Comment Re:trousers (Score 1) 95
Comment Re:Anthropic and the industry will lose (Score 1) 95
Comment Re:They told it to do it (Score 1) 95
Comment Re:Which is it? (Score -1, Troll) 95
Comment Re:Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 1) 252
But the purpose of the stop was not enforcement of the vehicle code.
"When there is not probable cause to believe that a driver is violating any one of the multitude of applicable traffic and equipment regulations 24 -- or other articulable basis amounting to reasonable suspicion that the driver is unlicensed or his vehicle unregistered -- we cannot conceive of any legitimate basis upon which a patrolman could decide that stopping a particular driver for a spot check would be more productive than stopping any other driver." Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648, 661, 99 S. Ct. 1391, 1400 (1979)
Comment Re:Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 1) 252
In California, as I suspect in most states, the driver is required to produce a license and registration when being pulled over for a traffic stop.
California Vehicle Code 12951(b) states: "The driver of a motor vehicle shall present his or her license for examination upon demand of a peace officer enforcing the provisions of this code."
Since the vehicle was not involved, the stop would not require a license to of produced. Of course, the cop would lie and make up a reason.
Comment You are conflating (Score 1) 252
You are conflating a consensual encounter with a detention.
Comment 20 years ago..... (Score 1) 99
Now they are realizing what happens when a job gets commoditized. They are realizing that once a industry matures, things change. I SO SO want to say "Yeah? Fuck you. I hope your sorry ass gets fired". But instead, I'll just shake my head and watch the journey to reasonable collective-bargaining and wonder how many more times this needs to play out before people realize how critical unions are.
Comment Re:Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 1) 252
Part of the job of the police is to prevent crime. They don't have to wait for the angry ex-boyfriend stalker to hurt someone, they can have a conversation before that to prevent things from going too far. It absolutely is not. Courts have ruled again and again that the police have no duty to protect. No, you falsely conflate the officers actual intentions with the cover your ass policies that exist for when they do not show up in time.
No, when they decide not to show up or release someone that they should have detained.
If you are not suspected of a criminal act, the police have no business detaining you, full stop. Absolutely untrue, if there is a public safety concern no specific crime is necessary to have an interview.
Read Terry v. Ohio | 392 U.S. 1 (1968) and Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada (2004) 542 U.S. 177
Comment Re:Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 1) 252
I have reported crimes, but LAPD refused to make arrests.
I had a cop argue with me and tell me that I was not authorized to have an arrest made because I was a building manager. I had to explain real property law to him.
Comment Re:Actively stalking is a different behavior ... (Score 1) 252
In many states, there is no requirement to show ID unless arrested. In other cases, there still has to be reasonable suspicion (the Terry standard).
Detaining someone for 1 second without reasonable suspicion violates the 4th amendment. Pulling someone over is not a consentual encounter, but the officer is probably trained to turn it into one. Extending the stop is unconstitutional. See Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348, 135 S. Ct. 1609, 191 L. Ed. 2d 492 (2015),. I suspect that even a diminimus extension would be unconstitutional. So, a false report could be argued a civil wrong, even when causing a deminimus delay.
Comment Might be armed (Score 1) 252
The "might be armed?" might not be a crime. The defense would argue that there is a possibility and argue that it might not meet the standard of reasonable doubt. But in a civil case, it could meet the preponderance of the evidence.
How much would you like to bet that Flock's lawyers told them what exactly to say when calling the police?
Comment Re: Misanthropomorphizing (Score 1) 121
Comment Re:AI Goes to the Moon (Score 1) 7
I prefer the Martian bear.