[Vision2020] OUCH!

[Donovan Arnold]

Was his brother's name Dick Cheney?
 
Donovan Arnold

--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:


From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] OUCH!
To: "Darrell Keim" <keim153 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Sam Scripter" <moscowsam at verizon.net>
Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 8:11 PM


How much ya wanna bet that the kids were under the influence?  That alone
provides sufficient cause to search their persons and, since they
discharged a firearm within their residence . . .

There may also have been some paraphanalia in the open suggesting that the
kids were growing the stuff, which kinda explains why 911 calls are rarely
(I'm guessin' "never") made from crack houses.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> They probably felt the accidental shooting constituted "probable cause" to
> suspect illegal substances were present.  Is the dwelling up for
> investigation at the whim of the officer?  I don't think so.  But, if they
> believe they have probable cause, then they can mount a reasonable
> investigation.
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Sam Scripter
> <moscowsam at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>>  I ask that below out of ignorance and curiosity . . .
>>
>> Re: Spokesman Review story -- Boy shot in groin
>>
>> Question: Why/what business does a Sheriff's officer have to be
>> looking in closets while investigating what appears to be an accidental
>> shooting, and most likely had nothing to do with closet contents? E.g.,
>> is anything sacred and private in one's dwelling . . . The attic, the
>> basement, the garage . . .
>>
>> Question more specifically: Is a resident's whole dwelling and
>> property/lot up for investigation, once a "peace" officer is inside
>> the dwelling, at the whim of the officer?
>>
>> Sam S
>>
>> Tom Hansen wrote:
>>
>> Courtesy of the Spokesman Review.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>>
>> Teen survives shotgun blast to his groin
>>
>> A Spokane Valley teenager was shot in the groin by his brother who was
>> cleaning a shotgun when the weapon discharged Saturday evening.
>>
>> The shotgun was loaded with bird shot, which passed through a sofa
>> before
>> striking the teenager in the apparently accidental shooting, a Spokane
>> County sheriff’s spokesman said.
>>
>> The youth, whose injuries were not considered life-threatening, was
>> taken
>> to a local hospital.
>>
>> Officers responding to the shooting at an apartment on the 700 block of
>> North McDonald Road discovered a small marijuana-growing operation in a
>> closet of the apartment, the spokesman said. The incident remained under
>> investigation.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
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and the Realist adjusts his sails."

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