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From what I read and saw about the incident and read GA law on citizen arrest and self defense, in another forum a week ago I called it a murder. I don’t think he was out jogging but it didn’t matter. The only question should be, was deadly force legal at the time it was used? Prior criminal record, committed a crime that day or anything else didn’t seem to be the issue. Was pulling a shotgun on an apparently unarmed person lawful. In this case you had two men trying to stop our arrest a man with no visible weapons. Even if he turns to fight (which stand your ground in GA probably gives him rights also), GA law (similar to Texas law) says that to use deadly force, the person had to reasonably believe that he was about to suffer death or “great bodily harm”. Texas law is almost identical but says “serious bodily injury”. So let’s play devil’s advocate and assume that Arbery had committed a felony. Let’s assume that the men witnessed it as required by law. Let’s assume that they were not trying to just detain him for questioning (I believe was their original statement) which would be unlawful. Let’s assume that Arbery charges say the man unprovoked. Did two pretty good size men reasonably fear death or great bodily harm fool Arbery. I am not taking about a bloody nose or a black eye. Those aren’t grounds for deadly force in my opinion. If that were true then every high school fight could end up in a lawful killing. If everything went against Arbery as far as his actions, does it justify gunning him down? I think no. Now of course there are facts that we do not know. Did Arbery have a knife in his hand or some other weapon? Did he yell, you piece of crap you’re not going to arrest me and lunge at the guys throat? There are lots of what ifs but even if Arbery was trying to get away from a felony or he might have punched a guy trying to arrest him, does that alone gives a legal option of deadly force? I don’t think so.

For aggravated (other than treat of death, serious injury) sexual assault merely by age, she had to be 13 or younger. If Tods happened recently, you have a high school graduate or nearly so, having as fling with an 8th grader unless she was a grade ahead of her she. If a 17 year old sent you such a photo, you’d better not tell anyone and delete it immediately. Any age can have sex with a 17 year old in Texas but a photo of anyone under 18 such as you described is a felony under both state and federal law.

I believe the limitations on sexual assault of a child is lifetime. I believe they did away with the 10 year limitation. Even when I was in detectives, it wasn’t 10 years but 10 years past the victim’s 18th birthday.

And in the for what it’s worth Department... A person is an adult in Texas at 17 for criminal law purposes. That also includes sex with consent. But ... if it is with consent then it is lawful if a child under 17 but older than 13 (which would be aggravated) is not more than 3 years younger. I believe the way the law is applied is not calendar years but day for day. For example if one party is 18 and the other is 15, that may still be illegal if the 18 year old is 3 1/2 years older.

Just going by the law... Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child is having penetration sexual intercourse (not merely fondling, touching or showing) with a child... “under” 14 whether with consent or not. I have no idea of the facts or even accusations but I do know the Penal Code.

Please name the person who is making up unproven remedies.

Class envy. The birth of the Soviet Union and other socialist fiascos. Let’s see, if the richest person in my town is worth $30 million but I can reduce his/her wealth to only $10 million... yeah I will be so much better off if he/she only had $10M more than me than $30M. Darn rich people!

The USPS loses money because they are not a profit making enterprise. They aren’t intended to be. They are a taxpayer based and constitutionally guaranteed means of communication. It is silly to compare them to FedEx of UPS. Right now a first class stamp to anywhere in this country is 55 cents. For that price you can send a letter to Guam which is part of the USA. FedEx will send the same letter from Houston to Detroit.. for $15. The USPS could raise their rates. Grandma who pays all of her bills by mail on fixed income can hardly afford $150 a month just for postage off 10 bills. So it is a taxpayer funded delivery system. Trump says to raise their rates. Yes that would work. Wait for the outcry from those that spend on the mail to live. They wouldn’t have to raise it to UPS prices. Maybe just $4 to mail a letter. If that is what the people want to mail a letter.... Last year the USPS lost 8.8 billion. That comes out to 1/5 of 1%. If a person paid $20,000 in income tax last year, he/she put $40 of that into the USPS. So if they raised their rates to make a profit, that person saves $40 in income tax. If you didn’t pay $20,000 in income taxes, you paid in less. i don’t mail anything anymore. I think I paid not quite $20k in taxes. I am not worried about getting another $35 or so back on my taxes. If it was fun more efficiently maybe I could only post in $20 more in taxes instead of $35. Either way, it doesn’t make sense to compare the USPS to a billion dollar for profit industry. No, I don’t work for the postal service, none of my family ever has and to my knowledge, none of my friends.

Not by Roe v. Wade. That decision said only in the first trimester. 13 weeks in and that right stops.

I rarely watch any debates but last night was truly entertaining. Brutal... About 100 sound bytes for commercials... I loved Bloomberg calling Sanders a communist...

Trump is an egotistical boor, a schoolyard bully and probably has narcissistic personality disorder. The Dims can be thankful for that because that is the only thing keeping Trump from possibly a historic win in 2020. The only thing keeping the race interesting is Trump tweets and rants.

They have already weighed in with the case US v Nixon (1974)

.... therefore Biden (not surprisingly) was wrong.

That has always been the law. If no sign, you could carry in a church with a license. The bill signed by Abbott reduced it from a felony to a misdemeanor but still a crime. Also signed by Abbott was a law that allows a church to have voluntarily security without having to declare themselves a security company. Churches for years have had members doing security but an issue was brought up if that was illegal (I think it is questionable at best) since a security company Texas needs a license. That new law settles the question by simply exempting them from a license.

Not that it is shocking but Biden is wrong. Abbott did not sign a bill into law giving the ability to legally carry in a church. That has been the law since the mid-90s. Stunned... right? 😂

Impeach means to accuse. So the Dems have made an accusation. Along comes Pelosi wanting to dictate how the Senate will try the case or even if they will. In 1993 the case of (federal judge) Nixon v. US, SCOTUS noted that the Constitution forbids them from reviewing the process . So even SCOTUS cannot dictate or rule on how the Senate conducts a trial. In the ruling SCOTUS (quoting the Constitution) that the “Senate shall have sole power” to try any impeachment. So SCOTUS says that even they cannot step in (nonjusticiable) but Pelosi thinks she can. SCOTUS has essentially negated the second article and I think it was in US v. Nixon (president) that contempt of Congress had to go through a US Attorney and that Congress has no such authority to hold someone criminally or civilly in contempt. That again appears to negate article two of obstruction. So we have at least two SCOTUS cases that negate obstruction and at least one the reaffirms the Constitution whereas only the Senate can set the rules for trying the case and even SCOTUS can’t step in. Oh yeah...... what was the vote count? 9-0. Yep, a unanimous SCOTUS said that they basically have no dog in the hunt. Yes, it is nothing more than a comedy show authored by the Dems with no direct evidence and a couple of constitutional violations along the way.

District Attorney: Officer did you witness the crime? Officer: No. DA: Do you have any evidence of the crime? Officer: No. DA: Do you believe the defendant is Guilty? Officer: Absolutely! DA: The prosecution rests Your Honor.

Oh yeah.. ... you would never get someone to admit it but that is the reason that I believe some ISDs (or most) have their own police departments.

I think every job has stuff that the public doesn’t see. Schools are no different. Cheaters, crooks, affairs, lies, good people, bad people and so on. No one wants to air their dirty laundry. I have worked security in schools many times over more than 30 years and have seen plenty. While some of it would really have people wagging their tongues, I can’t say that I haven’t seen the same elsewhere.

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