The “Crime” of “Suspicion”

Guest Post by Eric Peters

It used to be that you had to be suspected of a crime before armed government workers could force you to even speak with them.

Now, they can just say you’re “suspicious.”

This is handy – like “climate change” – because it can mean almost anything. There is no way to disprove the assertion of “suspicion.”

You just are – if an AGW says you are.

The video above illustrates how it works.

A man named Keilon Hill is walking through a neighborhood when he is approached by an AGW who tells him “someone” called in to report a “suspicious” man. No assertion, even, that anything illegal has happened.

Hill is calm and articulate; he explains he’s out canvassing for a candidate prior to the midterms.

There’s nothing else going on.

It ought to have been enough.

It wasn’t.

The AGW continues to prattle on about his “suspicion,” but can’t come with a reason for it. He is just . . . “suspicious.” Like some old gypsy woman.

Except armed. And – worse – with a badge.

Hill asks: “I’m just trying to figure out what we were concerned about.” And then, reasonably: “I’d like you to leave me alone, sir. I’ve not broken any laws.”

Quite.

The AGW reaches for something. Anything. He starts talking about Hill “soliciting,” which Hill calmly rebuts – correctly pointing out that “soliciting is what . . . offering services… I’m not offering a service.”

He is handing out campaign literature, which is entirely legal – regardless of “someone’s” alleged “suspicions”  … of nothing in particular.

Who is this “someone” who is “suspicious”? And what about that ancient business of an accused person having the right to confront their accuser?

Never mind.

Hill declines to give his ID or name and begins to object to the continued pestering without cause by the armed gypsy creature.

The law – which law enforcers like this one insolently ignore – is that people cannot (legally) be forcibly prevented from continuing on their way (“detained”) for more than a short time, absent some tangible reason (evidence) to suspect them of having committed a specific crime. Something actually on the books – and which circumstances at least suggest the waylaid individual may be guilty of having transgressed.

An AGW may briefly stop a person and ask them questions, i.e., “investigate” the situation. But the mere  assertion of “suspicion” – of nothing in particular – isn’t enough to (legally) continue detaining the person, nor is that person legally obliged to produce ID.

Hill knew the law better than the law enforcer – which seems to have annoyed the enforcer, who just wouldn’t let it go.

“You’re a suspicious person,” says the AGW.

“Suspicious how?” asks Hill.

No direct answer to this reasonable question.

Instead, the AGW demands to know “why (Hill) is being difficult about this.” In the mind of an AGW, any failure to “comply” – regardless of the legality of the AGW’s demands – is itself an affront.

And a tactic.

AGWs have been trained – not to shoot accurately or drive competently or even to obey the laws they enforce upon others – but in adversarial conversation techniques. Hill’s assertion of his rights is twisted into an act of defiance, to lay the groundwork for the AGW’s escalation of force.

Hill says – correctly, again: “I’m not being ‘difficult’ because I haven’t done anything wrong.”

Exactly.

Hill then commits the “crime” for which he’ll be placed in manacles a few minutes later: Contempt of Cop. It is not a statute you’ll find in any code book, but it’s one that’s enforced with uniform severity.

Hill – politely, in a most non-aggressive manner – tells the AGW: “With that being said, I’ll go about my business.”

The AGW’s blood is up now. “Hey, I’m not done with you yet; you’re not free to go.”

Hill turns and reiterates the question he’s already asked: “Have I broken any laws”?

“I’m talking to you, I’m not done,” says the AGW – now aggressively following Hill on foot.

“I can detain you for not listening,” he says.

Yes, really.

Remember: Contempt of Cop. Turning one’s back is almost a capital offense – and sometimes actually is. Hill was lucky; he is still alive, at least.

“Have I broken any laws,” Hill asks . . .  again.

“Stop,” says the fatty AGW, who has the appearance of being afflicted by Down Syndrome but unlike most Down Syndrome victims, he isn’t friendly – and is armed.

Hill asks – one more time – “Tell me what laws I’ve broken.” The AGW growls, “stop.” The AGW radios in that Hill is – here it comes – being “uncooperative.” You can tell where this is headed.

“Have I broken any laws?” (again).

That’s not the point,” says the AGW.

Italics added to emphasize what “the point” really is. It is submission – the thing which AGWs have been “trained” to expect, demand – and which when not delivered results in just what happened to Hill.

And worse. People have been summarily executed by AGWs for this “crime.”

Hill probably has 30 IQ points on the AGW – who has 80 pounds on Hill, at least – plus the gun. He turns the adversarial conversation tables on this tubby “hero,” stating that he is “suspicious” of the AGW – and that his “suspicions” are based on grounds just as solid.

The Down Syndromian oaf with the badge and gun can only respond with a dull-witted “really?”

Then – ta-dum-dum – “Turn around, put your hands behind your back . . . because you’re not listening to me.”

Out come the cuffs. “Do not be resistant to me,” says Officer DS.

Hill was subsequently charged with “harassment of a public official” – because of course Contempt of Cop isn’t on the books.

An also Down Syndromian spokesman for the AGW’s department later told CNN that if they determine Hill was treated unfairly (how about unlawfully?) ” . . .our department will take immediate action to the level expected of our officers.”

Grammar is another not-strong-suit of DS AGWs.

CNN presented this video as an example of racial profiling but it’s really an example of a much more serious problem: Law enforcers enforcing nonexistent laws.

What happened to Hill happens to people generally – not just to black people. YouTube teems with almost identical examples of people who’ve not committed any crime being accosted by AGWs who claim they are “suspicious” . . . because “someone” said so.

In effect, there no longer is any law – just the arbitrary force of those who have the guns and badges. Who have empowered themselves to do as they like, to whomever they like whenever they like.

That’s how it was in Russia after Lenin got his hands on power. And his emulators in Germany later on.

And now, here.

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Iska Waran
Iska Waran

Similar situation happened in St Paul 4 years ago in the skyway. Young black guy who was doing nothing wrong and who knew his rights was arrested and tasered. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/02/12/skyway-stun-gun-arrest-lawsuit-settled He sued for $500k and settled out of court. Peters is right that the copfuks will treat anyone this way. You don’t want to get yourself killed by some stupid cop, but more people should sue. It’s too bad you can’t get a judgment against the individual cop.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer

To be fair it was the subject that turned it into a racial profiling incident. He was the one that brought race into it and he was the one that used the race of the officer as the basis for someone being suspicious.

And I would be beyond surprised that with his involvement with a “social justice organization” and his immediate draw of the race card that he was campaigning for a Republican.

This was a set up, he was in that neighborhood for days waiting for this to happen, the cop was just too stupid not to realize it.

Advice to a cop without a clue: if you don’t know how to handle someone who obviously is goading you into some kind of actionable offense, call HQ and let your superiors decide what they want to do.

And confronting your accusers isn’t something that happens in real time. If he went to court for this matter, then the person who called him in would be revealed through discovery and he’d have his right to confront his accuser. Of course we’d also discover that he probably wasn’t working for a Republican campaign, and hadn’t really been handing out literature (he only has a single flyer) for the past few days. He’d been trolling the neighborhood and while I’m not certain, it’s probably an infraction to mislead an officer investigating a possible violation of the law.

Once more, low trust societies fractured along lines based on identity politics leads to these kinds of confrontations, pari parsu. It can be no other way.

starfcker
starfcker

That’s a great post, Hardscrabble. Does not seem like Peters has the intellectual horsepower to figure this stuff out

Crawfisher
Crawfisher

I worked on an extremely large construction project. Unions and lawyers got their “plants” hired, then the fun began. There was a 70 year old HVAC tech, the supervisor gave him some of the easier work due to his age. He sued the company for doing do.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Kinda mean to compare people with Down syndrome to the police. I do have to point out being a cop sucks til the pension kicks in. Not that is meant to be an excuse.

billy bob
billy bob

The other aspect of interacting with po-po, if they are called on your behalf, due to whatever (telling idiots that they can’t park in your driveway, and using ‘the f bomb’ for emphasis) is that you have to identify yourself so these LEO lemming can fill out their paper work. If you don’t allow them to do their job peacefully, then you should expect the opposite.

Had this unfortunate critter simply explained his reason (canvasing) he would have been on his way, but nooo, he wants to be famous for streaming his interaction, escalating, and hoping for some pay-day based on being an asshole.

RAY SMITH
RAY SMITH

He DID explain his reason. He TOLD the cop he was canvassing for a Republican and named him. He had campaign flyers and showed them to the cop. The cop tried to accuse him of soliciting and the man had to teach the cop what soliciting is, which he clearly was not doing. This should have been the end of it, but the cop would not let it go.

Anonymous
Anonymous

And now we know why they object to being videotaped by witnesses.
Paints a bad picture, and reveals actions that if not filmed, would be swept under the badge, after closing ranks.

All things considered, I don’t trust the clinton news network to truthfully report anything.
It is so like them, to pull out the race card.
Which just gives the boons more cover, to claim, if caught actually committing crimes, which they do, disproportionately to their % of the populace.
Pity the minorities; AGW bad…
This trend will not end well, for all parties.
The law of unintended consequences will create other problems.
Welcome to the jungle.

Stache

“You sounded a little taller on the radio”.

….Sheriff Buford T. Justice

Brian Reilly
Brian Reilly

All it will take is tipping a few of these oafs over (with extreme prejudice) and all the rest will return to garrison. They all think they are in charge right up until the moment they realize that (absent the moral authority they squandered) they are naked and in unfriendly territory. If these mutts think their fellow mutts are going to have their backs when things get sporty, they will quickly be disabused of the notion. It will be ugly, but not for long.

grace country pastor

“ancient business”

Indeed.

Boat Guy
Boat Guy

Never ever engauge in any conversation with law enforcement NEVER ! “THEY” cannot be trusted at all , especially in a group where they become witnesses supporting each other’s behavior
Ask one question to the armed government minion and one only : “Am I being detained or am I free to go ?” Any response from the minion in uniform other than your free to go means you are under arrest . Now you have only 2 things to do 1) cooperate fully and 2) repeat one statement “I need an attorney .
You are not hungry you are not thirsty and you are not in a position to be making friends . You need an attorney !
As for the trigger happy steroid rage shooter he had posted he would kill in the line of duty and appeared anxious to do so . That alone should have relieved him of his police powers and certainly other officers in his acquaintence had to know his over zealous desire to eventually use deadly force . My bet he is still on the job ??

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer

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Suspect belonged to this “social justice/community organizing” group prior to the canvassing episode. They write about it but fail to make any reference to their connection. At no point has anyone from the Republican party confirmed that he was “canvassing” for the Republican candidate on the ballot, nor does any media report look into the claim. Neither does any media report look into his connection with a group that focuses on “Winning Racial Justice” campaign.

Winning Racial Justice

It was a set up to promote their organization and raise funds based on a bogus claim that came from a deliberate attempt over a two day period to provoke a response. I’m a farmer in NH and it took me all of ten minutes to do the research to back up my initial suspicion.

There are no more legitimate media sources left in America, it is 100% in the service of promoting The Narrative. 90% or more of the headline grabbing stories you read are deliberate fiction intended to further divide and already fractious body politic or to raise funds to continue that end.

RAY SMITH
RAY SMITH

If it was a set up, it worked perfectly and proved their point that the police do not know the law.

Kowtoww
Kowtoww

Issue aside, thank you for lighting the way on how to denigrate others as “Down Syndrome” and “Fatty” people. Please do us readers a favor and never write an article on shaming others for birth or mental or physical conditions as the level of hypocrisy would make even an angel weep.

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