Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Defense Witness List

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

BENJAMIN CRUMP, ESQ’S RESPONSE

police-citizen encounters which invoke the fourth amendment: police-citizen communications

[NBC RESPONSE PDF ] Case No. 2012-CA-006178

From
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Alirio HASTAMORIR, Hernan Lopez, Antonio Ledezma, Defendants-Appellants.
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We have identified three categories of police-citizen encounters which invoke the fourth amendment: police-citizen communications involving no coercion or detention; brief seizures or investigative detentions; and full-scale arrests. United States v. Espinosa-Guerra,805 F.2d 1502, 1506 (11th Cir.1986); United States v. Berry,670 F.2d 583, 591 (5th Cir. Unit B 1982) (in banc). The first category of police-citizen encounters fails to implicate fourth amendment scrutiny. The second category, investigative detentions, involves reasonably brief encounters in which a reasonable person would have believed that he or she was not free to leave. READ MORE

Politics Nation with Al Sharpton

Monday, March 25, 2013

What Qualifications Do You Need to Be a Bouncer?

 Training for bouncers may combine combat procedures
 with sensitivity training. (Photo: hostile enforcer image by
Brett Mulcahy from Fotolia.com)

Training

Most establishments that hire bouncers will require the bouncers to attend some kind of training either in-house or provided by an outside security training organization. Training may include legal issues and laws concerning use of physical force, alcohol, under-aged patrons and proper criminal procedures in working with law enforcement. Training also may encompass acceptable combat and self-defense moves for a bouncer in addition to sensitivity training to ensure bouncers are not overly aggressive in the course of the job. Required training regulations may differ according to the state. In California for example, regulations stipulate that a bouncer should attend the Skills Training Course for Security Guards in order to receive a security license.

Personality

A successful bouncer must possess certain personality traits and people skills to maintain order and enforce rules and regulations. He must have an ability to confront offenders in a manner that conveys authority but without further provoking or antagonizing any individual or group. An overly aggressive demeanor can exacerbate a difficult situation, so a bouncer must possess or learn to develop the skills needed to diffuse tension.

Zimmerman's Unknown Character Witnesses