patrickm129

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Security Engineer. Opinions are my own, and not reflective of my employer.
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Comment · 5 years ago
Can you share what meals you enjoy making? :)
Comment · 6 years ago
Yup. Thankfully in a criminal investigation, the burden of proof for "intent" is typically on the prosecutor. I'd rather give the prosecutor a harder time than a defendant.
Comment · 6 years ago
I totally agree. The law is incredibly vague, I was just mentioning it as a "solution".
Comment · 6 years ago
Why shouldn't the public be allowed to protest on the sidewalks outside of public official's homes?
Comment · 6 years ago
The solution to this is sentence enhancements.

For example, pass a law making the distribution of PII unlawful if the intent of the distribution is to cause violence or unrest. The law itself would cover everyone evenly.

With a few sentence enhancement clauses, the same statute that protects everyone equally can add additional terms of incarceration or mandatory minimums for judges and law enforcement.

Comment · 6 years ago
I completely agree.

The New Jersey statute itself is arguably vague with respect to what constitutes "risk" and an intent to cause harm. Such arbitrary laws give law enforcement and prosecutors significant discretion and open the door for abuse to such an extent that I could see this being used to violate peoples' First Amendment rights. Another unconstitutional law out of New Jersey, color me shocked. :o

The public should be able to hold peaceful protests and hold public officials accountable.

Comment · 6 years ago
Brown also has their students cellular telephone numbers. It's feasible that the University acquired/purchased their students geolocation history via their mobile providers.
Comment · 7 years ago
Yeah that number is outright false for "mass shootings". This figure originates from the approximate 33k people that are killed by firearms per year. Of that number, somewhere around 23k are individual suicides with firearms. Of the remaining approximate 10k deaths, 80% are gang related incidents. Source is the FBI UCR.

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