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Californians Can No Longer Be Forced to Join a Posse
- mikece 7y agoEspecially in California with the massive brain trust available in Silicon Valley, I’m surprised some enterprising law enforcement officials never thought to form a posse to go after computer criminals. Heck, “Possees for The Safety of the Children” to track down kiddie porn pushers could have been a hell of a vehicle for publicity.
- ryacko 7y agoPosses were partially meant to prevent the formation of Vigilance Committees, the members of which are known as vigilantes.
- aazaa 7y ago> Sort of like jury duty, but with guns. Jurors often report how serving on a jury changes their views on criminal justice. I suspect that a similar mandatory, limited-time requirement to serve in law enforcement would do the same. And it might not be the worst thing to happen to the country.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoLegitimate question: is there anything wrong with having a law like this in the books in case an (elected?) Sheriff needs to activate it in some emergency? I could see it theoretically becoming necessary in a small town in the event of a legitimate disaster. (I didn't even know what a posse was until I read this)
- oceliker 7y agoIt sounded like a mini-draft to me, so I'd say it's probably as legal as a draft is.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIt's not about whether it's legal per se... the article is written with a sense of "Can you believe this insane law was still on the books until recently?" It really doesn't seem particularly insane, or even bad, to me.
- exabrial 7y agoBut they can be forced to join a Union. No one should be forced to do anything against their will.
- exabrial 7y agoSorry, for the people that downvoted me, I changed my mind. You're right, people should be forced to join clubs against their will.