's a caravan to you English race folks).
@Sancho & horse ---- Fluck it dude, lets go bowling.
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