tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post3997048223260987548..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: The Crime of Criticizing Pittsburgh Fraternal Order of Police ( FOP )Vannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-91141351884325164072011-01-24T18:22:23.402-05:002011-01-24T18:22:23.402-05:00ECP,
Some awesome laws you got there for the CPRB...ECP,<br /><br />Some awesome laws you got there for the CPRB. There is not a single Citizen's Police Review Board I've ever come across that had any power of its own or did any good. And the mere fact that the law *requires* the CPRB to sit on its arse until all other investigations are complete, is not a defense of the CPRB; it is a condemnation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-59109330179482741802011-01-23T01:46:07.218-05:002011-01-23T01:46:07.218-05:00I do admire the CPRB. I don't think they'r...I do admire the <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10167/1065856-53.stm" rel="nofollow">CPRB</a>. I don't think they're dormant because they want to be. If CPRB has to wait for the investigation to be concluded, and the city puts the investigation on hold indefinitely (or at least a year), then CPRB is sidelined by external forces. CPRB can't be described as "active" in this instance. I'm open to correction, and I'd be pleased to give you the last word.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-83025597948162432772011-01-23T01:27:15.772-05:002011-01-23T01:27:15.772-05:00The CPRB has not been dormant in the Miles case. B...The CPRB has not been dormant in the Miles case. By law the CPRB must step back until any criminal investigation of which police officers are the subjects has been concluded. Accordingly, the CPRB cannot actively conduct our own investigation.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913840787852165172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-32896064250593968772011-01-23T01:03:47.559-05:002011-01-23T01:03:47.559-05:00Actual "impersonation" would require som...Actual "impersonation" would require some tangible to be acquired or some money to be made. Were there responses to voicemail messages or e-mails? Did anyone respond to the likely responses from the confused media? Did you write to the address? Did you get an impersonated response? I doubt it. This is so clearly—from the logo to the content—parody, satire, mocking. Perhaps with a net to catch the funny responses. But this is not fraudulent at you imply. It is obviously nothing more than what it seems: an agitprop anniversary gimmickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-57889811288589729132011-01-22T18:18:50.525-05:002011-01-22T18:18:50.525-05:00You found my deleted cache. Nice. That'll ha...You found my deleted cache. Nice. That'll happen.<br /><br />"More than excited to help" was a bit of over-languaged and imprecise braggadocio on my part; I do regret that. But all the same gird yourself for more a little more "unfortunate distraction" along similar lines.<br /><br />Your own extensive early blogging about anarchists during the entire run-up to the G-20 absolutely had an effect on me. And I take issue with the classification of the hoax as "satire". It had satiric elements to be sure, but on the whole that was an exercise in impersonation. The voice-mail and e-mail autoreplies speak to that.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.com