Cops, Courts, Crooks
18-Oct-87 12:48:24
Sb: #89646-Cops, Courts, Crooks
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
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Regardless of what Ben is going to say about this, I say your point #2
(that no preventative action is possible) is invalid. I think preemptive
action can be taken against a suspicious person. However, if I were to
take such action, I would need enough evidence to justify the preemptive
action, and would need to justify the force used to prevent the action I
thought was going to happen, because the suspicious person would have a
clear case to prosecute *me* if I couldn't justify what I did. How does
that sound?