Comments by "Don Taylor" (@dontaylor7315) on "Steve Lehto" channel.

  1. In our long shameful history of 1) truth vs the law and 2) justice vs the law, 3) in just a few cases, once in awhile, truth and justice win. I'm sure the prosecutorial profession and lawmakers in every state are working hard to prevent any more of those cases from slipping through. After all, how are you going to instill respect for the law if people have recourse to truth and justice?
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  2.  @alanmcentee9457  Libel laws might be weaker in general (for ordinary citizens) than in the US but I'm sure I remember hearing someone talking about the case who said corporations are very shielded from negative publicity/criticism. EDIT: I take your point about the legal expenses; McDonald's went after a gnat with an elephant gun.
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  3. Just change "profession" to "occupation." I wouldn't want the board to be dominated by clerks, cops or baristas whether or not their work is self-regulated and licensed like realtors or nurses.
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  4. In-your-face theft-wirh-a-smile might not be "burglary" but it's bare-faced bullying and I don't see how it's a misdemeanor less than robbery.
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  5. I suppose "irreparable harm" means somebody could lose re-election lol.
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  6. Here's what he'd get if he'd been sentenced in my state: Texas pays $80,000 per year served; partial years are prorated (25 years=$2million). Also, the state pays any child support that went into arrears plus interest. Should be more? Yes. But I wish all states did at least that much.
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  7. A zillion movies have "monster" in the title but I bet Monster Energy hasn't flexed at any of them because they've got too many lawyers, guns and money to be bullied. They're going after targets that are vulnerable under our unfair legal system that favors the wealthier party in any lawsuit
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  8. $200K sounds like a settlement calculated to enable the PD to continue making false arrests without worrying about the expense.
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  9. ​ @gregb6469  I've been pulled over but not searched or arrested too. I don't "look or act suspicious" either; I look and act white.
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  10. This isn't just a question of what's appropriate behavior in a court. Much more importantly it's a question of plain minimal human decency. That judge isn't just a badly behaved jurist, she's likely the worst kind of neighbor to have on your block.
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  11. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Anonymous saying often quoted by Voltaire
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  12. Hooray for the IJ and kudos to Steve for promoting them so loyally! That said, if this brand of police racketeering is eventually abolished then legislative lackeys of the same ilk that created this racket will just create a new racket for them to work on We The People. There needs to be some sort of law that preemptively outlaws all attempts at government and law-enforcement racketeering. I suppose it's tricky to write such a law and make it stick, but someone should try
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  13. I'm sure there are perfect stops/citations/arrests every day but Steve is being way too charitable when he says that happens 99.999% of the time.
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  14.  @robertadams8192  @ingiford175 So are you guys saying Steve made that part up?
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  15. So the State of Massachusetts was in the business of framing as many defendants as possible until it got caught. Sounds like something my state (Texas) would do.
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  16. Sounds like an intelligent well-trained police chief who's nevertheless got serious issues stemming from other causes, like she's got irrational obsessions. A completely sane law-enforcement professional doesn't think it's imperative that if you go out on a call you don't come back without arresting someone.
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  17. I strongly suspect this is far from the only law concerning LEOs and PDs that needs to be upgraded from just-kidding status to fully enforceable.
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  18. Interesting case, close decision, both sides have a point. I like the outcome but I bet the cops and prosecutors are pissed.
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  19. Plenty of info here about how lawsuits work in these situations but I wonder why criminal law didn't play a role. When the squatter assaulted the owner with a baseball bat why didn't he report the assault and charge the assailant?
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  20. Heartless bastards didn't care, wouldn't help, and should be sued by the victim and/or the police department.
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  21. If Hilton Head Island is anything like Austin the harassment isn't over. Lifetime Austinites and longtime homeowners are being driven out by property tax increases designed to force them out so gentrification can take over their neighborhoods. In my view, city government is brazenly engaging in racketeering right out in the open.
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  22. Ha! So "sovereign immunity" means "you can't sue the king," huh? That suggests the police and the municipalities that employ them have grandiose delusions of royalty. Literally.
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  23. When it comes to law I'm about as knowledgeable as a rock, so I watch a Lehto video every now and then because I usually learn something. I'm also an NPR listener so I'd already heard about the decision but when Steve made a few remarks about the side issue of what's owed the state he used a phrase I'm not familiar with: Unjust enrichment. I like that. I don't know what the legal limitations of that term are, but the moral/ethical connotations it conjures up are fascinating.
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  24.  @seadog686  What's the relevance of your reply? Is it that reporting the existence of that decision was a Gosteleradio move?
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  25. Sorry, I can't offer the kind of arcane legal commentary that seems to be obligatory in Lehto's Law threads, but fairness (if not law) suggests this: 1) The wrongfully arrested owner should file a criminal complaint against the person who maliciously went after him with deliberately fraudulent claims of ownership, and 2) if the police don't act on the complaint, he should sue her for defamation and/or slander.
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  26. I'll buy Steve's suggestion that the guy is stressed and overworked. But the thing is, if he's under such a workload he has to do something that weird to relieve himself (sorry, can't get around the pun) isn't he in the wrong line of work? In a different job he might make less money but wouldn't the relief be worth it? He's got a year to sort that out while he's suspended and I hope he gets it before he goes back into that cycle.
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  27. I've wondered about that for a long time. It always seemed to me a witness could just turn to the judge and say "Your honor, I don't understand the question: if I answer yes or no I'll be violating the oath I just took to tell the WHOLE truth."
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  28. Steve mentioned stops for flashing headlights at an approaching motorist. I imagine a valid defense might be "I flashed my lights to say: Hey, you're driving unsafely - slow down and stop endangering the rest of us." Maybe the "Radar ahead" sign could be defended with a similar statement but I like the idea of invoking free speech instead.
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  29. I agree with Steve most of the time, including what he says on his squatter-related videos, but I sometimes worry that he might be just a little bit overzealous on this one issue. I'm for any bill that protects people living in a home they own that's been invaded, if that's all it does. BUT... I'm against any bill that purposely or inadvertently gives any protection at all to real estate sharks in the buy-and-flip racket, and/or slumlords. In either of those instances I favor squatter's rights.
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  30. In disputes that involve squatting my sympathize are normally with the squatter but that's partly because squats are usually not in use when the squatter moves in. This woman isn't playing fair - and that's an understatement; she sounds just plain mean.
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  31.  @tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916  You're a little late in welcoming me. I've been observing the growth of this system ever since Reagan's election in 1980. And no, wasn't the same before that. If you think it was you're too young to remember the Eisenhower administration. I'm not. Corporations were paying tax rates higher than Bernie and the Squad would dare demand today and contrary to the dire claims of the corporate ruling class today, it wasn't hurting profits or driving companies out of the country. They were manufacturing all the stuff we now depend on China and other countries for. People worked for the same company their entire lives and then retired without any fear that they wouldn't be adequately supported in their last years. The rich had too much influence of course, but outright corporate ownership of government hadn't been invented yet; Congress functioned in both Houses and the parties worked out compromises on a regular basis, unlike the deadlock we take for granted now.
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  32. @Mr. Skipper Yes but the only ones I've been aware of spelled it with a w.
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  33. @caligulathegod That's pretty much how I'd pronounce it but folks named Matzschk say Matish, at least around here.
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  34. @TissuePaper That's my thought too, just two syllables, but my way is "check" for the second syllable.
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  35. @caligulathegod Looking up Eastern European names and pronunciations is a good idea, just bear in mind that in the Texas dialects of those languages it's hard to predict how things will be pronounced. Tex-Deutsch is another one and it's as different from its original as Tex-Mex, our version of Spanglish.
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  36. Well, removing that law will being Michigan into the late-20th century at least.
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  37. ​ @lorenwillis425  You're right but you're gonna get trolled as a grammar nazi. In this century it's a no-no to say words actually MEAN things.
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  38. It's refreshing to hear someone say "overbroad.'" Most people would say it the stupid way, using the the idiotic word "overly."
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  39. It's been a year. Have any follow-ups been uploaded by Steve or any other channels?
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  40. On issues like civil assets forfeiture, the problem looks more like a question of philosophy than law. The majority of federal judges/justices were appointed by administrations with a philosophy that expansion of the police state is a priority which overrides citizens' rights, and the appointees reflect that philosophy. So when you go into court to defend yourself from abuses of police power, the court isn't interested in your rights; there HAS to be a nonprofit like IJ or the ACLU to intervene on your behalf or else the fact that you're in court in the USA is moot and void. Since there CAN'T be a nonprofit available for the thousands of cases that come up, the vast majority of such victims can't hope to get an American-style hearing that recognizes American rights.
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  41. The only good thing I can say about the Pinkerton agency is that they employed Charles Siringo and Dashiell Hammett, two authors whose works were partially inspired by their experiences as Pinkerton detectives. That doesn't excuse Pinkerton's role providing thugs to help industrialists suppress labor unions.
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  42. ​ @danphariss133  That's why I think billionaires and multimillionaires should be taxed so heavily they could each afford only one mansion, one vacation home, one luxury yacht, one private jet and one chauffeured limousine - without enough spare change left over to own even one congressperson.
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  43. When I hear the phrase "safe deposit box," the image it evokes is a bank not a shop. Seems to me it's a lot easier for the FBI to pull a heist in a shop than in a bank. Maybe banks ought to advertise the fact their boxes will probably keep your stuff safer from rogue law enforcement.
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  44. There was a big high wall there That tried to stop me; A sign was painted, It said private property; But on the back side It didn't say nothing; This land was made for you and me. Woody Guthrie
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  45. ​ @hansbaeker9769  I went to college in a small town in the '60s. Once I wanted to go to a concert in a nearby city. My roommate, whom I didn't know well, was a nice guy and lent me his car keys giving me a brief description of the car. I took it to a service station, gassed up for the trip and drove back to campus where I found very concerned students upset about someone's missing car. The car I was driving was the same make and color as my roommate's (don't remember about the model) but it wasn't my roommate's. When I drove out of town a little later I was in the right car, but that's how I learned an ignition key might not be unique to just one vehicle.
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  46.  @fluffskunk  It's not but that's just a habit. No reason habits can't be changed. Don't be afraid to break some eggs.😜
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  47. Same here but that was over 50 years ago and even then I probably would have been mistaken.
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  48.  @volvo09  @niq872 Reading your replies I suspect y'all voice-typed them. Some very funny-looking stuff gets posted that way. Two suggestions: 1) Proof what you type. 2) If it's voice-typed proof it TWICE.
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  49.  @joshgreen2164  I still want to think it can be saved. What encourages me is the fact We The People are measurably left of both the parties that pretend to represent us, and the fact there's now a corporate-free wing in Congress that's gradually growing to a size the DNC and RNC won't always be able to block or ignore. When it achieves critical mass we just might be able to end corporate ownership of government.
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  50.  @Unsensitive  I was implying that the waste authority's position is to the right (not "far right" but definitely to the right) of the position that a citizen can choose how to dispose of personal solid waste so long as it's not in a harmful way. Edit: When money in government dictates policy, that's to the right of the people's constitutional liberties.
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