Is it me, or will a lot of power-grabbing people need to be fitted for hemp neckties after this crisis passes?

This crisis will pass as soon as Martin Shkreli is released from prison and gives us the cure he's developing!

Remember: you can decline to speak with the constabulary, or provide them ID. Only if it is a Terry Stop, they have probable cause or a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is about to be committed (stop and frisk) that you have to provide your name. Since you're not driving, you're not legally required to produce a drivers license.

Not sure how any of those apply. I would like to hear their boss explain the legal theory behind the detention of this *checks notes* heinous criminal.

Who's really violating "social distancing" guidelines?

Well, one gun blogger refers to them as Only Ones for a reason. The rules that apply to the rest of us don't to them.

And for the citizens ratting out their neighbors to the constabulary, remember to call them the Suburban Stasi. Conveniently, that can be abbreviated as SS.

Related: Don't tread on me.

https://twitter.com/TotalitarianHe2/status/1246791905238794240

Wonder if this would work on our current boogieman?

Was it his tee ball equipment being used? Or were he and his family touching, and potentially contaminating, public amenities?

Hiking, biking, and running are solo activities and don't generally require the participant to touch public property.

Charlotte has closed public equipment - playgrounds, basketball courts, baseball fields, etc. - to avoid contaminating equipment that someone else might later touch.

Was his tee ball game obstructing a throughway, preventing others from getting around them with a safe distance between them?

If this was a family violation, why was his wife not also arrested?

He may have, in fact, been in violation of the state's social distancing guidelines. What concerns me here is that they're "guidelines" not "laws." How much force of law is invested in these "guidelines?"

I'm really quite worried about bouncing back from this, civil-liberties wise.

Conan, I'm guessing because he refused to show ID and told his daughter he wouldn't be arrested, which they saw as offensive somehow.

I'm really quite worried about bouncing back from this, civil-liberties wise.

We're not. Not easily. I'm afraid it will require hemp neckties or some sort of national divorce to allow those who wish to remain free may do so.

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

which they saw as offensive somehow

They should have called a waaaambulance. They think because they have a badge and a gun, they can do whatever it is they like. Fortunately for them, he merely wants an apology, not a 5 figure settlement.

I need to exercise and hiking is my only option left. The state park are closed, national forests are closed and the local university has closed its forest. The city parks are open but the trails are short.

So I am going on illegal hikes. That's a phrase I never thought I would say.

Pretty appalling.

Of course, on the positive side, at least they didn't put him in a chokehold and kill him.

Viva la revolution, Curtis!

Very few people know that Che Guevara's real name
was Curtis Jablonsky.

Viva la revolution

That's among the first steps on the road to insurrection: purposely disobeying dumb ass laws because they're dumb. Eroding respect of the law rarely works out.

That said, the national forest nearest to me isn't closed. Certain popular locations are closed to keep crowds from forming, but I'm pretty sure you can just saunter on in.

Radwaste: Wonder if this would work on our current boogieman?

Something similar is being tried. They use antibodies from plasma donated by people who've already had COVID-19 to treat people who are seriously ill with it. The same method has been used for decades to treat other diseases, e.g. hepatitis. As with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin/zinc the specific treatment hasn't been "scientifically proven" to be effective, just anecdotal evidence. But as long as it works why wait until scientists get around to proving it?

If you've had COVID-19, confirmed by a test; it's been at least 14 days since your last symptoms; and you've had a test to show that you no longer have it, the Red Cross would like to get in touch with you. Here's a link:

https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/plasma-donations-from-recovered-covid-19-patients.html

Using antibodies from convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, a concept that's been in use with other diseases since the 1890's.

A promising COVID-19 treatment gets fast-tracked

https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/04/08/arturo-casadevall-blood-sera-profile/

Can this sheriff cite the law that sets forth this punishment? Many states in the south have anti-mask (aka, anti-klan) laws that forbid the wearing of masks in public. How would the those states authorize the wearing of masks for this situation?

California Sheriff Insists 'This Is Not a Police State' After Vowing to Arrest People Without Masks

https://pjmedia.com/trending/california-sheriff-insists-this-is-not-a-police-state-after-vowing-to-arrest-people-without-masks/

NicoleK: "Conan, I'm guessing because he refused to show ID and told his daughter he wouldn't be arrested, which they saw as offensive somehow."

I'd guess that they more likely saw it as a challenge!

Never challenge someone with even a little authority - they will want to prove they have more authority.

CO's been seeing a lot of overreach. The state government's public directive can be read to prohibit even walking outside if not to one of a few 'essential' activities. https://covid19.colorado.gov/stay-home-except-essential-needs

some municipalities have gone further, even criminalizing entry into their jurisdiction by people who aren't permanent residents.

Stay-at-home policies have been defined ad-hoc and aren't well understood from a legal or social perspective. A lot of them appear to have been adapted from quarantine protocols. That's why they start from the requirement that all activities are prohibited unless specifically allowed.

What's worrying is that a lot of people in government and healthcare are proposing that these policies should be in place for over a year (e.g. 18 mos ) and even be established as default and only specifically relieved by formal exceptions.

Why should we think little Hitlers are restricted to HOA?

"He may have, in fact, been in violation of the state's social distancing guidelines."

More likely he was guilty of contempt of cop.

Sister in law is a psychologist married to a police officer, who happens to be one of the most easy going, non-authoritarian people I know. She has cited several studies indicating that 50% of police job candidates are drawn to law enforcement entirely because they get off on the power differential, and that most of the psychological screening designed to weed out these candidates is of dubious value..