Comments on: Lansing’s protocol gray area raises concerns of ‘councilmanic interference’ http://michiganmessenger.com/22104/lansings-protocol-gray-area-raises-concerns-of-councilmanic-interference The Michigan Messenger is a local news site covering politics and policy throughout Michigan. Its team delivers original reporting daily. The Michigan Messenger is published by the nonpartisan and nonprofit group American Independent News Network. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Chris_Singer http://michiganmessenger.com/22104/lansings-protocol-gray-area-raises-concerns-of-councilmanic-interference/comment-page-1#comment-17311 Chris_Singer Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:25:07 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=22104#comment-17311 Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission "off our backs." <br><br>How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?<br><br>Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again? Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission “off our backs.”

How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?

Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again?

]]> By: Chris_Singer http://michiganmessenger.com/22104/lansings-protocol-gray-area-raises-concerns-of-councilmanic-interference/comment-page-1#comment-11801 Chris_Singer Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:07 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=22104#comment-11801 Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission "off our backs." <br><br>How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?<br><br>Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again? Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission “off our backs.”

How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?

Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again?

]]> By: Chris_Singer http://michiganmessenger.com/22104/lansings-protocol-gray-area-raises-concerns-of-councilmanic-interference/comment-page-1#comment-7427 Chris_Singer Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:25:07 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=22104#comment-7427 Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission "off our backs." <br><br>How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?<br><br>Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again? Bottom line here, you can't single out, profile, and/or target a group of people to go after for a crime and THEN entrap them in order to make an arrest, all to get an old busybody from the Police Commission “off our backs.”

How much did this sting cost the taxpayers? And for what!! Two lousy arrests and the infringement of one if not two person's civil rights and liberties. What is the cost of the lawsuit going to be that the city is going to have to dole out?

Finally, what is wrong with putting a policy in place to prevent something like this from happening again?

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