Comments on: Orlando police chief sensitive to criticism http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/orlando-police-chief-sensitive-to-criticism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orlando-police-chief-sensitive-to-criticism Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 17:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Amy Alkon http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/orlando-police-chief-sensitive-to-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-48042 Amy Alkon Fri, 08 May 2009 01:11:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10992#comment-48042 It seems to me that anyone so uninformed about the First Amendment is unqualified to be police chief, let alone an officer at all. Officers need to understand, for example, that a person is within his rights to, for example, photograph events on a public street, even if another person on that street does not wish to be photographed. Please feel free to correct me if I've erred above -- I'm an advice columnist, not a lawyer. It seems to me that anyone so uninformed about the First Amendment is unqualified to be police chief, let alone an officer at all. Officers need to understand, for example, that a person is within his rights to, for example, photograph events on a public street, even if another person on that street does not wish to be photographed.

Please feel free to correct me if I’ve erred above — I’m an advice columnist, not a lawyer.

]]> By: nevinscrna http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/orlando-police-chief-sensitive-to-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-48000 nevinscrna Thu, 07 May 2009 03:24:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10992#comment-48000 So the plaintiff's attorney quips 'truth is not always a defense.' That is about as close as one can get to admitting that the content of the web site is conceded to be true. So the plaintiff’s attorney quips ‘truth is not always a defense.’
That is about as close as one can get to admitting that the content of the web site is conceded to be true.

]]> By: Doug http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/orlando-police-chief-sensitive-to-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-47996 Doug Thu, 07 May 2009 02:01:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=10992#comment-47996 Sadly an all too common occurrence by public officials. Sadly an all too common occurrence by public officials.

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