Vigilantism—Whether manifested by group action such as
that of a lynch mob or by individual rogue activity—Is the
enemy of orderly law. It is infinitely worse when
practiced by a law enforcement officer such as Detective
Chuck Zeglin, for such officers are cloaked with authority that can
too readily turn the wheels of justice into wheels of constitutional
injustice.
"These cops came into my computer unlawfully and illegally," he says. "That's my property. My reputation."
How many officers took part that morning is in dispute. Why it happened, however, is not. It was to censor this.
After a day of deliberations, jurors unanimously concluded the officers had "deliberately falsified" information in the warrant affidavit and that their conduct had been "outrageous," according to court records. When asked about the case afterward, several jurors spoke on the condition that their names not be used because of concerns over retaliation by police.
"There were so many things they said that just didn't have the ring of truth," said one juror.
"It scares me that they could just raid someone like that," another said. ~Article, L.A. Times 2009
"The First Amendment interest is greater when what the government is trying to stifle is not just a speaker who wants to say something but also a hearer who wants to hear what the speaker has to say," ~Justice Antonin Scalia 2009
Other articles published on the Internet about Killercop.
"This
threat is very real. Various websites specialize in providing this
information, and the harmful intentions of some are self-evident.
www.killercop.com - now inoperable - offered a cash reward with no questions asked for the death... of two LAPD officers"
"Zeglin
has taken one gang related site seriously enough to conduct a full
investigation: The owners of KillerCop.com, which suggested rewards for
people who kill police officers in creative ways, were eventually convinced to take the site down before any potential charges were pressed."
"The only intervention to date was with the creators of KillerCop.com, which offered a reward for the
most creative way to kill a policeman. It soon disappeared after the
LAPD began to talk about charges to incite murder."
"One
part of the life that has not been seen much online is the crime.
Zeglin recalls one Web site, www.killercop.com, that offered rewards
for murdering Los Angeles police officers a few years ago. But since the LAPD had that site removed, Zeglin has not seen street gangs doing anything illegal online."
"Un seul site a provoqué une enquête de la LAPD: killercop.com, offrant des récompenses aux visiteurs prêts à tuer des policiers de Los Angeles."
But then again, I'm officially nutzzzzzz, until certified un-nutzzzzzz in a competent court of the law. So I am waiting on the law, and the certificate required by the law.
But I'm no expert.(.pdf) Anyone see ours, yet? He has our certificate required by the law and I need it to be officially un-nutzzzzzz. And that's a fact!
4/21/98 My Internet Service Provider calls to inform me that a Mike Menz, of the Sheriff's High Tech Crime Division (H.T.C.D.) from Sacramento had called. Mr. Menz said he was getting a warrant together to seize all data on my World Wide Web site which he knew was being hosted on his company's computer. He informed them that he was transferring the data to Russia since he had received so many threats and complaints from cops and other people calling his place of work. Mike Menz told him to secure my data for them until they get their warrant. My host provider tried to explain to them that the information was no longer under his control and they then threatened him that they would take all his company's computers if he doesn't save the data and hand it over to them. Sound like Attempted-Extortion?
4/22/98 My ISP called me again and said Mr. Willis of the L.A.P.D. Fraud/Bunko Division and and H.T.C.D. called again and said they were coming down between 4-6:30P.M. to get my data, without warrant and he had better turn it over...he tells me he has made a copy on CD-ROM for them and is going to comply as he is afraid they will shut down his business...
4/24/98 I talk to my ISP who informs me a Mr. Willis of Fraud/Bunko Division of the L.A.P.D. called said they would come down Monday with the warrant. They still insist he must turn over data to him, although the Internet site is no longer in his possession and there is no warrant yet, or else face seizure of all his company's computers, in essence putting him out of business. This really sounds like Attempted-Extortion.
“Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.” Nadine Gordimer
Los Angeles, California City Council member Bernard C. Parks referred to Latino Angelenos as being "Not far removed from the wild tribes of Mexico," according to Lou Cannon in his book "Official Negligence."
And in a documentary about the LAPD, Bernard C. Parks says of the city's growing African American population: "We didn't ask these people to come here, and they've taken over a whole section" of the city.
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Testing our patience
The labs are overwhelmed with collecting and analyzing DNA from newborn babies and people accused of nonviolent crimes (such as peace protestors, check kiters and detained immigrants). Crime lab directors warn that analyzing these samples allows them less time to test DNA from serious crimes, leaving violent offenders free to roam the streets and prey on new victims.
The largest known backlog is in Los Angeles County. In 2009, the L.A. City Council set aside $1.4 million to hire as many as 26 staffers for the LAPD crime laboratory. Now Los Angeles city officials are refusing to hire desperately needed analysts for the lab. This development angered victim rights advocates, since Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa repeatedly vowed to solve a massive backlog of potentially crucial evidence.
Now, the Los Angeles Mayor supports a proposed compromise, setting aside funds to outsource the backlogged DNA evidence to private labs for testing. If this proposal is rejected, the already grave situation will continue to deteriorate. City Controller Wendy Greuel called this development “outrageous and unacceptable.”
In Los Angeles County, thousands of rape kits remain untested. Evidence in about 500 of the cases has been backlogged for such extended periods of time that the 10-year time limit for prosecution has passed. About half of the 1,000 kits collected at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center every year are from child victims ranging from 4 months to 17 years old. Prosecutors must sometimes postpone trials while waiting for kits to be tested. Some offenders use the delays to seek out more victims. We are again reminded of the old adage, “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
That is true not only for the victims, but also for people who've been wrongfully convicted of rape or murder. They languish in prison for years, waiting for DNA tests to prove their innocence. Since 1989, DNA tests have helped free more than 200 wrongfully convicted people in the United States. Our society would be served much better by testing DNA in backlogged criminal cases, instead of harvesting samples from newborns.
The laws are now set up towards ensuring that sooner or later, everyone will be in a DNA database, including many people never charged with any crime. Every baby born in a California hospital unwittingly adds another genetic profile to the ever expanding library of human lives. Those lives should be cherished, protected and seen as much more than just profiles and statistics.
