jerseyhoya wrote:Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges

Unclear what the "prior bad acts" are at this point, but to pay $3.5 million all these years later I'm gonna guess the answer will be not the best

The officer can be heard on video speaking to the unidentified school employee, who accuses Cooks of acting “all crazy,” before acknowledging that he didn’t “see a crime that has been committed.” He promises the woman, whose identification and name he did not request, a police report before walking over to speak to Cooks.

Cooks tells the officer her side of the story, saying that the woman frightened her daughter.

“She called the police for whatever reason, I don’t know,” Cooks says. “Should I feel threatened by her because she’s white? Because she’s white and she’s making threats to me?”

The officer asks Cooks for identification but she refuses, saying that she is not required to.

“I actually do have the right to ask you for your name,” the officer insists.

“Let me make sure,” Cooks counters, using her cellphone to call someone.

The officer initially says that he would give Cooks two minutes to confirm his right to ask for ID, but after interrupting the phone conversation twice in less than a minute, the officer, along with another colleague, takes Cooks to the ground, belly first, in a wristlock.

“Please! I’m pregnant! Please stop this!” Cooks can be heard screaming while on the ground.

Officers eventually put her in the back of a cruiser and go through her belongings in search of ID.

Cooks was charged with resisting arrest, but a judge ultimately dismissed the charges

“I don’t think I’ve ever been that terrified in my life,” Cooks told the Dispatch. “I never saw that coming. I told him I was pregnant so he could proceed with caution. That didn’t happen, and the first thing I thought was I didn’t want to fall to the ground. I felt the pressure on my stomach from falling, and I was calling for help. But those guys are supposed to help me. But who is supposed to help me when they are attacking me?”

An ACLU lawyer explained that Cooks had the right to refuse to identify herself.

“It would be a wrongful arrest, but it would be an arrest. ... Even if an officer is conducting an investigation, in California, unlike some other states, he can’t just require a person to provide ID for no reason,” attorney Adrienna Wong said in a press release. “Officers in California should not be using the obstruction law, Penal Code 148, to arrest someone for failing to provide ID, when they can’t find any other reason to arrest them.”

Soren wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges

Unclear what the "prior bad acts" are at this point, but to pay $3.5 million all these years later I'm gonna guess the answer will be not the best

Odds are pretty good the specifics are going to come to light right? He's being charged with the financial foul acts but the investigation turns up the dirt?

Squire wrote:

Soren wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges

Unclear what the "prior bad acts" are at this point, but to pay $3.5 million all these years later I'm gonna guess the answer will be not the best

Odds are pretty good the specifics are going to come to light right? He's being charged with the financial foul acts but the investigation turns up the dirt?

Agreed. That sounds pretty bad.

That being said, I always thought the law they got him on here was total BS. There is a reporting threshold for certain payments. But then if you structure something so as to avoid the reporting requirement, that's illegal too? Isn't that like saying driving 54 MPH is also illegal because you are only doing it to not get a speeding ticket.

pacino wrote:Nebraska voted to end the death penalty, Gov is expected to veto.

Squire wrote:

Soren wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges

Unclear what the "prior bad acts" are at this point, but to pay $3.5 million all these years later I'm gonna guess the answer will be not the best

Odds are pretty good the specifics are going to come to light right? He's being charged with the financial foul acts but the investigation turns up the dirt?

Agreed. That sounds pretty bad.

That being said, I always thought the law they got him on here was total BS. There is a reporting threshold for certain payments. But then if you structure something so as to avoid the reporting requirement, that's illegal too? Isn't that like saying driving 54 MPH is also illegal because you are only doing it to not get a speeding ticket.

momadance wrote:Good. Common Core is a fucking disaster. At least he did something right for a change.

Bucky wrote:

Squire wrote:

Soren wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges

Unclear what the "prior bad acts" are at this point, but to pay $3.5 million all these years later I'm gonna guess the answer will be not the best

Odds are pretty good the specifics are going to come to light right? He's being charged with the financial foul acts but the investigation turns up the dirt?

Agreed. That sounds pretty bad.

That being said, I always thought the law they got him on here was total BS. There is a reporting threshold for certain payments. But then if you structure something so as to avoid the reporting requirement, that's illegal too? Isn't that like saying driving 54 MPH is also illegal because you are only doing it to not get a speeding ticket.

yes, structuring something to purposefully avoid a reporting requirement where one would otherwise exist is illegal. It's evasion. If things like this weren't prosecutable, then they'd have no minimum reporting requirement and the paperwork would be mountainous.

traderdave wrote:

momadance wrote:Good. Common Core is a #$!&@ disaster. At least he did something right for a change.

How so?

momadance wrote:

traderdave wrote:

momadance wrote:Good. Common Core is a #$!&@ disaster. At least he did something right for a change.

How so?

Because common core is a complete and utter failure that never have been invented? If you're trying to defend common core, than I got nothing. It's an indefensible system.

Bucky wrote:

momadance wrote:

traderdave wrote:

momadance wrote:Good. Common Core is a #$!&@ disaster. At least he did something right for a change.

How so?

Because common core is a complete and utter failure that never have been invented? If you're trying to defend common core, than I got nothing. It's an indefensible system.

I think for a subset of students, common core math is a brilliant way to get them to understand number concepts that were previously outside of their grasp. However, for most (I can certainly be flexible and can work on that term) students it's just a waste of time and effort and a cause for frustration. I guess it's Lowest Common Denominator syndrome (pun intended?)

The theory is based on the details of what Christie announced Thursday, including his continued support on Thursday of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams, which are aligned to Common Core standards, educators said.

One way that Common Core could stay is with minor tweaks and a new name, said Patricia Wright, executive director of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association.

The standards outline what skills students should master in each particular grade level, and Christie didn't specifically say that Common Core was deficient in that regard. He instead focused on the fact that it caused confusion and that parents and teachers wanted standards developed in New Jersey.

To design the new standards, Christie called for creating a group of parents and educators to review prior state standards and a make a recommendation. Because the state associations representing teachers, principals and superintendents all endorse Common Core, it's likely they would arrive at similar standards again, Wright said.

"We all have supported Common Core and we think they are good standards," Wright said. 'The bulk of Common Core will remain."

The New Jersey School Boards Association expressed a similar sentiment, saying it views Christie's announcement "as an opportunity to build upon an already strong set of standards."

Similar rebranding of the Common Core has happened in other states, like Indiana, pacifying opponents who demanded locally developed standards, Tienken said. The fact that Christie wants the new standards developed by the end of the year is an indication that they may not be much different, Tienken said.

Bucky wrote:it's not the ends that are screwed up, it's the means

momadance wrote:

Bucky wrote:it's not the ends that are screwed up, it's the means

Well the ends here is the PARCC testing. Which is the main problem with all of this. Also long as Pearson's is spending millions in lobbying a year, nothing will change for the better. Pearson's have testing contracts worth billions throughout the states. Their testing contract with Texas is worth $465 million. The whole thing is a sham. Screw the kids education to line some pockets.

pacino wrote:

momadance wrote:

Bucky wrote:it's not the ends that are screwed up, it's the means

Well the ends here is the PARCC testing. Which is the main problem with all of this. Also long as Pearson's is spending millions in lobbying a year, nothing will change for the better. Pearson's have testing contracts worth billions throughout the states. Their testing contract with Texas is worth $465 million. The whole thing is a sham. Screw the kids education to line some pockets.

this is true. they make sure a certain amount of kids in certain areas get better scores to show improvement to show they are working.