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	<title>Comments on: Fairley Certain:  Prosecutor Decides that No Charges Are Appropriate for Officer Who Shot an Unarmed Fire Chief in Courtroom &#8212; But Fire Chief Should be Charged</title>
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		<title>By: FIRE CHIEF SHOT BY COPS TO BE CHARGED – NO DISCLIPLINE FOR COP WHO SHOT HIM &#124; Dy&#039;er Hear?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FIRE CHIEF SHOT BY COPS TO BE CHARGED – NO DISCLIPLINE FOR COP WHO SHOT HIM &#124; Dy&#039;er Hear?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] (For Constitutional Law Scholar Jonathan Turley’s take on this story, click here) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: PsyMonk</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-100801</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Интересная тема, продолжайте. Иногда нахожу ответы, которые получить самому просто реально не хватает времени. Благодарю!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Интересная тема, продолжайте. Иногда нахожу ответы, которые получить самому просто реально не хватает времени. Благодарю!</p>
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		<title>By: Payne-ful Update &#171; Life Obscure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Payne-ful Update &#171; Life Obscure]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: nexl</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nexl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Land of the Free indeed...

Here&#039;s a real worl exemple: Haute-Gaspésie county, Quebec, Canada, pop 10 000, 6 (six!) police cars 2 ski-doo, so the police station has maybe what? 20 cops max. These officers are enought for the whole county. The last murder was like 8-10 ears ago.

And yes almost everyone here have guns for hunting (90% succes rate for moose hunting)

Speed trap are for tourists (who just speed throuth our towns anyway), has every one here knows where the cops set them up. 

Our own town of 254 has no police station neither does the next one, and the next one, and the ... 

Oh and you can actually try to talk your way out of a ticket without fear of being tasered. I know, I have.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Land of the Free indeed&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a real worl exemple: Haute-Gaspésie county, Quebec, Canada, pop 10 000, 6 (six!) police cars 2 ski-doo, so the police station has maybe what? 20 cops max. These officers are enought for the whole county. The last murder was like 8-10 ears ago.</p>
<p>And yes almost everyone here have guns for hunting (90% succes rate for moose hunting)</p>
<p>Speed trap are for tourists (who just speed throuth our towns anyway), has every one here knows where the cops set them up. </p>
<p>Our own town of 254 has no police station neither does the next one, and the next one, and the &#8230; </p>
<p>Oh and you can actually try to talk your way out of a ticket without fear of being tasered. I know, I have.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Spindell</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79457</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Spindell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;The weird have definitely turned pro.&quot;

Buddha, 
  That was supposed to have been our side and yet somehow we&#039;re still bumbling along making the same amateurish mistakes and wondering why we&#039;re not getting anywhere.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The weird have definitely turned pro.&#8221;</p>
<p>Buddha,<br />
  That was supposed to have been our side and yet somehow we&#8217;re still bumbling along making the same amateurish mistakes and wondering why we&#8217;re not getting anywhere.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Spindell</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79455</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Spindell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South,
   Chief I live down here so I know what you say is true. Just drove down from &quot;up north&quot; and I&#039;ve got to say that I have never seen so many people stopped for tickets in five days then in all my 47 years of driving across this country. Miles of road without speed limit signs, speed limits being suddenly reduced and notices of &quot;traffic fines doubled areas.&quot; At the same time I must say that South Carolina&#039;s Interstate roads are the worst anywhere and I&#039;ve driven the back roads of Wyoming/Montana. Ticket writing is an obvious alternative to taxation, but tell me Chief doesn&#039;t it ultimately corrupt the police by making them cynical about their purpose as law enforcement officers? Your ironic statements regarding this small town are obvious and true.
What gets missed though is how in a section of the country that has always been high on &quot;law and order,&quot; their own policies undermine it. As a resident of the South I feel safe to say that the hypocrisy factor &quot;down here&quot; rises to dizzying heights.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South,<br />
   Chief I live down here so I know what you say is true. Just drove down from &#8220;up north&#8221; and I&#8217;ve got to say that I have never seen so many people stopped for tickets in five days then in all my 47 years of driving across this country. Miles of road without speed limit signs, speed limits being suddenly reduced and notices of &#8220;traffic fines doubled areas.&#8221; At the same time I must say that South Carolina&#8217;s Interstate roads are the worst anywhere and I&#8217;ve driven the back roads of Wyoming/Montana. Ticket writing is an obvious alternative to taxation, but tell me Chief doesn&#8217;t it ultimately corrupt the police by making them cynical about their purpose as law enforcement officers? Your ironic statements regarding this small town are obvious and true.<br />
What gets missed though is how in a section of the country that has always been high on &#8220;law and order,&#8221; their own policies undermine it. As a resident of the South I feel safe to say that the hypocrisy factor &#8220;down here&#8221; rises to dizzying heights.</p>
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		<title>By: Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79074</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddha Is Laughing,

You too come on down. You are cordially invited to our next shin dig. We can burn a few just for you too. You interested you sissy?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buddha Is Laughing,</p>
<p>You too come on down. You are cordially invited to our next shin dig. We can burn a few just for you too. You interested you sissy?</p>
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		<title>By: Buddha Is Laughing</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79068</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Buddha Is Laughing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rofl

Ahem.

You may be an old fart, Mike, but you&#039;re our old fart and being an old fart doesn&#039;t make you wrong.

The weird have definitely turned pro.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rofl</p>
<p>Ahem.</p>
<p>You may be an old fart, Mike, but you&#8217;re our old fart and being an old fart doesn&#8217;t make you wrong.</p>
<p>The weird have definitely turned pro.</p>
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		<title>By: Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79063</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chief of Police, Somewhere in the South]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike S,

You are an old fart. Don&#039;t you know that&#039;s the way that the South does business? Come on man where you been? A town of 174 needs 7 police officers, drug sniffing dogs, a jail that can house at least 174 less of course the People who are essential. Such as the Prosecutor, Judge, Bailiffs, Guards and whoever else we deem necessary. There is money to be made and he who wastes time makes no money. Every since the Federal Government cut the funding we have to raise capital. I invite you to do 58 miles an hour in your drive way. Man that is unsafe for certain.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike S,</p>
<p>You are an old fart. Don&#8217;t you know that&#8217;s the way that the South does business? Come on man where you been? A town of 174 needs 7 police officers, drug sniffing dogs, a jail that can house at least 174 less of course the People who are essential. Such as the Prosecutor, Judge, Bailiffs, Guards and whoever else we deem necessary. There is money to be made and he who wastes time makes no money. Every since the Federal Government cut the funding we have to raise capital. I invite you to do 58 miles an hour in your drive way. Man that is unsafe for certain.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Spindell</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-79058</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Spindell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have I become an old fart, or is this country&#039;s policing becoming increasingly bizarre? I read the original story and was dumbfounded by it. A town of 174 and a police department of seven? No one knows where the ticket money&#039;s gone. The police chief shut the department down? Methinks we are seeing a conspiracy among all the towns legal authorities and the potential for all of them to be prosecuted.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have I become an old fart, or is this country&#8217;s policing becoming increasingly bizarre? I read the original story and was dumbfounded by it. A town of 174 and a police department of seven? No one knows where the ticket money&#8217;s gone. The police chief shut the department down? Methinks we are seeing a conspiracy among all the towns legal authorities and the potential for all of them to be prosecuted.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymously Yours</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78978</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymously Yours]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Arkansas after all. Only state that I know of that has to have an act of the legislature for people to say it correctly, which is incorrect. But then what do you have when you have 32 people in the same room? A full set of teeth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is Arkansas after all. Only state that I know of that has to have an act of the legislature for people to say it correctly, which is incorrect. But then what do you have when you have 32 people in the same room? A full set of teeth.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78941</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live near this place, but I never heard about the incident. I have heard about the speed trap, though, and avoid that area like the plague.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live near this place, but I never heard about the incident. I have heard about the speed trap, though, and avoid that area like the plague.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78926</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe the original article indicated that the police department could not account for all of the money collected by the writing of excessive tickets.  Is it possible that Fairley shared in the gains from the &#039;legal&#039; extortion program that they set up?

I agree with the prior statement that the Feds need to go in and investigate both the police and prosecuter.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe the original article indicated that the police department could not account for all of the money collected by the writing of excessive tickets.  Is it possible that Fairley shared in the gains from the &#8216;legal&#8217; extortion program that they set up?</p>
<p>I agree with the prior statement that the Feds need to go in and investigate both the police and prosecuter.</p>
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		<title>By: Buddha Is Laughing</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78870</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Buddha Is Laughing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A snippet of conversation overheard . . .

&quot;I guess I wonder how they treat tha&#039; others providin&#039; critical social services, such as those paramedics and doctors.  I hear they tasered ol&#039; Doc Boogen.  And he&#039;s damn veterinarian!  To think ol&#039; Doc B delivered that cops child!  Ungrateful so and so.  I&#039;ll tell you this for free . . . I shiver to think what they do to the pharmacists, yezzir, I do.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A snippet of conversation overheard . . .</p>
<p>&#8220;I guess I wonder how they treat tha&#8217; others providin&#8217; critical social services, such as those paramedics and doctors.  I hear they tasered ol&#8217; Doc Boogen.  And he&#8217;s damn veterinarian!  To think ol&#8217; Doc B delivered that cops child!  Ungrateful so and so.  I&#8217;ll tell you this for free . . . I shiver to think what they do to the pharmacists, yezzir, I do.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: franksummers3ba</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78866</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[franksummers3ba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t you think it would be hard to be a small town cop if you did not even get to shoot uppity fire chiefs in court?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t you think it would be hard to be a small town cop if you did not even get to shoot uppity fire chiefs in court?</p>
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		<title>By: Buddha Is Laughing</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78836</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Buddha Is Laughing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Memphis City Prosecutor Lindsey Fairley needs to be investigated by the state bar and the FBI.

I smell kickback.

If s/he thinks this is doing their job in the pursuit of justice?  S/he&#039;s not fit to be a member of the bar.  End of line.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>West Memphis City Prosecutor Lindsey Fairley needs to be investigated by the state bar and the FBI.</p>
<p>I smell kickback.</p>
<p>If s/he thinks this is doing their job in the pursuit of justice?  S/he&#8217;s not fit to be a member of the bar.  End of line.</p>
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		<title>By: rafflaw</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rafflaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of witness will the Judge be in any subsequent action by the prosecutor and/or th evictim?  Is she afraid of the police also?  I would expect civil charges against the officers and the police department and maybe it is time for the citizens to use their voting power to rid themselves of these police officers and the chief.  Let&#039;s add the prosecutor to that list as well!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What kind of witness will the Judge be in any subsequent action by the prosecutor and/or th evictim?  Is she afraid of the police also?  I would expect civil charges against the officers and the police department and maybe it is time for the citizens to use their voting power to rid themselves of these police officers and the chief.  Let&#8217;s add the prosecutor to that list as well!</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seem relevant that the original complaint against the police was that they were...abusive?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seem relevant that the original complaint against the police was that they were&#8230;abusive?</p>
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		<title>By: charles grashow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[charles grashow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Off topic but here&#039;s a good one - what say the Professor


http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/three_teens_sue_newark_bears_h.html

Three teens sue Newark Bears for booting them from stadium for refusing to stand during &#039;God Bless America&#039;


NEWARK -- It is a matter of etiquette and, since the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks eight years ago Friday, almost a test of one&#039;s patriotism.

When &quot;God Bless America&quot; blares from the loudspeakers at ballgames, fans rise from their seats. At Newark&#039;s Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium, woe to the fan whose fanny remains planted. 

In a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Newark, three Millburn High School students contend Newark Bears president and co-owner Thomas Cetnar berated them, cursed at them and then booted them from the ballpark after they failed to stand for the song during the seventh-inning stretch.

&quot;Nobody sits during the singing of &#039;God Bless America&#039; in my stadium,&#039;&quot; Cetnar bellowed during the June 29 incident, according to the suit. &quot;Now the get the (expletive) out of here.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Off topic but here&#8217;s a good one &#8211; what say the Professor</p>
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<p>Three teens sue Newark Bears for booting them from stadium for refusing to stand during &#8216;God Bless America&#8217;</p>
<p>NEWARK &#8212; It is a matter of etiquette and, since the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks eight years ago Friday, almost a test of one&#8217;s patriotism.</p>
<p>When &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; blares from the loudspeakers at ballgames, fans rise from their seats. At Newark&#8217;s Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium, woe to the fan whose fanny remains planted. </p>
<p>In a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Newark, three Millburn High School students contend Newark Bears president and co-owner Thomas Cetnar berated them, cursed at them and then booted them from the ballpark after they failed to stand for the song during the seventh-inning stretch.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nobody sits during the singing of &#8216;God Bless America&#8217; in my stadium,&#8217;&#8221; Cetnar bellowed during the June 29 incident, according to the suit. &#8220;Now the get the (expletive) out of here.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: BuelahMan</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78788</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BuelahMan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its a wonder it didn&#039;t blow his leg off or kill him. Maybe next time he will know better than to go to court.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its a wonder it didn&#8217;t blow his leg off or kill him. Maybe next time he will know better than to go to court.</p>
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		<title>By: Dredd</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78787</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dredd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember commenting on this story and including in a post too.

It is bizarre in the extreme.

I think that the prosecutor Fairly fears for his own safety, or they all have overdosed on Just Us Juice.

http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/09/pop-cap-for-jesus-and-justice.html]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember commenting on this story and including in a post too.</p>
<p>It is bizarre in the extreme.</p>
<p>I think that the prosecutor Fairly fears for his own safety, or they all have overdosed on Just Us Juice.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/09/pop-cap-for-jesus-and-justice.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/09/pop-cap-for-jesus-and-justice.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: nal</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78786</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The relationship between the police and prosecutors is too incestuous for me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The relationship between the police and prosecutors is too incestuous for me.</p>
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		<title>By: mespo727272</title>
		<link>http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/14/police-officer-shoots-an-unarmed-fire-chief-in-courtroom-when-he-allegedly-shoves-an-officer-he-is-charged-while-no-officer-will-face-charges/#comment-78771</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I fail to see how use of lethal force can be justified for an unarmed man surrounded by seven officers but Fairley either has some different information or different understanding of the constitutional use of such force.&quot;

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Well it&#039;s a common misunderstanding you have there JT. The prosecutor obviously feels the compulsive, reflexive need to protect the police department from all comers in order to preserve the &quot;police state&quot; mentality in the town. You- similar to the ABA standards* for prosecutors - believe our public servant here has the obligation to do justice. It&#039;s a small exception to the standards for third world states like Texas and Arkansas.

* &quot;The duty of the prosecutor is to seek justice, not merely to convict.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I fail to see how use of lethal force can be justified for an unarmed man surrounded by seven officers but Fairley either has some different information or different understanding of the constitutional use of such force.&#8221;</p>
<p>*************</p>
<p>Well it&#8217;s a common misunderstanding you have there JT. The prosecutor obviously feels the compulsive, reflexive need to protect the police department from all comers in order to preserve the &#8220;police state&#8221; mentality in the town. You- similar to the ABA standards* for prosecutors &#8211; believe our public servant here has the obligation to do justice. It&#8217;s a small exception to the standards for third world states like Texas and Arkansas.</p>
<p>* &#8220;The duty of the prosecutor is to seek justice, not merely to convict.&#8221;</p>
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