I can't wait for the civil rights attornys to eat this one up...f'ers.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4117318.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4117318.html
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Cell Phone traffiking no problem...
- Thread starter ChunksJR
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Well, they probably don't have a business license, and if the proceeds go to fund terrorist groups or activities, that would be considered an illicit activity - not to mention tax evasion.
Brett
Woulda, coulda, shoulda... from the article:
"DALLAS — The three Dallas-area men arrested in Michigan on state terrorism charges are well-known to cell phone wholesale and retail shops here, where managers said Monday they are part of a brisk trade in buying phones from Wal-Mart and other discount stores and reselling them to smaller shops."
Soooo... why were they arrested again?
Read your own quoted text - terrorism charges. It's well known that the resale of cigarettes was used as a source of funding for terrorist cells in the US, so this is likely in that same vein.
Brett
So some sheriff in Podunk, MI decided that the brown-skinned guys are up to no good? It's *state* terrorism charges - the FBI says there's no connection to terrorism at all:
"In Michigan, meanwhile, the FBI said it has no information to indicate that the three Palestinian-Americans arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van on Friday had any connections to terrorism."
"In Michigan, meanwhile, the FBI said it has no information to indicate that the three Palestinian-Americans arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van on Friday had any connections to terrorism."
Well, you can read whatever you want into the story, but to speculate about the reality of the situation based on a media report is kind of useless. I love how you always give the benefit of the doubt to the perps, who regardless of their connections to terrorism, are engaging in illegal activity. It's all a big conspiracy so The Man can keep non-whites down, right? :sleep_125
Brett
That's a straw man. Nobody has been convicted of anything. You can't discount the possibility of a suspect's malfeasance just because he might eventually be cleared, so pre-judging the outcome before due process has been allowed to run its course amounts to little more than inflammatory rhetoric.
Brett
Cause the FBI is so on top of things all the time.
J. Edgar Hoover would have those guys strung up by their toenails in panties by now...times have changed.
Sometimes it's easier to get someone on a related tangential charge which is easier to prove - one of the paradigm shifts brought about with the RICO statutes. After all, Al Capone went down for tax evasion. As for doing what one wants with the phones, if I bought a a case of coke, relabeled it as pepsi and resold it as such, that would be a crime. Same thing with the phones.
Brett