Fair Treatment
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K-9 Units
Is a K-9 Unit an Officer of the Law?
I am seeking others' opinions on the K-9 "Open Air Sniff" policy and motorists. The reason for this is because our lawmakers say that a K-9 may conduct an "Open Air Sniff" at the discretion of the officer(s) during a traffic stop.
If, during a traffic stop, an officer develops reasonable suspicion of drug possession, then the officer can detain the vehicle and occupants for a reasonable period of time to wait on a canine to conduct a free air sniff.
Taken from EHG Lawfirm.com
The idea behind this kind of search is that a driver has no reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to the air around a vehicle. Since – theoretically – Joe Q. Public would be able to “sniff” the air around the car, there is nothing to prevent a police officer from using his drug dog to do the same.
However, this entitlement is not without exception. On August 13, 2014, the Georgia Court of Appeals sharply limited law enforcement’s ability to conduct these kinds of open-air searches during traffic stops in Bodiford v. State (A14A0683).
I have the following opinion:
- The K9 is considered an officer of the law.
- An officer HAS to have a warrant in order to conduct a search.
- Though the Air has no expectation of privacy, it's objective is to sniff the vehicle to find possible contraband.
- The handlers (officers) key them up with patting the vehicle and since we don't know the training of the K9, how are we to know what they are alerting to if they do alert. I mean it could be a leftover pizza box or a box of chicken tenders. Who know?
- Since a K9 IS an officer, then he shouldn't be able to search without a warrant. No matter how you word it, they are searching. They are sniffing, digging with their paws, the handlers are allowed to open the doors to let them into the vehicle, it IS a search. They touch your things, it IS a search.
It's been taken way too far with the use of these K9's. If you are pulled over for a taillight infraction, they can get the K9. There are supposed to be rules and guidelines that go along with their use yet the courts mostly upload the enforcement officers whether or not they really had a valid for the use or not. There's always some little thing the courts find that justify the reasoning for the legality of their use.
It's a little, no it's a lot ridiculous the amountS of times and the reasons they have for the use of these methods. Talk about abusing powers.
Stay safe out there and this is my opinion.
Our Government
Our Government
Finally, we have reports of some Americans who are protesting and suing our government officials who were put in place to protect us and instead harm us. Here is an excerpt taken from an article on baseunderground.com:
"The massive outbreak of new Covid cases in the most vaccinated countries–Israel 84%, Iceland 95%, Gibraltar 99%–has made it completely clear that the mRNA vaccine does not protect against Covid infection. Fauci, a life-long shill for Big Pharma, is delighted. His solution to the failure of the “vaccine” (it is not a vaccine) is more vaccine. Booster shots are needed, he says, every 5 to 8 months to keep Covid at bay. In other words profits forever for Big Pharma.
But the failure of the mRNA vaccine is far more serious than the failure to protect. The vaccine itself (1) causes illnesses and deaths identical to Covid illnesses and deaths as the massive number of deaths and health injuries in the adverse vaccine reaction databases indicate, (2) the “vaccine” creates variants capable of escaping immune response, and (3) the vaccinated are contagious and dangerous to the unvaccinated.
In other words, the so-called breakthrough cases that are now overwhelming the most vaccinated countries are caused by vaccination. To continue jabbing people risks such death and injury and counterproductive totalitarian policies as to lead to societal collapse."
If they do things like this, then who can trust the legal system is not corrupt? We all know it is but how do you stand up against them?
We all need to band together and stand up for what we know and believe is right.
Good luck, stay safe and this is my opinion.
COVID
The Minor Things
Listen to this lady. She’s lived it. Keep your loved ones off the Ventilator. Our government and the people placed to look after us are destroying us.
Mental Help Blocked
Our local jail has healthcare available and every inmate is supposed to have access. The question is whether or not they are allowed that access.
I have been privy to a scenario where an inmate was denied a visit to the mental health nurse because the jail staff was telling the nurse the inmate was going to be housed elsewhere so there was no need to treat them. Only through the nurses insistence did the inmate receive treatment and when the treatment was rendered it was concluded there is a mental issue present.
This blogger has some questions of my own
1. Who are they to decide who does and who doesn’t get treatment?
2. Why was the inmate denied this basic process?
3. Do they care that this inmate who is also a person suffered while requesting to see the nurse and waiting for the nurse to finally demand seeing the inmate?
4. Is the inmate part of such a high profile case that it pissed them off so bad they denied them proper treatment for a mental disorder?
This legal and jail system is getting worse by the day. The jail staff doesn’t care about the welfare of the inmates they house and are supposed to take care of. Why are they even working in such a field if they don’t like it? I tell you, there’s no way I could do that to another human being.
Just a reminder to those that work in our jail, just because a person is there doesn’t make them below you nor does it make you above anybody. They are still people and no matter what your opinion is on why they are there you still have to provide certain fundamentals. Not everybody in there is guilty. You won’t get away with mistreating people for long as somebody will come along one day to ensure it I’m sure.
Bond Revocation Hearing
Today I witnessed a monstrosity of a supposed Bond Revocation Hearing presided over by Judge Kincaid and I have to say an incorrect judgment.
I will outline the situation briefly and then give you the facts and this blogger sees them.
A young lady charged with non report for drug tests ordered as a bond condition for a charge back in 2017 has incurred some new charges of Giving False Name to officials and with Hindering the apprehension of a criminal so the state moved to revoke her bond.
First, there was a huge delay while the state gathered their witness who was a sheriff's department deputy Kirk Champion. Below you will find the chain of events.
Mr. Champion was called to the stand and the first question he was asked, he bold faced lied but not before he stuttered, stumbled and uh'd for a minute which was in relation to the night on question.
The defense attorney/public defender Brett Ladd recognizes he's lying his ass off so asks another witness to that night to step outside as he would be calling her as a witness when he is done.
The state presents its evidence which was a recording of the young lady during her interview with the GBI that proves (supposedly) that she hindered the apprehension of this said criminal. That part of the interview was not seen because it was not brought to court but he assures us that it exists in the evidence room and this presentation came from a different source.
Now keep in mind here the reason they want to revoke the bond is due to this newly acquired charge while out on bond.
Brett Ladd presents some very good points to the court, does what looks like a good swing or two being thrown in the fight then extinguished his burning flame.
The witness was not called and he noted to your honor that he had planned to call an additional witness to the events that night but I guess he thought Mr. Champion had nailed his own coffin thus withdrew the right to do so.
The defense presented his closing arguments with things such as the case for bond conditions had not even been indicted by the grand jury and more good points asking the court to help her with her addiction and allow her to go to Women's Outreach in Rome, GA with an ankle bracelet to comfort the court into knowing that she would return to court and her whereabouts be known constantly and the condition that if she didn't complete it or removes the braclett she be re-incarcerated. Then the state presents their closing arguments and everybody rests.
Then your honor gives judgment to revoke the bond until the court sees fit to change that and he points out the fact that she signed an agreement when released to not move unless she reported the change to the probation office, to take weekly drug screens and she didn't show and even went to CA with her boyfriend.
My point is this:
The same agreement was signed by all the other inmates that came before him this day and the one just prior to her appearance even had new charges of giving false name as well but he revoked and reinstated theirs sending them home today. They had not even been in jail hell for 83 days like she had either.
To sum it up, it doesn't matter if you lie, don't have the evidence when you are supposed to have the burden of proof on you (state) and you can just determine someone's misery and not have to do any damn thing to earn it.
Our local injustice system needs a complete overhaul and this blogger for one plans to start that movement at this very moment so get ready our local government as you may be seeing the Supreme Court before long and I can tell you that you will be seeing more of me in the local law library.
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Suspend License require drug testing?
It’s all a money racket.
If you are incarcerated for driving with suspended license it seems that until you are out of the control of the legal system you will have to submit to drug testing weekly and for some twice a week. This makes you look at our legal system and wonder if it’s not just a huge money racket for the county.
It is all about the money. They have no regard for a person that has never even been on trouble before and seems that they are even looking at the people you associate with to make this decision. It’s a little extreme I think to do such a thing. Obviously it’s not enough we have to pay the fines for our screw up but to impose this for a charge not even related to drugs in any way shape or form is unacceptable in my opinion.
Stick around or come back for the next thing up on our continuing saga of our local legal system.
Jail Not Sanitary
When entering the jail you have to shower and wash your hair and then get sprayed down with bug preventative before entering into population.
Tell me how then, could there be cases of head lice? This is something that shouldn’t be on existence as they are “supposed” to prevent that type of thing from happening. So what is wrong the whole setup? Why do they allow such a thing to occur and the most important question of all, why do they not treat it once it occurs but tell the affected inmates that they will bring them some medicine yet it turns out to be a “preventative” treatment which is NOT designed to correct the issue just prevent it from happening which obviously doesn’t work either or it would not have come about.
I know this is not vacation nor a 5 star hotel but there are certain fundamentals and basic criteria they are supposed to adhere to as there are the basic rights of inmates for for the simple fact they are human beings and this is way outside those boundaries that have been established by our leaders in the government as well as just plain out the right way to treat people.
I would like to ask that people share this information with all that you know and maybe someone will see this post and get this place up to par on how they handle a situation like this.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Probation
Probation or Magistrate?
These days it seems our probation office or Magistrate is a bit overloaded. I guess you could say this because so many are slipping through the cracks as far as awareness goes. Inmates in the local jail are being overlooked because the probation office isn't aware they are at the jail. There seems to be a communication breakdown somewhere and it's becoming increasinly worse. The most recent that I've heard of a female being incarcerated for 28 days and they didn't even know she was there. Luckily, she had someone helping her on the outside to get them moving on her case. It's a shame because not everyone has this option. Not all inmates have people on the outside to keep things going for them. Once incarcerated they are simply either forgotten or their people don't have any idea who to contact in regard to their particular situation. Most are being incarcerated because of bond conditions which are ridiculous and unconstitutional as it violates our rights to be treated as innocent until proven guilty. This method is guilty until proven innocent and on top of that any money, time or behavior invested or otherwise is NOT credited toward any future conviction and there may just be a good enough attorney out there to prove your innocence. This is an unfair stipulation put into place to overload our Justice system and make more money for our government. Everyone on bond conditions must pay for their own drug tests no matter how many times per week and some are even being visited by DRC members before they are even taken to arraignment to get them enrolled. I say to our local governemnt stop and think about what our forefathers set in place and what they went through to get it that way and stick to the plan these are the major rules you know? That's like taking the Ten commandments and putting your own spin on it for the changing times. It's neither moral or fair nor ours to change. There are those out there that are actually innocent no matter what your thoughts.Bond Conditions Again
Bond Conditions The Saga Continues
There are the conditions of bond release typical of our justice system like don't get into anymore trouble while we are allowing you to go free for the moment and things like that. That is par for the course and completely understandable. These are not in violation of any rights as they stand and are common. What is not right in my opinion, is the fact that when you are released in this present time, you must visit our local probation office to be monitored at least once a week, some even twice.
Drug tests are being implemented even for misdemeanor charges and the defendant is having to pay for them. You haven't been found guilty of anything yet and you are already paying the price as if you had. None of the time or effort spent being credited towards any adjudication if you happen to be found guilty or plea bargain. So my opinion is that this is yet another way to generate more revenue for our dear county's whatever they want it for without regard to any financial burden on the defendant, possible trouble for time out of work to do so.
I have found no legal code governing bond conditions in a detailed sense so there's nothing really to reference to fight it but on the surface it just seems like another way to charge and get more money from those who offend the laws put in place. I agree with the conditions set forth for stalking and battery charges but others are just ridiculous and as long as they are non-violent offenses why bombard the probation office with all these people in there unnecessarily? Makes no sense.
Either way, it is what it is and it's just another reason to keep this site going because our legal system these days is all messed up and they don't follow the rules set forth in the U.S. Constitution, The Bill Of Rights or anything else our forefathers set forth in hopes of creating a free America.
Signing off once more and any updates to new information found will be posted as soon as possible.