Federal Judge speaks out against our current system -

[rbeau30]

This is why I find the statement "if you've got nothing to hide..." to be laughably naive. Whether most of us know it or not, we've ALL got something to hide.

If LE is interested enough in you, they will find something to charge you with which will stand up in court. You don't think every one of us could be convicted of something? Think again. As someone already stated, there are a ton of catch-all laws, many most of us have never heard of. I try to live a good, clean, law-abiding life but I learned many years ago not to delude myself into believing that I couldn't be just another statistic.

Menacing (18-3-206)

1. A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. Menacing is a class 3 misdemeanor, but, it is a class 5 felony if committed:
   (a) By the use of a deadly weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon; or
   (b) By the person representing verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon.

Here is one of them. Imagine being in your own front yard. Threatened by someone who drives up to the curb in front of your home, and because YOU don't back down and retreat but have words with this individual. He goes and tells the police that HE was afraid? Bam! you are now convicted.