Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "The Civil Rights Lawyer" channel.

Apparently, being dead is a form of resistance to some officers.
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It looks to me like that department is insanely overstaffed and hence, overfunded. Now, a more appropriate response would be to eyeball the merchandise and let friends know, with pictures (with permission) sent of examples. You know, help out enterprising honest citizens in their efforts to get a little more scratch. You know, community building, not community wrecking.
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@terranhealer an AED doesn't start anything. Chest compressions should be initiated immediately, applying the AED, which will automagically determine if a shock is needed to defibrillate the heart. First lesson, whenever you see a medical scene on TV and they shock a flatline, turn if off, that's bullshit. Only fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia are shockable events, nothing else gets a shock. Second lesson, compressions, compressions, compressions. Can't repeat that enough. Third lesson, if you're doing the compressions right, ribs will be broken. If you have someone available to help, they can monitor the quality of compressions by feeling for a carotid pulse, which would match the compressions until the heart beats on its own and compressions should cease.
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@damon22441 OK, so if I'm working for the federal government, I need to wear a body camera to fix a PC in a classified document processing area? You do realize that the SRT in question isn't a federal unit, but state police?
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@jameshall4503 which originated from DeShaney v. Winnebago County, a 1989 case.
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@Censorthisbananahamock true. Many don't realize that a substantial portion of the population is military trained as well. Which means an escalation framework of our own. Escalate, be ready for insane escalation. Going for gun, well, that's when it's time to inflict harm and actually resist, with lethal intent. Then, radio in for more officers, as I'm running low on ammunition. I've never been accused of being a diplomat. But, oddly, I've wrangled diplomatic solutions quickly. And in the film, Rambo did screw up repeatedly. In the book, Troutman shot Rambo with the sheriff's shotgun. Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent, it does remain a course of action in extreme circumstances and I excel in special circumstances.
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@shivasirons6159 people are well accustomed to liars and hypocrites. So, testimony would be, me said one thing and did the opposite and attacked him.
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@williamshelton4318 I dunno, every time someone ends up shot by police, they spoke of fear. They seem to be very fear filled people.
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@williamshelton4318 a stopped heart is asystole and shocking it won't help. One can shock ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, that's the only shockable patterns and the automation inside of the AED will only deliver defibbrilation or cardioversion when the pattern is appropriate. When my wife died, she was totally flatlined, complete asystole, not even pulseless electrical activity that can resemble a QRS complex (normal heartbeat waveform), the AED wouldn't and couldn't administer a shock. When the paramedics arrived and plugged in the monitor, I knew she was gone. I was an Army medic and paramedic for a long time, so yeah, I know how to operate the equipment and how to read it.
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Came onto the property, destroyed private property without a warrant apparently, then told him "We're not here for you". "OK, then get the fuck off of my property, as I now consider you armed men unlawfully trespassing upon my property." Conversation over, I reenter my domicile. Unlawful entry will then be greeted with double tap zero reflex shots and my training exceeds SWAT training, courtesy of the US taxpayer. "Oh, so you're here with a warrant for someone else?" No warrant, again, "Well, I don't give a flying fuck if you're here for Jesus, no warrant, no service, but you sure accumulated a bill for destroyed private property and be advised, we're a castle doctrine state". You can and you can't, because god-cops. "Officer, what is the effective range of your MP5?" "200 meters. Know the maximum effective range of an excuse is? The same as for bullshit, zero meters". I'd not let them inside of my home. Currently, it's heating greater Erie at his expense, while his camera is happily living in the snow, as apparently, wall mounted devices are illegal under decree of god-cops, who legislate by MP5 fiat. I'd also not be conversing with local yokels or state police, but with the US Marshal. At least with them in charge, things should go by the numbers. Obey the law and Constitution, we'll have a fine time discussing technical points of breach to entry, cordon and search, ballistics and an invitation to the range the next time I'm going. Only one cop ever outshot me and he was my unit's sniper. Guy always took me by one point, which is fine. He loved my competition pistol and rifle. One point that our host got wrong. The curtilage isn't protected, per the SCOTUS, save if a secure fence is around the entire property line, preventing access to the curtilage. UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Ronald Dale DUNN. It literally temps me to get a Silent Warrior sensor system.
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So, we've got a lawless enforcement officer falsifying an official document, perjury before the court via that falsified document and worse if he also testified to that orally or via deposition. Aggravated battery of a protected person under color of law. Just for a warm up. But, that's following his training. That should be promising testimony in any future case involving that department. And combat related dementia means that he's suffered from repeated traumatic brain injuries, which the lawless enforcement officer has now worsened. And he was snoring, but not giving the lawless enforcement office her hands. People don't snore while awake. If he's having seizures at this point, I'm sorry to say that his prognosis is not good and murder charges should be filed should he expire. Not gonna happen, then cops act surprised when people ambush them. Or in this case, hopefully the entire VFW. And yeah, I'm a veteran too.
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@jesusofbullets what an ideal solution! OK, all federal law enforcement officers wear cameras that always record. The county mounties SWAT team still don't wear cameras, so you've fixed precisely what? If I have a broken window, fixing the neighbor's kitchen sink won't fix the broken window in my house.
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@Jedi-Nite save for two things. People aren't robots, so aren't programmed and for some odd reason, soldiers that are trained to kill oddly don't end up doing that when they come home.
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In my experience, having ran ranges that local LEO's used along with us during weapons qualification for my military unit, only the upper floors would be in danger. Most of them can't shoot worth a damn. That's why you'll hear of shootouts where 67 shots got fired and nobody was injured. Well, property was damaged, but that isn't an injury to cops, only courts were cops not immune from litigation.
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@damon22441 you made a fairly blanket statement that's a lot absurd and insanely expensive to needlessly implement. I worked at a DoD depot base, your statement would have an office building of logistical workers wearing body cameras for no reason. Law enforcement makes sense, communications and logistics workers makes zero sense and those are far more common in numbers than those in positions of public trust.
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@guts-141 he said an undefined "few and obvious exceptions", if one is making exceptions, one needs to define them, especially given most federal employees are not armed, not law enforcement and have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with a local SWAT team. What would logistical officers for a federal agency have to do with a county SWAT team? What good would federal agents in law enforcement wearing cameras do when a county SWAT team is shooting a minor child that is sleeping?
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@nightnight9164 so, it's OK to spend $2k for a ballistic vest, but too much to spend $100 on a camera per man with a gun, thereby missing a fatal incident. That's the equivalent of buying a condom, then leaving it at home, but saying you have one. Worse than useless, save at home. But then, Rosey Palms will remain safe and protected.
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@nightnight9164 "If you used common sense you would know he means any Agent, SRT, officer, etc should be wearing a body cam when they are about to conduct a search or out on the field in general." Is there a disagreement present? Poop, re-read, I meant to mention the counterargument isn't much of an argument at all. Damned dyslexia! Too often, idiots complain about a $100 camera, after funding a $2k vest, $1k rifle and ludicrous maintenance fees for unused armored vehicles (trust me, I've operated them in the military, armor is heavy, which increases seal leakage and hence, maintenance costs), etc. Penny wise, pound foolish. I know a hell of a lot of cops. Old Army buddies, for the most part. When sitting with them, tipping back a few, once a conversation started over armored vehicles. I asked, "What does God want with a starship?". He blinked a few times, thought about it and said, "I have no fucking idea why God would want a starship or my department would want an APC". Then, we returned to stomping a few more recalcitrant braincells. A rifle makes sense, as it has range over an imprecise handgun. Armor makes sense, as does a camera, as that provides evidence in court.
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So, the first amendment is only allowed in Tennessee? Send the US Army back in for more reconstruction, repeal Posse Comitatus. A recorded threat to abuse his discretionary authority, but qualified immunity applies? General lawlessness by a lawless enforcement officer. Mom raised me that when one's right, one is right and should always be supported, when one is wrong, one is wrong and trying to defend being wrong, well heaven won't bother trying to help you. As a juror, which I have as a civic duty a number of times, I apply those lessons.
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That's what Frank Serpico said and still says.
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And a local prostitutor.
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Perjury is a crime for commoners.
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"Oh, go fuck off". "Oh? OK, I've no ID, however I have enough for DISS and my clearance is higher than yours is, I can write a national security letter defining you as a terrorist". Good, now go kick a rock. Similar to an actual incident I endured, while couriering a secure, classified package. Idiot actually started to open the marked classified parcel when his phone rang to tell him that his career had ended. Protocol is open outer, see the classified marking, make a call to report classified exposed, whoopsie. Trying to open it, a violation of the Espionage Act.
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@weswelborne4582 one shocks ventricular fibrillation, one shocks ventricular tachycardia, which can lead to ventricular fibrillation. One doesn't shock asystole, as there is nothing to synchronize a shock with and the shock would be useless anyway. Compressions only buy time to get a defibrillator to hopefully be able to shock ventricular fibrillation, which is a leading cause of eventual asystole. Once sufficient time has passed without defibrillation or if a defibrillator was ineffective, the humane thing to do is cease fruitless efforts. A little over a year ago, I had to make that very choice with my wife of over 41 years. The EMT's and paramedic initially wanted to continue, but soon realized once the paramedic plugged in the monitor, that zero electrical activity was irreversible. The sepsis moved quickly and caused catastrophic damage. I suspected what was the case early, due to hard earned experience as an SF medic. The paramedic's monitor confirmed that my world was destroyed that night. Well, I'm off to collapse for a day and a week. Took a 10 mile stroll today and my body's reminding me that I'm not still in Army shape and that I'm 61 years old. Gotta rehydrate as well, it was 95 degrees out and one small Gatorade (Lord, but I hate that flavored lactated Ringer's solution crap) and a single water bottle, well, didn't urinate since 11:00 until 19:00 and then, it was quite dark, that dipstick says I'm around a quart low. I'll eat in a couple of hours, once rehydrated.
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