Comments on: It’s finally over … or is it?

By: I’d like to take a moment to say thank you … | Photography is Not a Crime

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:33:29 +0000

[...] did not stop him from offering his help as soon as I posted my verdict online. In fact, he was the first to comment in the post that ended up generating 124 comments, which at the time, was the most comments [...]

By: Michael Owen Sartin

Michael Owen Sartin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:34:40 +0000

Charlie Crist just removed Scott Rothstein from the 4th circuit judicial nominating committee.

And so, I must ask, why do SoFla judges seem to be . . . smokin’ pot in public parks, gettin’ found in their bras in hotel hallways and, even worse, just kinda dumb?

By: Big Bear Observation Post

Big Bear Observation Post — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:28 +0000

[...] reduced to battery and was sentenced to a year probation – the same sentence I received after my resisting arrest without violence conviction last [...]

By: JanJaap ter Horst

JanJaap ter Horst — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:41:11 +0000

America and justice are two words that have not fit together for a very long time. The Wild West is back, and the bad guys are running the show.

By: My Blog » Blog Archive » Miami photographer’s case finished; Tips for police confrontations

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:49:01 +0000

[...] Miami photographer Carlos Miller was found guilty of resisting arrest in a drawn-out legal battle over taking photos on a public street, but what is astonishing in this case is how the judge reacted. Even though the prosecutor asked for only three months probation and court costs, Judge Jose L. Fernandez slapped Miller with a year probation, court costs, 100 hours of community service, and anger management class. In court the judge told Miller he was appalled by Miller’s non-remorse (for taking pictures in public?), body language during trial and chit-chat with his relatives. The jury found Miller innocent of disobeying an officer and disorderly conduct, but guilty of resisting arrest, according to Miller’s blog. [...]

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:16:59 +0000

This is in reply to “NANCY”

Not sure what’s up with the “Republican” and “Conservative” attacks. I really think you’re confused as to just what a “Conservative” is.

I’m one and I’m most definitely a “thinker” rather than a “believer” rather than the other way around as you seem to think it is. I, and MANY other Conservatives, don’t blindly believe whatever we’re told by our government. No, we don’t think 9-11 was an inside job, but I for one don’t believe the “official line” on TWA flight 800. So where does that leave us?

As for Martial law, it was already declared in New Orleans after Katrina and the LIBERAL mayor ordered the peoples guns confiscated, in violation of the Constitution. When they come to MY home they will not violate my rights. THAT is what Conservatives are about.

I’m not sure about Martial law before the next election but I’m fairly certain a revolution is becoming closer and closer each day. No, not because of Obama, because our system was broken way before he was even a candidate. However, the situation has been exasperated since he’s been elected.

The housing melt down, the financial melt down, unemployment, and tax increases are all the fault of government. The Dems and Republicans are both to blame for neither party has apparently read the Constitution lately.

Speaking of the Dems and Republicans (as political parties) I think you’ll find a whole lot of conservatives that are most unhappy with the Republican party. Doesn’t mean we’re heading to the left to join the Dems, we’re unhappy because we want the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Freedom.

Carlos’ “problem” is one of his rights having been infringed by a police force which thinks they can make unlawful demands on citizens and arrest them if they don’t blindly comply. Our mass media, unfortunately, reinforces this in the minds of the public with the way it reports.

How many times have you seen a story where the police, having asked someone for something they have no legal right to, tell the media and the headline is “suspect not cooperating with the police”? When the police ask “do you mind”, your answer must be YES I MIND. If my wife were missing and they wanted to come into my home and search it for “anything that might give us a clue” I’m going to tell them NO. And the next headline will be that I’m uncooperative (and implying that I must be guilty), starting the crucification in the media, to help the governments case by building me into a monster for simply requiring them to respect my RIGHTS. You see, the thing is, if they had any evidence, any shred of legally viable information, they would have a search warrant.

That’s not the same as Carlos’ case but the parallells are there. The “system” has erroded our rights and most of us don’t even realize it.

Remember Richard Jewel from the Atlanta Olympics bombing? How about Democratic Congressman Gary Condit who was hounded and convicted in the press for the Chandra Levy disappearance (her true killer was recently caught)?

It’s a narrow ledge, the one which separates the “free” press from being a check against the government or being it’s “henchman”. Sometimes there’s a deep fog surrounding that ledge. We must exercise extreme caution when we’re on it. I put “free” in quotes because just how free can the press be if they must obtain permission from the government to operate? Ever consider that? As a Conservative, I don’t think they should need permission to exercise a RIGHT, just as I also believe that I shouldn’t need permission of the government to buy, keep, or carry a firearm because the Constitution gives me that RIGHT and you don’t need permission to exercise a RIGHT.

So, Nancy, it’s not a Conservative or Republican “nazi” problem. It’s a problem of individuals and politicians who are willing to sacrifice some liberty in the name of some greater good.

By: Pirate News

Pirate News — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:59:38 +0000

APPEAL, then file a complaint against the judge and prosecutor, and sue the cops for false arrest and imprisonment. Also file grand jury charges against the cops.

When cops tell me to erase my photos and video at public highway crash sites, I refuse by telling them that’s an illegal order.

My US military job was nuking US military bases in controlled demolitions, and targeting nukes at Western Europe, and I filed criminal charges against all my wife’s commanding officers in Iraq War #1. So that guilt trip wont work on me.

By: Agile Cyborg

Agile Cyborg — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:12:49 +0000

@23

“Stupid, clueless DUmp monkeys. They’re all the same”

You should know. Your childish, garbage-looking site is a steaming heap of worthless monkey shit.

By: Fred2

Fred2 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:30:42 +0000

There are two Freds here.

I’m not him.

By: Gene Hilton

Gene Hilton — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:56:48 +0000

Incredible – like a quote from the American Drug War documentary…’Are you really living in a free country?’…a judge should be impartial…including his own stupid, insecure feelings that have to be displayed in the obvious obstruction of justice for you the photographer. Thanks court system. I had Paul Blart, mall cop, stop me and tell me I couldn’t take detailed architectural shots in an outdoor mall area!

By: john

john — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:08:26 +0000

To have freedom one must pay for it and you are paying the price of that freedom, with fees lawyers.court cost and your time. At lest your blog makes a few bucks.
So just a reminder to all we are all free until we break a law or we are charged wrongly, to gain our freedom of the court we either pay or fight and pay but either way we pay.
So did you gain your freedom or did you fight for your freedom and pay and are still not free?
You are still under court order, so was it worth the price, you could have gained the same accomplishment or better had you told the judge you were sorry, paid a small fine and freedom would be yours and all the time you fucked, because you know were not sorry one dam bit.
Of course your blog would have been boring and failed because there would not have been a story to tell, so either this blog is make enough money to be worth it or you just like to make blogs for the hell of it.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:47:58 +0000

FTJ,

I am appealing.

http://carlosmiller.com/2009/03/30/the-moment-of-judgment-has-arrived/

By: Fix the Judicial!

Fix the Judicial! — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:15:46 +0000

Why aren’t you appealing?