NORTON ALIVE~ extremely clever video

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No, not just clever...very clever. Turn ON your sound, then click on:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKqpvriKZuA 

 

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CALIFORNIA:


http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120930/A_NEWS02/209300323/-1/a_news02
911 Briefs
Sept. 30, 2012
By The Record September 30, 2012 12:00 AM
Patrols to target motorcyclists STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department will be patrolling areas frequented by motorcyclists today as part of a safety and enforcement effort.
The officers will be looking for motorcyclists who are breaking traffic laws or driving while intoxicated.
Funding for the effort is provided to the department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


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http://www.i4u.com/2012/09/pasadena/plan-enforcement-sunday-pasadena-police-motorcycle-campaign
Pasadena police plan motorcycle enforcement campaign Sunday
More: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Pasadena 10 images Stephen Dunn, Getty Images

PASADENA -- Police are planning a motorcycle safety enforcement campaign Sunday, officials said. Extra officers will be on patrol in areas frequented by motorcyclists, and where motorcycles crashes are known to occur, Pasadena police say ...

CA - LAPD to Protect and Serve? Yeah, Right.

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Surveillance video from a Del Taco not far from where Michelle Jordan, 34, was stopped by police has prompted an internal investigation into how LAPD handled the arrest, which the woman says was unnecessarily rough.

The security video — obtained exclusively by NBC4 – shows a patrol car pull up at about 11:15 a.m. on Aug. 21 near Foothill Boulevard at Saluda in the Tujunga area.

Police say they pulled her over for allegedly using her cell phone while driving. It looks like a routine traffic stop, until Jordan gets out of her vehicle.

“She made some unwise moves,” said her attorney Sy Nazif. “But certainly nothing that warranted a physical assault from the LAPD.”

Moments after Jordan, of Sunland, gets out of the car, officers put her in handcuffs. After some discussion, perhaps argumentative by Jordan’s own account, one of the officers throws her to the pavement, head first.

“A short time later while still handcuffed another encounter occurred between Jordan and the officers and she was taken to the ground a second time,” according to a statement released by LAPD Tuesday night.

Raymond Branch was outside the Del Taco when the arrest went down.

“The first part, I believe they had a right to arrest her for resisting, but the second part was overboard,” Branch said.

The 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of interfering/resisting arrest and released on her own recognizance.

Jordan and her attorney say the move caused her serious injuries to the head and upper body, which they have documented with photos, as shown below.

“At no point was she a threat to these officers, and she was in cuffs,” Nazif said. “We give them authority and power. If somebody says the wrong thing, they can’t use that , use that authority to physically attack her.”

The LAPD says a use of force investigation has been launched in the case and both male officers — one with 22 years of service, the other a probationary officer with 10 months on the job — have been taken off the street until the probe is complete.

The case has made its way to the desk of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

“My initial review of the officers’ statements and the recorded video cause (sic) me to have serious concerns about this Use of Force,” Beck said in a statement. ”We will investigate this thoroughly and hold our officers accountable for their actions.”

This incident is the latest involving what suspects have described as rough arrests on the part of LAPD officers.

That officer has been “downgraded” from commanding officer, but will still retain the rank of captain, according to LAPD spokeswoman Karen Rayner.

 

Scoop: Sons of Anarchy Casts Hells Angel as Nomad Charter Boss

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Sons of Anarchy boss Kurt Sutter has enlisted a real Angel — a Hells Angel, more specifically — to play a charter president during Season 5 of the FX hit.
“In episode 509, we meet Quinn, the nomad president we’ve mentioned since Season 1, played by the incredibly substantial @RustyCoones,” Sutter shared on Twitter. (An FX rep confirmed for TVLine the casting of the 6-foot-5, 285-lb. biker/musician.)
The Nomads — or, club members who don’t belong to a specific charter — figure into the coming season when a few from its ranks get voted into the SAMCRO. In fact, another Hells Angel, Chuck Zito (Oz), will recur as one of the new arrivals, Frankie Diamonds.
Coones is the founder of the Orange County chapter of Hells Angels, and has served as president of the motorcycle club’s San Fernando Valley chapter. His heavy-metal band, Attika7, has contributed songs for Sons over the years, and his Illusion Motorsports bike shop has custom-built at last two rides for Sutter.
Earlier this year, Coones appeared on TV with a visit to Discovery Channel’s The Devils Ride.
Season 5 of Sons premieres Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 10/9c.

NH Law Enforcement Proves That Unconstitutional “Sobriety” Checkpoints Are Not Actually About Roadway Safety

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Police in Bedford, NH recently obtained a court order to conduct a “sobriety checkpoint” as required by state law:
NH RSA 265:1-a Sobriety Checkpoints
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct sobriety checkpoints for the purposes of enforcing the criminal laws of this state, unless such law enforcement officer or agency petitions the superior court and the court issues an order authorizing the sobriety checkpoint after determining that the sobriety checkpoint is warranted and the proposed method of stopping vehicles satisfies constitutional guarantees.

So, essentially, these checkpoints legally need to be about catching drunk drivers.
Getting the court to approve such an order requires a legal showing that such government action is actually required to protect the public from the dangers of impaired motor vehicle operators.
The Union Leader reports that out of 268 suspicion-less detentions, 11 people were arrested, only 1 was actually driving while intoxicated.
That’s a pathetic 0.373% success rate.
So Soviet-era checkpoints are necessary to catch drunk drivers and are not intended to enforce other criminal laws?
I’ve caught more drunk drivers by simply watching a stationary curve in the roadway… and I didn’t have to mass interfere with the freedom of movement we’re supposed to have in this county.