Anyone who does not concede that the police officer acted appropriately in Watt's case has an agenda. The Press who put her on TV and ran headlines and implied the officer did anything inappropriate after it being disclosed the officer was responding to a 911 call which indicated a crime had been committed has an agenda.

Why are we letting this stupid actress talk distract us? It was a bad troll attempt by a **** poster, don't let it work.

Wookie?

I love how two people getting it on in a car warrants a 911 call and a cruiser being dispatched with the siren blaring. What a world.

Not sure what happened with this thread extract, but title should clearly be The Tragic Bongoing of Danielle Watts' Boobies.

For the record, I did not start this thread, and I find it disturbing someone (a mod I presume) can start a thread in my name without so much as a by your leave.

Can you provide the explanation? This is somewhat nitty, but my understanding is that, under the circumstances, she was required to identify herself (i.e., tell them who she was), but she doesn't actually have to *show* ID. Of course, in general it is better to show ID if you have it because if you only verbally identify yourself, in some circumstances you can be detained until they verify your identity.

No. You don't ever have to identify yourself at all... ever. In fact, this is a strategy to fight back against mass arrests during direct actions. They have to arraign you within 72 hours, and if a critical mass refuses to cooperate with the process they'll let everyone go. The key is to not carry ID, and when asked to identify yourself to invoke your right to refuse to speak, and insist on your right to a lawyer. Don't lie about your identity, because that's a separate crime that they will be able to screw you with.

Of course, as a practical matter outside of activism, if you don't identify yourself expect to go to jail.

You're the one who said it might be thread worthy. I ultimately agreed with you. I didn't alter any posts, only their location.

Lol threads get broken out from others all the time

****ing in public would be an improvement over most activism

You did alter it. You gave it a title, which I would not have given it. You posted your words in my name. If you want to start a thread, post it in your own name, with your own content.

Yes, what if abnormal's future potential employer sees this thread? S/he might not get hired if that employer doesn't find the title amusing.

Creating threads from other threads is perfectly good to do, but I have to agree that the title with 20/20 hindsight is not very good (in fairness wookie did not have the same hindsight at the time that we all do now).

They didn't beat her or shoot her.

She acted like in a manner consistent with a prostitute in her interaction with police providing good cause to detain her.

She was not held longer than necessary to determine the truth of her potential criminal activity.

The thread should be entitled:



The Reasonable Detention of Danielle Watts.

It's a good thing irony is never lost on you

Would you have? Really?

I think it's a rule in this forum that every thread has to have the word tragic in the title.