LawTalkers - Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03

Originally posted by Threads
A street guy came up to me yesterday when I was stopped at a traffic light (on my bicycle) and told me with great sincerity that I looked exactly like the redhead in Sex and the City.

Where do you think the guy watches HBO?

Sidd Finch

07-16-2003 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
A few years ago, a mentally ill homeless man in Houston attacked an attorney on the street near the courthouses and stole his briefcase. A local judge was waved down by the attorney, and he ended up chasing (going the wrong way on a one way street) the panhandler and shooting him three times when the panhandler attacked the judge after being asked to surrender the briefcase. The homeless man died. There were no indictments in the case.

Is it normal for a judge to be armed in Texas?

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

07-16-2003 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Did his sandwich board previously say something about Al Gore being abducted by aliens and replaced by a robot? I LOVE that guy.

Different guy. Remember that one, but haven't seen him for a while... Must have gotten a different schtick as the Gore being a robot thing is kind of dated.

Edited to add: Not LOVE as in man-crush, I hope, Coltrane...

TexLex

07-16-2003 03:28 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Is it normal for a judge to be armed in Texas?

Yes.

Tyrone Slothrop

07-16-2003 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by c2ed
I was wondering who he was. About 3 weeks ago he was walking on the Embarcardero (and had slightly changed his sign again) and demanding of passers-by whether they were involved in the dermagoglical invasion of television and the minds of the young milognolauts. I declined to reply to his query, as I didn't have a fucking clue as to what he meant and have enough wackjobs in my life to deal with already.

The guy is a genius about getting on TV. If you watch the local news and there's a story involving a crowd downtown -- a protest, etc. -- he's there, holding his sign.

str8outavannuys

07-16-2003 03:36 PM

Beggars Don't Sock

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Toronto has tons of homeless people. When I was last there, they seemed to be getting quite creative with their begging. For example, one woman asked me for change because she wanted to send her kids to summer camp. A man asked me for change so he could get a Leafs ticket because he wanted to see them play before he died. I gave him some quarters.

If I were homeless, I would totally buckle down on my pan-handling, save up enough for a bus ticket, and move somewhere warm. Don't you think? But not too warm, like Phoenix. In fact, I'd pick LA. Which I did. Of course, homeless people probably don't have passports or ID sufficient to cross borders. But if you're homeless and American and without friends or family, why would you stay in New Haven? Close proximity to Dunkin Donuts?

str(insensitive to the homeless)8

Replaced_Texan

07-16-2003 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Is it normal for a judge to be armed in Texas?

My guess is yes, though I have nothing really to back the claim up with. I imagine that some of them are concerned about pissed off litigants. This is the only case that I know of in the modern era, though, where the armed judge ran (actually limped, the judge claimed he was armed because he had a pronounced limp) down a suspect and administered lead justice off the bench during the lunch hour.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

07-16-2003 03:37 PM

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Originally posted by TexLex
[Q:Is it normal for a judge to be armed in Texas? ]
A: Yes.

WAsn't there big national coverage of allowing judges to pack heat a few years back?

Sidd Finch

07-16-2003 03:40 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My guess is yes, though I have nothing really to back the claim up with. I imagine that some of them are concerned about pissed off litigants. This is the only case that I know of in the modern era, though, where the armed judge ran (actually limped, the judge claimed he was armed because he had a pronounced limp) down a suspect and administered lead justice off the bench during the lunch hour.

From this, I'm figuring all judges in Texas must be armed. Otherwise, why would the lawyer who'd just been attacked flag down a limping judge to help him out? With all due respect to the physically challenged, that's not the first person I'm looking to to run down a thief for me.

Good to know, in case I ever have a case in Texas.

Sidd(yes, your Honor, that's an excellent point, your Honor, and can I mention again how good you look today, your Honor?)Finch

Sidd Finch

07-16-2003 03:44 PM

Discipline, Sidd, discipline

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
WAsn't there big national coverage of allowing judges to pack heat a few years back?

I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this.

Sidd(I will run off with the stripper I met this weekend instead. I will....)Finch

ltl/fb

07-16-2003 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Is it normal for a judge to be armed in Texas?

I think the question is,

"Is it normal for anyone to be unarmed in Texas?" or at least,

"Is it rational to assume that someone you meet on the street in Texas is unarmed?"

Did you just call me Coltrane?

07-16-2003 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Different guy. Remember that one, but haven't seen him for a while... Must have gotten a different schtick as the Gore being a robot thing is kind of dated.

Edited to add: Not LOVE as in man-crush, I hope, Coltrane...

No man-crush. And that's why I always liked that guy...b/c any Al Gore related news was so dated. He kept it up well into 2002.

Sazerac

07-16-2003 03:47 PM

Beggars Don't Sock

[QUOTE]Originally posted by str8outavannuys
If I were homeless, ... In fact, I'd pick LA.

I agree. Those homeless in the park by the pier in Santa Monica look pretty damn content.

ltl/fb

07-16-2003 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
WAsn't there big national coverage of allowing judges to pack heat a few years back?

What's "judge" got to do (got to do) with it? I believe Texas has concealed carry laws. So I could be packing heat in my purse. You might keep that in mind if we ever meet (in TX).

Did you just call me Coltrane?

07-16-2003 03:50 PM

Beggars Don't Sock

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sazerac

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
If I were homeless, ... In fact, I'd pick LA.

I agree. Those homeless in the park by the pier in Santa Monica look pretty damn content.

Same with the homeless in Key West. They have it made.

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