See nothing, say something

[kidicarus13]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/walmart-emp...ry?id=53816017

[BushMasterBoy]

The girl friend...

http://www.daily-sun.com/post/294112...er-kill-mother

[wctriumph]

It must be something in the water/ processed food chain that is making people lose their minds.

[ben4372]

I guess they found a nutty guy? Maybe. But what is strange about his purchases. I've had trips to Home Depot that I think look suspect. As in "hope no one I know dies this week, I'll have some explaining to do."

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thank goodness for the Mental Hygiene law.

Everyone is safe now.

[cstone]

One of the first signs of mental illness is voluntarily talking to the police, voluntarily allowing them to search your residence, or cooperating with the FBI.

I have no idea whether the individual arrested is, was, or could be a danger to himself or others, but just based on this story, it sounds like due process is being served. We can't have it both ways by saying that no new laws should be made until the existing laws are enforced and then getting upset when the existing laws are enforced. It just may be possible that the tip that led to the investigation and arrest stopped a future crime. It is also possible that the police resources dedicated to this investigation and arrest prevent the police from deterring another, more significant crime. We deal with the information we have not with what we might get or would like to have.

The news story that never gets as much ink or air as the mass murder is the fortunate tip, investigation, and arrest that prevents a possible mass murder.

[CS1983]

I keep waiting for some cashier to make a comment about a weird selection of things.

If they say anything to that effect, my reply will be, “Have you not read the prophecy?”

[CoGirl303]

According to the criminal complaint, a Walmart employee in Ithaca, New York, called police after Reynolds allegedly purchased ammunition, camping gear, drill bits, tools, hacksaw blades and knives with a gift card.

since when is any of that fucking probable cause to search someone's apartment?!?!?

let alone anyone's business or place to report someone.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[cstone]

Somebody bought the Kool-Aid for Jim Jones. Imagine if the cashier had reported the sale of a large quantity of Kool-Aid and a bottle of cyanide.

Most police work is like the Price is Right. The officer who acts correctly without over reacting is doing the job. Get twenty runs per shift and you get twenty opportunities to be a hero or be a goat. Nobody gets them all right and you never know which one will be the run that takes your career away.

[cstone]

since when is any of that fucking probable cause to search someone's apartment?!?!?

let alone anyone's business or place to report someone.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It isn't probable cause and perhaps you missed the part of the story where a co-inhabitant of the apartment provided a consent to search the residence.

Anyone can report anything they would like to the police. Perhaps if one or possibly two of the 39+ people who called the Broward County Sheriff's Office about the Parkland, FL murderer been taken seriously a few more children would not have been shot. I guess we will never know.