36% Favor A Stop and Frisk Law Where They Live
Just over one-out-of-three voters favor a stop and frisk law like New York City’s and think such a law actually fights crime.
The New York City law allows police to stop and frisk anyone on the street whom they consider suspicious, but 50% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose having a stop and frisk law where they live. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 36% favor such a law, while 13% are undecided. -Rasmussen Report
Just over one-out-of-three voters favor a stop and frisk law like New York City’s and think such a law actually fights crime.
The New York City law allows police to stop and frisk anyone on the street whom they consider suspicious, but 50% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose having a stop and frisk law where they live. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 36% favor such a law, while 13% are undecided. -Rasmussen Report
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Facebook Commenter Criticizes Cops, Cops Threaten To Come Find Him
When a South Carolina man criticized his local police department on Facebook for rounding up drug offenders rather than using resources to better prevent violent crime, the police chief threatened to hunt him down and arrest him for giving reasonable suspicion that he might be a criminal.
In a recent Facebook post the Columbia Police Department Interim Police Chief Ruben Santiago announced that the department had seized around $40,000 worth of marijuana from an apartment during a drug investigation.
Resident Brandon Whitmer commented on the post, saying: “Maybe u should arrest the people shooting people in 5 points instead of worrying about a stoner that’s not bothering anyone. It’ll be legal here one day anyway.”
Santiago promptly responded via the CPD Facebook page: “@Brandon whitmer, we have arrested all the violent offenders in Five points. Thank you for sharing your views and giving us reasonable suspicion to believe you might be a criminal, we will work on finding you.”
The post was quickly deleted and Santiago replaced it with another comment. But, the tone of the new post was less “sorry, it’s not right to threaten critics” and more “if you criticize the police and advocate marijuana reform, you may be a criminal.”
The new comment read: “This is Interim Chief Santiago posting. I was just notified that one of my staff members deleted my post. I put everyone on notice that if you advocate for the use of illegal substances in the City of Columbia then it’s reasonable to believe that you MIGHT also be involved in that particular activity, threat? [sic] Why would someone feel threaten [sic] if you are not doing anything wrong? Apply the same concept to gang activity or gang members. You can have gang tattoos and advocate that life style, but that only makes me suspicious of them, I can’t do anything until they commit a crime. So feel free to express yourself, and I will continue to express myself and what we stand for. I am always open to hearing how our citizens feel like we can be effective in fighting crime.”
In an unrelated incident, Santiago recently filed a defamation suit against a former Columbia police captain who said Santiago the chief was planning to plant drugs in the car of a top city official. –Personal Liberty Digest
When a South Carolina man criticized his local police department on Facebook for rounding up drug offenders rather than using resources to better prevent violent crime, the police chief threatened to hunt him down and arrest him for giving reasonable suspicion that he might be a criminal.
In a recent Facebook post the Columbia Police Department Interim Police Chief Ruben Santiago announced that the department had seized around $40,000 worth of marijuana from an apartment during a drug investigation.
Resident Brandon Whitmer commented on the post, saying: “Maybe u should arrest the people shooting people in 5 points instead of worrying about a stoner that’s not bothering anyone. It’ll be legal here one day anyway.”
Santiago promptly responded via the CPD Facebook page: “@Brandon whitmer, we have arrested all the violent offenders in Five points. Thank you for sharing your views and giving us reasonable suspicion to believe you might be a criminal, we will work on finding you.”
The post was quickly deleted and Santiago replaced it with another comment. But, the tone of the new post was less “sorry, it’s not right to threaten critics” and more “if you criticize the police and advocate marijuana reform, you may be a criminal.”
The new comment read: “This is Interim Chief Santiago posting. I was just notified that one of my staff members deleted my post. I put everyone on notice that if you advocate for the use of illegal substances in the City of Columbia then it’s reasonable to believe that you MIGHT also be involved in that particular activity, threat? [sic] Why would someone feel threaten [sic] if you are not doing anything wrong? Apply the same concept to gang activity or gang members. You can have gang tattoos and advocate that life style, but that only makes me suspicious of them, I can’t do anything until they commit a crime. So feel free to express yourself, and I will continue to express myself and what we stand for. I am always open to hearing how our citizens feel like we can be effective in fighting crime.”
In an unrelated incident, Santiago recently filed a defamation suit against a former Columbia police captain who said Santiago the chief was planning to plant drugs in the car of a top city official. –Personal Liberty Digest
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44% Favor Gay Marriage, 44% Oppose
Voters nationwide are almost evenly divided when asked if marriage is a religious or civil institution, but slightly more feel laws regarding marriage should be set at the state or local level rather than by the federal government. There are sharp differences of opinion over gay marriage depending on how voters feel about these two issues.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters consider marriage to be more of a religious institution than a civil one. Nearly as many (45%) regard marriage more as a civil institution. –Rasmussen Report
Voters nationwide are almost evenly divided when asked if marriage is a religious or civil institution, but slightly more feel laws regarding marriage should be set at the state or local level rather than by the federal government. There are sharp differences of opinion over gay marriage depending on how voters feel about these two issues.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters consider marriage to be more of a religious institution than a civil one. Nearly as many (45%) regard marriage more as a civil institution. –Rasmussen Report
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