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[url "http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/05-502.pdf"] SEE WHAT I MEAN _______________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Humps: Jumps: 3: Brought RWS a STRONG tandem instructor into the fold at Nome, Texas and made my first two jumps from a PAC 750 at Salado, Texas, which means _______________________- Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

My rant is more against the machine. Most cops are good. Joe Skydiver is usually pretty safe with his license plate frame. Most people are. If you just happen to slow down or stop in a drug locale that's being watched, you'll see what I'm ranting about, though. I've been profile stopped several times. Something about my good looks made the officer believe that this cat isn't hauling dope or driving drunk, so I escaped the full monty shake down. I especially like the warning I got today as I was tooling down Memorial Drive on my bike (My speedo said 55 in a 50) when a cop pulls along side me and gives me a loud speaker blast to slow it down from sixty.

Another geek who appreciates time lapse. Great shot, especially the oven going on and off. That reminds me, do any DZ commers in Houston have an office that overlooks the Katy freeway construction or any other construction project? I need a platform for an 8 hour time lapse. _________________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

And yer not bad even if you are the Poleece. ________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Took Sonja, a dancer, on her first jump. She hootered the pilot. 17,500.

They should be, but when they don't want the jury to see certain things they turn it off. (Like them NOT doing SFST) Don't sign the ticket you go to jail. TX legislature passed laws protecting citizens against BS cops but governor Rick Perry vetoed them. Remember that when you vote. Again, see my rant on my web site (lawyerwebb sig line) The details are there. ______________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Humps? Jumps? 11 Beer owed? Just the stuff from last week that I didn't pay yet. ________________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

He has a point, but the fact is that cops will always try to find a reason they can hang their hat on to stop someone. The courts have continued to whittle away at the Constitutions of the U.S. and the State of Texas in an effort to give law enforcement whatever tools they need to get the "bad guy" without much thought about the erosion of rights to the general citizenry. As I mentioned earlier, these kind of stops are used as a pretext in order to allow a police officer to get closer to the subject to investigate something the officer only has a HUNCH about. e.g. Joe Skydiver seen driving away from a bar at 2 a.m. "Dang, he must be drunk." Joe drives away, and before any bad driving facts are observed he's stopped for the frame that obscures part of the word TEXAS on the plate. Joe has the smell of "alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath, his eyes are bloodshot and his speech is slurred." (This precise language appears in almost all police reports for DWI) Joe gets invited to perform a series of "tests" that grade his ability to perform ABNORMAL tasks. Then, perhaps, it's off to jail for JOE. Try standing heel to toe for a few minutes SOBER. I've had two cases where officers swore in reports that they had defendant do and fail the battery of SFST (Standardized Field Sobriety Test). My clients denied having performed ANY SFST. Conveniently, no scene video existed. Client stated that no testing was ever done because he refused. (He followed my pre arrest advice to the T.) I proved one officer to be lying by getting his squad car generated computer records into evidence. They showed that he was only on the scene for a few minutes; way too short a time period to have administered any such tests. (Not Guilty) So YES, officers can and do LIE. I always tell my prospective clients not to drive a "Stop ME" car. License plate frame is one of the most innocuous violations that folks don't think of. Expired stickers, tail lights out, license plate light out, headlights out or brake light out (even if one works) are all STOP ME reasons. OK, back to the rant. Drug prohibition in this country is costing billions due to the aforementioned easing up of Constitutional restraints on cops. I speak from my own personal experience as a criminal defense lawyer in Houston, Harris County, Texas when I complain about this kind of enforcement. Thousands of people go to jail and prison from Harris County each year for possession of drugs. A very common method of "getting" these perps is for police to sit up on what they call a "known location for narcotics activity" and watch. They see people come and go or stop by a car and talk to someone and then leave. As the suspect leaves the area a call is made to another officer lurking nearby to "make a traffic stop." License plate frame is now added to the list of easy traffic stops. Once the car is stopped, all occupants are subjected to warrantless searches until finally the rock or baggie is discovered. Off to jail they go to sit, at tax payer expense, for months or YEARS. The targets are, disproportionately, minorities also. In these kind of cases it would be just as easy to legitimately send a narc in to make a "buy" and then bust the dealer. Hard to find a violation of the dealer's rights in this scenario, just as long as it is done properly. (Not having the cop be the only witness, i.e. TULIA) Aside from the fact that I think the "Drug War" is a failure (It's now a war against people who use drugs.) I see prisons full of people who, aside from their bad habits, are not dangerous. Most of them are not robbing or burglarizing to get money to buy dope. (Some are, and they should PAY dearly for that crime if they get caught..) My message here is that, due to this and similar reductions in our rights agains "unreasonable" searches and seizures, MORE people are going to jail; people who don't need to be in jail. Money is being diverted away from a good system of EDUCATION due to the PRISON BUDGET. They are working on MORE ways to get into your HOME without a warrant also. (Thankfully, the smell of pot emitting from your doorway is not yet a reason for them to bust in.)

Dam. Hate to hear that. Hope yer on line and reading this stuff. Vibes all the way. __________________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Well, here's a little "update" Bobby Coker and Bryce Willing May 13, 2006 _______________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

The law has been around a while, but the Fifth Circuit just made it legal. Yes people get stopped for it. People get stopped for not signaling a turn within a hundred feet of an intersection too. Practicing criminal defense and reading police reports sends chills down my spine. It's just another reason to stop a car and then investigate the occupants for some OTHER reason. Say the cop sees you leaving a bar at 2AM. The license plate frame is only probable cause he has to make a traffic stop. What he really wants to do is smell your breath. It legally gets him within smelling distance . I tried and won a possession of pot case where the stop was because the "license plate light was too dim." Jury didn't buy it, even though the defendant produced the pot. Do you really want to take that ride? _________________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

The Fifth Circuit has just put it's blessing on Texas cops stopping people for violating the Texas Transportation Code section prohibiting obscuring license plates. It seems that the frame, common from dealers on new cars, PARTIALLY obscures the word TEXAS on the plate, thus VIOLATING THE LAW. This is serious, folks. Word of this will spread to all cops if it hasn't already. If you don't want to be "investigated" for things other than a license plate frame.. (You think the real reason for the stop was the frame???) then I suggest removing anything remotely covering your plate. Opinion is listed on my web site in the sig line. ______________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

I recall a friend telling me that story years ago. I think it was a flash bang grenade, and it got stuck between his belly mount and his body. Ow. My friend was a whuffo, but he was at the concert and saw it. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Look at tha bags under their eyes. High Schoolers? But, yeh, I LOVE that movie.

I reduced all options and use it for my fax at home. As a lawyer I need a fax for the days I lay around and don't go to the office like I should. Nobody has the number, so when incomings come, I just press start. They MUST be junk calls. _______________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Humps: Jumps: 5 owed: First jump on new camera suit, completed 28 years in this sport without a broken bone to show for it. I'll pay up when some money comes in _______________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

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I'll take my own.

Spent some time at Larry Portman's Cessna DZ at Caddo Mills, Texas, this weekend staying close to my roots. Today is my 28th year in skydiving. Many jumpers from back in the day were there. Jerry Felts (usedtajump) Bobby Coker, Larry Portman, Stacy Pillard, Bryce Willing (bwilling) Gary Hollingshead (He was the pilot who FLEW me on the first jump.

Nice view here. Sometimes even better. _____________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Yeh, me too! By the time I'm finished I'll be a really old fart. No time to enjoy the profit, if any. ___________________ Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

One of the first ones I did. This is just a proof shot; a quickie capture from a slide. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com

Where are all the beautiful old classic courthouses, like this one (attached) in Waxahachie (south of Dallas)? They're all over, and I got some of them before they were torched. e.g. Hill County. Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com