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Imagine

John Russell — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:36:14 +0000

… 23 hours in solitary confinement.
… not being allowed to exercise.
… anti-depressant medication being forcefully administered.
… carpet burns from the heavy blankets.
… no pillows or personal belongings.
… stripping to your underwear before bed
… not being allowed to have a blanket over your head.
… a light on in the prison cell 24 hours a day.
… a guard checking on you and waiting for a reply every 5 minutes.
… being shackled hand and foot during all visits.
… only being allowed to sleep during certain hours.
… becoming psychologically impaired due to the solitude.
… Amnesty International decrying abuse.
… doing this for 7 months and counting.
… having no trial yet.

This is happening to a US citizen who saw immoral activity and decided to report it after multiple attempts to try and stop it. Google Bradley Manning.

Campus Discussion – Jack Bauer

Travis Hagen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:40:07 +0000

During our first ever Campus Discussion we will be discussing Jack Bauer. Is he a patriot… or terrorist? Are the actions Jack Bauer takes in Fox’s 24 justified? To what extent should law and order be disregarded if the ends justify the means?

Thursday, September 17, 2009
7:00PM – 8:30PM
JCSU Room 423

NY Police May Now Taser Suspects in Order to Collect DNA Evidence

John Russell — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:04:31 +0000

It is now legal for the police in New York to “drive stun” suspects with a taser in order to collect DNA evidence from them. A judgment issued by the New York Supreme Court Judge Sara Sperrazza ruled that the police in Niarga Falls who shocked Ryan Smith into compliance to gather a DNA sample was ruled Constitutional.

Smith was grabbed on the street by two detectives and brought to police headquarters.
He refused to give another sample, objecting to the authority of the court order. He told the officers that they would have to “Tase” him to get another swab.
Police considered holding him down and forcing open his mouth. A Niagara Falls detective lieutenant called an assistant district attorney, who told him they could use the “minimum” force necessary to obtain the sample.
A video shows Smith handcuffed, seated on the floor with his shirt pulled up over his bare shoulders. Police can be heard telling him that the Taser would be “painful and unpleasant,” but he persisted in his refusal, according to the judge.
The officer applied the Taser to Smith’s shoulder area, which caused him to cry out and pull away. The data record for the device showed it was activated for 4 seconds.
“The video recording indicates that the defendant did yell out as if in pain and then agreed to comply with the order,” Sperrazza wrote.
Smith allegedly was unconscious when the swab was taken, and was arrested for refusing to submit to a court order.

“It’s terrifying,” Balkin said. “You should never use force to collect evidence. We’re headed down the wrong way if we’re going to do that.”
Source

Is this how we are going to be treating people who are supposed to be innocent until proven otherwise? If you were wrongly accused of committing a crime (which I think has happened at least once before in history) and the police kidnapped you, handcuffed you, and brought you to a police station where they forced you to give DNA evidence by lifting up your shirt and shocked you with a stun gun until you complied – would this be considered proper administration of justice?