Thursday, December 27, 2012
If you are licensed to own a gun, would you want your name and address publicized?
A news publication in New York is under scrutiny for publishing the names and addresses of gun owners. Less than two weeks after the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., the New York Journal News earlier this week published the names and addresses of local gun owners in three New York counties. A story titled, "The gun owner next door: What you don't know about the weapons in your neighborhood," highlights the names and addresses of residents who are licensed to own handguns. The Journal News got the data through Freedom of Information Law requests, according to The Huffington Post. The Journal News reportedly requested the information from New York's Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, though the publication was only able to …
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled police don't need a search warrant to look at a cell phone's call list after arresting the phone's owner. As courts around the country grapple with the issue, tell us: is this reasonable search and seizure?
What's the difference between personal information and correspondence you have physically stored in your home, and similar information that's on your cell phone? And what should police have access to without a warrant? It's a question that courts across the nation are dealing with it and one that arose here in Massachusetts on Wednesday, when the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that police don't need a search warrant to look at the call list of a person's cell phone while searching that person's personal property after an arrest. However, in writing the court's opinion for Commonwealth vs. Demetrius A. Phifer, Justice Margot Botsford cited other court cases that raise questions about the extent that law enforcement officials can access …
Monday, February 6, 2012
So what happens when we see something about a child in conflict online?
In between the Facebook posts about what people are eating for dinner, Rob Gronkowski's ankle and requests for a reliable plumber, you might see a post that indicates a child is in some sort of pain. It might say something vague like, "You shouldn't hurt the ones you love." Maybe an outpouring of support will pique your curiousity. You might see posts that say, "We're with you" or "Be strong." These are obviously kids in some sort of confict, but there is usually not enough information to know the exact problem. Is it the heart? Maybe a breakup of a young romance? It might be minor. I once saw an adult express a vague but deep sadness on Facebook, prompting people to think his elderly parent had died, but he was only upset about the …
Dave Gray
8:48 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Pot smoking dirtbags..............as opposed to alcohol swilling dirtbags. Thank goodness the majority disagree with you. It's about time you got over it. more ›