"Might"? How about "Took 55,000 pictures with the laptops' cameras"? Multiple lawsuits working their way towards the impoverishment of the school district taxpayers. But no jail time.Federal prosecutors on Tuesday closed their investigation into Lower Merion School District's secret use of software to track student laptops, saying they found no evidence that anyone intentionally committed a crime.
The decision, announced by U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger, ended a six-month probe by the FBI into allegations that district employees might have spied on students through webcams on their school-issued laptops.
Not that this is a surprise. After all, these were government employees. Can't jail them. As I said almost 6 months ago:
The Wheels of Justice are fully engaged, I see. That will put government bureaucrats on notice that engaging in the creation of potential child pornography will be met with the sternest measures available to the school district.Maybe some of the folks who are so in love with activist government would like to explain what you do to government employees who take pictures of your children in their bedrooms. Oh well, I'm sure it will be totally different when they're running our health care.
You and me: Felony charges, jail until we make extortionate bail.
Them: Paid leave and "no comment" from the government PR Flack.
John Edwards was right after all. There really are two Americas. One is inhabited by you and me. The other is inhabited by government bureaucrats who seem to be able to commit felonies that would have you and me in jail facing 20 years, and looking at a million dollars for bail.
The Federales are on the case, although the over/under on a serious prosecution is probably 5:1 against.
Totally.
Wait a minute... citizen video tapes a public servant, in a public place, in the performance of a public duty, and that is "wiretapping" and citizen gets bounced into jail?
ReplyDeletePublic servant video tapes citizen without warrant or probable cause in the privacy of citizen's own home and the feds say "no harm no foul"? WTF?
Although I will note the article doesn't mention specifically there were "pornographic" images... has that been verified? Just because it was in their bedroom doesn't mean they were nekkid. But if there are I agree those jackholes should prosecuted fully. DAs are starting to prosecute teenagers who send each other dirty pictures of themselves for child pornography (talk about ruining your life over a stupid decision when you were 14)... I would love to see these idgits on the sex-offender list.
And since when did "no criminal intent" become an adequate defense? I didn't *intend* to break the law when I exceeded the speed limit? Never worked for me.
As are starting to prosecute teenagers who send each other dirty pictures of themselves for child pornography (talk about ruining your life over a stupid decision when you were 14)...
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Use the child porn law meant to protect the child by turning same said child into a registered sex offender.
If and when I ever have children, I think I would prefer them to be kept in a dark box over going to public school. I'm pretty sure that my class was the last gasp for anything approaching a real education at my high school. Maybe I was just insulated from it by being focused on the math and science...
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