theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 27, 2010 12:06:00 GMT -5
I give the Feds props for digging through all of this mess. It sounds like they have been fairly intrusive in their methods and have asked students to participate in interviews/questioning. Hopefully Harbin families have been providing good guidance to their children. I would say parents of students in that building have the most need for information right now. One message should be clear right now, which is that the Feds ain't playing. For some of these folks, a couple of days in Central Lockup wouldn't be a bad thing. I am happy that everyone is taking drugs on campus seriously , but I really hope we don't hear anymore reports of students handcuffed and removed, at least not in view of other students. I have to imagine that feeling like you're on an episode of The Wire is not helping freshmen get comfortable on campus. ... Unless Bubbs is around selling t-shirts. That actually would make people quite comfortable. As for the students being questioned, sure almost all of them are probably 18, but I would bet that the vast majority have never dealt with this sort of situation. I hope that their legal rights are being respected. It is one thing to root out the dealers in the building. It would be quite another if kids start accidentally fessing up to things that any lawyer worth his salt would tell them they have a right to keep quiet. (I'm not saying this is happening, but just another of the many concerns.) What's the problem with handcuffing and removing people in view of students? Hurting their itty-bitty feelings? If cops would do this to someone who wasn't in college, do it to Georgetown students. Being in college doesn't get you a "get out of perp walk free" card. |
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Post by williambraskyiii on Oct 27, 2010 12:22:28 GMT -5
I am happy that everyone is taking drugs on campus seriously , but I really hope we don't hear anymore reports of students handcuffed and removed, at least not in view of other students. I have to imagine that feeling like you're on an episode of The Wire is not helping freshmen get comfortable on campus. ... Unless Bubbs is around selling t-shirts. That actually would make people quite comfortable. As for the students being questioned, sure almost all of them are probably 18, but I would bet that the vast majority have never dealt with this sort of situation. I hope that their legal rights are being respected. It is one thing to root out the dealers in the building. It would be quite another if kids start accidentally fessing up to things that any lawyer worth his salt would tell them they have a right to keep quiet. (I'm not saying this is happening, but just another of the many concerns.) What's the problem with handcuffing and removing people in view of students? Hurting their itty-bitty feelings? If cops would do this to someone who wasn't in college, do it to Georgetown students. Being in college doesn't get you a "get out of perp walk free" card. yeah, strummer you are losing credibility by the second...are you sure you went to law school? Why don't you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while. Also, what's with all the Harry Potter references in the comments? I'm lost again. Its been 10 years since I graduated and it feels like its been 50 based on Harbin now vs. Harbin then... |
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Post by strummer85 on Oct 27, 2010 13:09:46 GMT -5
I never said anything about the "itty-bitty feelings" of the people getting arrested. That doesn't matter one bit to me. But if you think that it looks good for the University or creates a positive atmosphere on campus to have multiple students publicly dragged out of their rooms in handcuffs, then we'll just have to disagree on that.
I'll start sitting out now, as apparently even the most benign posts on this story prompt angry responses.
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 27, 2010 13:36:19 GMT -5
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 27, 2010 16:00:23 GMT -5
I never said anything about the "itty-bitty feelings" of the people getting arrested. That doesn't matter one bit to me. But if you think that it looks good for the University or creates a positive atmosphere on campus to have multiple students publicly dragged out of their rooms in handcuffs, then we'll just have to disagree on that. I'll start sitting out now, as apparently even the most benign posts on this story prompt angry responses. It doesn't look good for the University because some of its students were (allegedly) making drugs. Arresting them is what you do when someone does something illegal. The police have no requirement to make people look good when they do it. People get arrested in a variety of locales, and it never looks good or makes those around them happy. I have yet to see a justification from you as to why Georgetown students should be treated differently from anyone else. |
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Post by Guest on Oct 27, 2010 16:00:34 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 27, 2010 16:54:27 GMT -5
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Post by rosslynhoya on Oct 27, 2010 20:11:37 GMT -5
As for the students being questioned, sure almost all of them are probably 18, but I would bet that the vast majority have never dealt with this sort of situation. I hope that their legal rights are being respected. It is one thing to root out the dealers in the building. It would be quite another if kids start accidentally fessing up to things that any lawyer worth his salt would tell them they have a right to keep quiet. (I'm not saying this is happening, but just another of the many concerns.) I shan't pass up such a clear-cut opportunity to post James Duane's lecture on the 5th Amendment: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8167533318153586646#(Yes, I know it's long, but it's good for you ... especially if you're a student or other young adult who's never learned anything about the police other than what they've shown you on Law and Order). |
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Post by HometownHoya on Oct 28, 2010 10:06:42 GMT -5
Also, what's with all the Harry Potter references in the comments? I'm lost again. Its been 10 years since I graduated and it feels like its been 50 based on Harbin now vs. Harbin then... I haven't even been graduated a full year and it feels like its been 20 years compared to my freshman year |
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Post by TC on Oct 29, 2010 9:52:37 GMT -5
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Post by ksf42001 on Oct 29, 2010 10:06:40 GMT -5
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TC
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Post by TC on Oct 29, 2010 10:11:19 GMT -5
Worst article ever too. How do you post a whole story that is sourced by one internet site and not link to it?
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Post by Jack on Oct 29, 2010 10:20:03 GMT -5
Worst article ever too. How do you post a whole story that is sourced by one internet site and not link to it? Well the story does say the blog is no longer publicly available. |
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Oct 29, 2010 10:40:13 GMT -5
Shouldn't there be a google archive of the blog somewhere?
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Oct 29, 2010 21:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 22, 2011 2:29:03 GMT -5
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Jan 22, 2011 11:29:42 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the girl? Is she still in school?
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 12, 2011 10:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by Guest on Feb 12, 2011 10:46:17 GMT -5
Nope, but I wonder whether the alternative was much, much worse...
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