Protocol Basics

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These are some things for you, as a Riding Club member, to consider when dealing with motorcycle clubs. They are also things to consider if and when you are going to be around motorcycle clubs.

1. Patchholders are people too. They have good and bad days, they have jobs, families, and normal everyday problems and concerns just like anyone else.  There are those who no matter what you say or do, it will not be right with them.  Just like with any group, you will find both good and bad.
2. Protocol and Respect are primary rules when dealing with a motorcycle club patchholder.
If you are FORMALLY introduced to a patchholder, make sure either the person doing the introduction (or you) make sure they know what club you belong to & if you are an officer, what position you hold. Under no circumstances do you interrupt to correct a mistake while that person is introducing you or while they are talking. Wait till the introduction is done & politely introduce yourself correctly. i.e.….
Joe Rider, xxxxxxxxxxxx Riding Club, 1st Officer, Anytown Chapter.
Fred Spokes, Anystate Officer, xxxxxxxxxxxxx Riding Club
(Use your name - not your nickname. Nicknames may come later.)
3. Greet them as you would meet anyone else & wait until the offer is made to shake hands. DO NOT interrupt, wait for them to recognize you. DO NOT be offended or make a big deal if they do not offer to shake your hand.  Many times they want to get to know about you and your club a little better before they will offer to shake your hand.
4. Never, Ever, Lie. You can refuse to answer a question in a polite manner by saying something like, "That seems like club business, and I would like to refer that to one of our officers in order to get better information for you." Be prepared to answer questions about what your club is about. Such as....
A.) "We are a riding club & not a motorcycle club and have no intention of ever trying to become a motorcycle club".
B.) The Patch is bought & not earned.
C.) No dues or Dues - as applicable.
D.) All makes and models of motorcycle are welcomed. Or it's a brand specific or special requirements club.
E.) We are a non-territorial club.
F.) We are a neutral club and do not wear any MC support patches.
G.) Women riders are welcomed and in many cases are club officers.
H.) We are an AMA chartered riding club.
J.) Do not offer forum links or web sites, It's better to refer them to a club officer.
K.) Do NOT brag about how large the local or national membership is.
L.) Do not volunteer club info. If they ask a question about the local chapter answer it if you can.  If they start asking questions about the number of members, or the National chain of organization refer them to one of the club Officers.
5.  Women in leadership positions or being a patchholder in motorcycle clubs, while not totally unheard of, is very rare. That's just the way it is. Most motorcycle clubs would also rather deal with a man if there is business to conduct. Most realize what a riding club is about & will for the most part accept a woman as an officer, and a woman officer will most likely be allowed to attend any meeting. Whether or not they will deal directly with a woman officer or not depends on the individual motorcycle club/chapter. There is no set rule for this and they will let you know if it's ok with them or not.  Many motorcycle clubs do not care to deal with the National officers.  They would prefer to deal with the local or state representatives.
6. If anyone knows a patchholder, don't let him/her throw the patchholders' name/nickname/club's name around like you're a great buddy of theirs (even if you are). Many clubs consider that as a major disrespect to the whole club.
7. Watch where you are when speaking about them, and never say anything about them in public because you never know when that woman, man, or kid in regular clothes standing near you might be one of them, or a "support member". Patchholders do not always wear their colors. By the time the story gets back to the top club in your area, it will have been changed many times over and could be blown up way out of proportion.
8. Anything said about them between club members is club business ONLY. If comments, even those said in a joking manner were to get out, problems could start.  Discussion outside the privacy of the chapter can start  rumors which could cause a lot of problems for not only the chapter, but also for other chapters in and out of the state.
9. If for some reason you have to say something while in public about a motorcycle club, take the person you're talking to aside, alone, and say ONLY what you need to say to get your meaning across. Say as little as possible so anyone else can't overhear it & misunderstand what you're talking about.
10. Watch where you wear your patch (RCs don't wear colors, colors are earned, not bought) and it's just common sense to stay in numbers when wearing the patch. (Some motorcycle clubs can be very territorial and some clubs don't see any difference between a RIDING CLUB and MOTORCYCLE CLUB, good or bad.) If you are unsure of the areas or places normally frequented by motorcycle clubs, find out from your club Officers.  If you are planning on traveling and are concerned about what the situation may be in regard to the relationship with the local motorcycle clubs in the areas you'll be traveling through or staying in, talk to your local officer and ask if they can find something out by contacting the officers in the areas you will be in.
11. "SHOW THEM RESPECT." That's A #1 with them! (and worth repeating).
12.  If you already know a patchholder, or get to know one in the future, don't just walk up to him/her and interrupt when they are with other members. Wait till he/she acknowledges you first and NEVER touch them or put your arm around them like a buddy. Don't put your hand out to shake theirs; wait for them to extend their hand first. If for some reason you're not acknowledged at all, then just keep walking.  If you need to talk to an officer of a Motorcycle Club the proper way is to go through the Sgt at Arms or one of the patchholders.
13. You have to decide whether or not you want to show respect by going to any of their functions or if you want to avoid all of them all together. If you do choose to show respect and go, you can do this in a way that may make you feel more at ease by going to one of their "support's" functions instead of the top club's function (if they have a support patch then you're still indirectly showing the top club respect). But if you do go, then you also have to go to their rival clubs' function or you'll be telling everyone that you're not a "NEUTRAL" club as you said you were. (Example: If you go to the Club A's function then YOU HAVE TO GO to the Club B's function, etc..) You have to decide how you want to stay neutral, by going or not going and you have to let all the other area chapters know if you're going too, so they're not in the dark and we can ALL stay on top of things.
**** NOTE ***** A better way to support them and still give the appearance of being a neutral club is to attend only "open to the public" events that a motorcycle club may be sponsoring.
If you feel that you do want or need to go to a "limited event", then you'll have to go representing yourself as yourself, preferably without wearing any patches identifying your club. Remember, if you're wearing your club patch, you are considered by everyone to be representing your whole club. If anything were to turn sour, then your whole club could wind up with problems down the road. Also, once the rivals of that club you visited find out (and they will within a day or two), then those rivals will see you as no longer being neutral & you could be considered a rival of theirs too.
14. No CLB's (Chapter Location Bars), any territory rockers, or anything giving the appearance of a rocker should be worn with the RC patch. State flags, state logos may be worn in some areas and not in others. It's best to check with the local RC officers to make sure what is ok in your area.
15. If someone from a motorcycle club requests that you remove your vest/patch, don’t argue. The best reply is, "No Problem" & politely take it off and let your Club Officer know what motorcycle club it was so they can deal with any potential problems. You normally will only get asked once.
16. If an establishment has a sign indicating “No Colors”, even though your patch is not considered “colors”, the vest should be removed out of respect to the other clubs and the policy of the establishment.  While you may just be a Riding Club, it's only respectful to honor the house rules. Motorcycle clubs that honored the "house rules" would probably be deeply offended that you didn't.  Also remember, many establishments choose to have this policy and it applies to all clubs that use any kind of patch; they do not distinguish between a MC and a RC.  Be aware of the local motorcycle club hangouts & it's best not to wear the RC patch into them without an invitation.
17.  Do not wear your Patch into a motorcycle club clubhouse unless you have asked if it's ok to do so or have been invited for a "sit down" with the officers of the motorcycle club, or been invited As a Riding Club Member, to attend a function there.
18.  In regard to women who are with a MC club, but not in the club:   Old Lady is not a negative or derogatory term, it's just a slang term commonly used.  "Property Of" patches are their way of showing support for their man and the club he's in.
19.  A patchholder may not, and many times will not, acknowledge your wife or girlfriend, especially upon a first meeting.  
20. DO NOT touch or sit on a patchholder's bike unless invited to do so.  Do not expect the invitation.
21.  A prospect can usually be identified by the back patch they are wearing.  There are many different ways motorcycle clubs identify prospects.  They can have the rockers without the main patch.  They can actually have a patch saying "PROSPECT".  Some do not wear any patch, because all the Patchholders know who the prospects are.  You want to treat a prospect or even someone you suspect is a prospect the same way you would treat a patchholder - with respect and courtesy.  Many clubs will take offense to someone outside their club using the prospect term. Calling someone "Prospect" if you are not a patchholder of that club more often is considered disrespectful.
22.  Have absolutely no doubt that a motorcycle club is serious and many have been known to physically educate a person who shows disrespect or displays a bad attitude.
23.  Be aware of the behavior and attitude of the other RC members who are with you (especially if anyone has been drinking) at events. If necessary, try to take action to avoid problems before they happen. For example, if someone appears to be getting too angry or loud and possibly disrespectful, take them aside or suggest going somewhere else until things settle down. You could also let one of the officers of the club know about the situation. If an incident should occur in spite of your efforts when no Officers are present, make sure to let your officers know as soon afterward as you can. If no club officers happen to be there, then ALL of the RC members that are there need to make the attempt to take that person aside, and strongly suggest that the offending RC member go somewhere else to settle down.
24.  Be aware that problems created in one part of the country by a RC member or issues with the RC in one area have the potential to affect RC members in other areas and states.
25. The term Brother or Bro has special meaning to a Patchholder, do not call a Patchholder Brother or Bro.  Their Brothers are fellow Patchholders and those that have earned that term.
26. Don't ever touch any part of another club member's colors, which includes the vest or jacket it's sewn on.  That is considered serious disrespect, which could cause them to aggressively educate the un-informed.

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nowing your Constitutional and other Legal Rights is the key to protection of the innocent. There are other rights, in dealing with police, that are little known.

Your display of these rights may help or harm your dealings with police....

Cops may have no duty to Protect you from Harm: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/pol... .....

But you do have the right to know the salary of public servants

Utah: www.utahsright.com

Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone..
By LINDA GREENHOUSE

Published: June 28, 2005

WASHINGTON, June 27 - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.
The decision, with an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia and dissents from Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, overturned a ruling by a federal appeals court in Colorado. The appeals court had permitted a lawsuit to proceed against a Colorado town, Castle Rock, for the failure of the police to respond to a woman's pleas for help after her estranged husband violated a protective order by kidnapping their three young daughters, whom he eventually killed.
For hours on the night of June 22, 1999, Jessica Gonzales tried to get the Castle Rock police to find and arrest her estranged husband, Simon Gonzales, who was under a court order to stay 100 yards away from the house. He had taken the children, ages 7, 9 and 10, as they played outside, and he later called his wife to tell her that he had the girls at an amusement park in Denver.
Ms. Gonzales conveyed the information to the police, but they failed to act before Mr. Gonzales arrived at the police station hours later, firing a gun, with the bodies of the girls in the back of his truck. The police killed him at the scene.
The theory of the lawsuit Ms. Gonzales filed in federal district court in Denver was that Colorado law had given her an enforceable right to protection by instructing the police, on the court order, that "you shall arrest" or issue a warrant for the arrest of a violator. She argued that the order gave her a "property interest" within the meaning of the 14th Amendment's due process guarantee, which prohibits the deprivation of property without due process.
The district court and a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the suit, but the full appeals court reinstated it and the town appealed. The Supreme Court's precedents made the appellate ruling a challenging one for Ms. Gonzales and her lawyers to sustain.
A 1989 decision, DeShaney v. Winnebago County, held that the failure by county social service workers to protect a young boy from a beating by his father did not breach any substantive constitutional duty. By framing her case as one of process rather than substance, Ms. Gonzales and her lawyers hoped to find a way around that precedent.
But the majority on Monday saw little difference between the earlier case and this one, Castle Rock v. Gonzales, No. 04-278. Ms. Gonzales did not have a "property interest" in enforcing the restraining order, Justice Scalia said, adding that "such a right would not, of course, resemble any traditional conception of property."
Although the protective order did mandate an arrest, or an arrest warrant, in so many words, Justice Scalia said, "a well-established tradition of police discretion has long coexisted with apparently mandatory arrest statutes."
But Justices Stevens and Ginsburg, in their dissenting opinion, said "it is clear that the elimination of police discretion was integral to Colorado and its fellow states' solution to the problem of underenforcement in domestic violence cases." Colorado was one of two dozen states that, in response to increased attention to the problem of domestic violence during the 1990's, made arrest mandatory for violating protective orders.
"The court fails to come to terms with the wave of domestic violence statutes that provides the crucial context for understanding Colorado's law," the dissenting justices said.
Organizations concerned with domestic violence had watched the case closely and expressed disappointment at the outcome. Fernando LaGuarda, counsel for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, said in a statement that Congress and the states should now act to give greater protection.
In another ruling on Monday, the court rebuked the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, for having reopened a death penalty appeal, on the basis of newly discovered evidence, after the ruling had become final.
The 5-to-4 decision, Bell v. Thompson, No. 04-514, came in response to an appeal by the State of Tennessee after the Sixth Circuit removed a convicted murderer, Gregory Thompson, from the state's death row.
After his conviction and the failure of his appeals in state court, Mr. Thompson, with new lawyers, had gone to federal district court seeking a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his initial lawyers had been constitutionally inadequate. The new lawyers obtained a consultation with a psychologist, who diagnosed Mr. Thompson as schizophrenic.
But the psychologist's report was not included in the file of the habeas corpus petition in district court, which denied the petition. It was not until the Sixth Circuit and then the Supreme Court had also denied his petition, making the case final, that the Sixth Circuit reopened the case, finding that the report was crucial evidence that should have been considered.
In overturning that ruling in an opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the majority said the appeals court had abused its discretion in an "extraordinary departure from standard appellate procedures." Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Sandra Day O'Connor joined the opinion.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the majority had relied on rules to the exclusion of justice. Judges need a "degree of discretion, thereby providing oil for the rule-based gears," he said. Justices Stevens, Ginsburg and David H. Souter joined the dissent.

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Some police departments keep names of those arrested secret

 

|  Written by  Shereen Skola 

 

WAUSAU— Some police agencies in the state are withholding the names and other information about people they arrest, looking to a little-known Illinois court case with potentially far-reachingimplications for Wisconsin residents.

The change in policy stems from a privacy case in which a federal court ruled that police violated a man’s privacy when they wrote information obtained through the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles on a parking ticket left on the man’s vehicle. The case, Senne v. Village of Palatine (Ill.), is the root of what Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, calls an “emerging crisis” in Wisconsin.

“This overzealous interpretation of a federal court ruling creates a huge problem with the ideal of an open society,” Lueders said. “We now find ourselves with the potential for secret arrests. The police could now deprive you of your liberty, and not even say who it is they’ve arrested. The court couldn’t possibly have intended this.”

So far, the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department and Wausau Police Department are among 16 municipalities statewide that are redacting personal information on police reports; the Rothschild Police Department and Everest Metro Police Department have not yet followed suit.

The new rules, which went into effect earlier thismonth in Wausau and Marathon County, prohibit the release of any personal information obtained from a driver’s license, but not from a state-issued identification card. “Personal information” includes names, addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and medical or disability information.

“So, if two people are arrested and one has a driver’s license and one has a state ID card, police can give you the arrest information for one person but not the other,” Lueders said. “That’s crazy.”

So far, Wisconsin appears to be the only state using the Illinois ruling as a reason to keep arrest information secret. Under the new rules, if you’re involved in a crash, you can’t even find out who hit you. And the lawsuits are just beginning.

 

Erring on the side of secrecy

Marathon County Corporation Counsel Scott Corbett said municipalities are acting on the recommendation of insurance companies thathave advised them to “err on the side of caution” and comply with the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, or DPPA. The 1994 legislation, passed largely to prevent stalkers and would-be murderers from accessing public driving records, prohibits the disclosure of personal information without the express written permission of the driver.

Corbett said the new redaction policy is derived from the idea that the DPPA supersedes Wisconsin’s open records law, which requires all governmental agencies in the state to conduct their business with transparency.

“I am very much aware of the policy and tradition in this state with regard to open records, but insurers are indicating that this is the nature of the law,” Corbett said. “Of course, it doesn’t help that the case this is based on came out of Illinois, where they don’t have the same privacy laws we do in Wisconsin.”

Where does that leave the public? In the dark, Lueders said.

For example, the city of Wausau on April 13 arrested a man accused of playing bumper-cars down North Third Street in a pickup truck, bouncing off at least three vehicles parked on the side of the road. The driver, who was suspected of being drunk, was detained by witnesses until police arrived and took him away.

His name still has not been released to the public, prompting speculation that police are covering up the name of a prominent local official caught driving drunk — though police say that is not the case.

Lueders, who is sharply critical of the new rules,called such policies a “dangerous position to take” in light of the state’s open records law.

“Insurers advising departments to err on the side of secrecy? In a judgment call, you err on the side of openness,” Corbett said.

A not-so-simple parking ticket

The court case that spawned the policy changes wasfiled in August 2010 after a police officer in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago, wrote a simple parking ticket and left it on Jason Senne’s windshield. Senne sued the village for about $80 million. The lawsuit alleged that by leaving the ticket, which included Senne’s name and other personal information, the village violated Senne’s rights under the DPPA.

 

Originally, Senne’s case was dismissed in federal court; that decision was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th District in a 7-4 decision. Jurisdiction for the appeals court extends to Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. The village has petitioned the case to theU.S. Supreme Court, but it’s unclear whether the justices will review the case.

Despite Wisconsin’s strong history of transparency in government, it appears to be the only state using the case to restrict information, Lueders said.

“It appears Wisconsin is alone in this,” Lueders said. “Even in Illinois, where the case originated, they aren’t redacting.”

The legal debate

A 2008 opinion by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B Van Hollen is the basis for at least one lawsuit that challenges the redacting;that case is making its way through the Wisconsin court system. Van Hollen’s nine-page opinion cites dozens of cases to support its opinion that the DPPA was not intended to restrict public access to information under the state’s open records law.

“From at least the time of the Magna Carta and the formalization of the writ of habeas corpus, the concealment of the reason for arrest has been as odious as the concealment of the arrest itself. It is fundamental to a free society that the fact of arrest and the reason for arrest be available to the public,” Van Hollen wrote.

Robert Dreps, an attorney with Madison-based law firm Godfrey and Kahn, represents a newspaper at the center of the legal battle. In a lawsuit filed March 13 in St. Croix County, the New Richmond News allegesthat the city of New Richmond violated open records laws when the city’s police department began redacting personal information earlier this year.

“Under the Open Records Law ... it is the declared policy of this state that every citizen is entitled to the greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government,” the complaint reads.

Van Hollen has declined to weigh in further on theissue, Corbett said, until additional court cases are decided.

 

Next steps

One thing is clear — the fight isn’t over yet. Corbett said he and other attendees at a May 2 statewide corporation counsel meeting will discuss the matter with insurance representatives.

“This issue is not settled,” Corbett said. “For now, we’re balancing the best we can.”

A call Friday to Wausau City Attorney Anne Jacobson seeking comment was not returned.

The changes affect more than media requests for information. Drivers involved in crashes, for example, will no longer be able to obtain information on other drivers involved when they request police reports after a crash, Wausau Police Capt. Bryan Hilts said.

“It’s a major administrative problem for us, too,” Hilts said. “Every time someone comes in and asks for a police report or an accident report, someone has to spend the time blacking out all that information. The time adds up pretty quickly.”

Lueders said members of his organization are hopeful the courts will rule soon and “put an end to this nonsense.”

“We’re hoping the New Richmond case will bring sanity back to Wisconsin,” Lueders said. “We hope the courts act promptly.”

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ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be performing at all tour dates with ATTIKA 7 playing the Jagermeister Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem,

To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the official Mayhem website at http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.

Yes, you heard right! ATTIKA 7 will be bringing its brutal brand of outlaw biker metal to the legions at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be offering exclusive, brand new music throughout the duration the tour along with an updated, ultra-metallic sound and line-up!

ATTIKA 7's concept and uncompromising metal and hardcore-influenced riffs were originally conceived from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary system. In addition to including music veterans like Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard and other members boasting credits like Nonpoint, UPO, andVicious Rumors, the band features true motorcycle legend and lead guitarist Rusty Coones, who is also recognized internationally as the character" Quinn" of FX's hit series SONS OF ANARCHY.

"Rusty and I searched high and low for the best musicians to complete our lineup who were dedicated to metal and mastering their instruments. We feel confident that the pit at Mayhem is going to feel our thunder," says ATTIKA 7 vocalist and frontman Evan Seinfeld. "There has never been a band like this... one that's members live the life others merely sing about in fantasy, and I'm honored and proud to be a part of it."


Dates

Jun 29	San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater
Jun 30	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul 02	Nampa, ID	Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Jul 03	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
Jul 05	Phoenix, AZ	Desert Sky Pavilion
Jul 06	Albuquerque, NM	Isleta Amphitheatre
Jul 07	Englewood, CO	Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Jul 10	Toronto, ON CA	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Jul 12	Burgettstown, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 13	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion
Jul 14	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 16	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
Jul 17	Bangor, ME	Bangor Waterfront
Jul 19	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 20	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul 21	Hartford, CT	The Comcast Theatre
Jul 23	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul 24	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
Jul 26	Noblesville, IN	Klipsch Music Center
Jul 27	Tinley Park, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 28	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul 30	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
Jul 31	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 02	Austin, TX	Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of The Americas
Aug 03	The Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 04	Dallas, TX	Gexa Energy Pavilion

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Dates
Backed by an authentic MC lifestyle, ATTIKA 7 brings the heavy trifecta - Bikes, Metal, and Mayhem! For more information on ATTIKA 7, visit http://www.attika7.com.
Jun 29 

San Bernardino, CA   

San Manuel Amphitheater   

Jun 30   

Mountain View, CA   

Shoreline Amphitheatre   

Jul 02  

Nampa, ID   

Idaho Center Amphitheatre   

Jul 03   

Auburn, WA   

White River Amphitheatre   

Jul 05   

Phoenix, AZ   

Desert Sky Pavilion
   
Jul 06   

Albuquerque, NM   

Isleta Amphitheatre   

Jul 07   

Englewood, CO   

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre   

Jul 10   

Toronto, ON CA   

Molson Canadian Amphitheatre   

Jul 12   

Burgettstown, PA   

First Niagara Pavilion   

Jul 13   

Scranton, PA   

Toyota Pavilion   

Jul 14   

Darien Center, NY   

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center   

Jul 16   

Mansfield, MA   

Comcast Center   

Jul 17   

Bangor, ME   

Bangor Waterfront   

Jul 19   

Camden, NJ   

Susquehanna Bank Center   

Jul 20   

Saratoga Springs, NY   

Saratoga Performing Arts Center   

Jul 21   

Hartford, CT   

The Comcast Theatre   

Jul 23   

Holmdel, NJ   

PNC Bank Arts Center   

Jul 24   

Bristow, VA   

Jiffy Lube Live   

Jul 26   

Noblesville, IN   

Klipsch Music Center   

Jul 27   

Tinley Park, IL   

First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre   

Jul 28   

Clarkston, MI   

DTE Energy Music Theatre   

Jul 30   

Atlanta, GA   

Lakewood Amphitheatre   

Jul 31
   
Tampa, FL   

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre   

Aug 02   

Austin, TX   

Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of The Americas   

Aug 03   

The Woodlands, TX   

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
   
Aug 04   

Dallas, TX   

Gexa Energy Pavilion
   

Backed by an authentic MC lifestyle, ATTIKA 7 brings the heavy trifecta - Bikes, Metal, and Mayhem! For more information on ATTIKA 7, visit http://www.attika7.com.


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ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be performing at all tour dates with ATTIKA 7 playing the Jagermeister Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem,

To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the official Mayhem website athttp://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.

Yes, you heard right! ATTIKA 7 will be bringing its brutal brand of outlaw biker metal to the legions at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be offering exclusive, brand new music throughout the duration the tour along with an updated, ultra-metallic sound and line-up!

ATTIKA 7's concept and uncompromising metal and hardcore-influenced riffs were originally conceived from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary system. In addition to including music veterans like Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard and other members boasting credits like Nonpoint, UPO, andVicious Rumors, the band features true motorcycle legend and lead guitarist Rusty Coones, who is also recognized internationally as the character" Quinn" of FX's hit series SONS OF ANARCHY.

"Rusty and I searched high and low for the best musicians to complete our lineup who were dedicated to metal and mastering their instruments. We feel confident that the pit at Mayhem is going to feel our thunder," says ATTIKA 7 vocalist and frontman Evan Seinfeld. "There has never been a band like this... one that's members live the life others merely sing about in fantasy, and I'm honored and proud to be a part of it."

Dates

Jun 29	San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater
Jun 30	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul 02	Nampa, ID	Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Jul 03	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
Jul 05	Phoenix, AZ	Desert Sky Pavilion
Jul 06	Albuquerque, NM	Isleta Amphitheatre
Jul 07	Englewood, CO	Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Jul 10	Toronto, ON CA	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Jul 12	Burgettstown, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 13	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion
Jul 14	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 16	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
Jul 17	Bangor, ME	Bangor Waterfront
Jul 19	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 20	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul 21	Hartford, CT	The Comcast Theatre
Jul 23	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul 24	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
Jul 26	Noblesville, IN	Klipsch Music Center
Jul 27	Tinley Park, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 28	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul 30	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
Jul 31	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 02	Austin, TX	Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of The Americas
Aug 03	The Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 04	Dallas, TX	Gexa Energy Pavilion

Backed by an authentic MC lifestyle, ATTIKA 7 brings the heavy trifecta - Bikes, Metal, and Mayhem! For more information on ATTIKA 7, visit http://www.attika7.com.

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ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be performing at all tour dates with ATTIKA 7 playing the Jagermeister Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem,

To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the official Mayhem website athttp://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.

Yes, you heard right! ATTIKA 7 will be bringing its brutal brand of outlaw biker metal to the legions at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be offering exclusive, brand new music throughout the duration the tour along with an updated, ultra-metallic sound and line-up!

ATTIKA 7's concept and uncompromising metal and hardcore-influenced riffs were originally conceived from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary system. In addition to including music veterans like Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard and other members boasting credits like Nonpoint, UPO, andVicious Rumors, the band features true motorcycle legend and lead guitarist Rusty Coones, who is also recognized internationally as the character" Quinn" of FX's hit series SONS OF ANARCHY.

"Rusty and I searched high and low for the best musicians to complete our lineup who were dedicated to metal and mastering their instruments. We feel confident that the pit at Mayhem is going to feel our thunder," says ATTIKA 7 vocalist and frontman Evan Seinfeld. "There has never been a band like this... one that's members live the life others merely sing about in fantasy, and I'm honored and proud to be a part of it."

Dates

Jun 29	San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater
Jun 30	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jul 02	Nampa, ID	Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Jul 03	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
Jul 05	Phoenix, AZ	Desert Sky Pavilion
Jul 06	Albuquerque, NM	Isleta Amphitheatre
Jul 07	Englewood, CO	Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Jul 10	Toronto, ON CA	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Jul 12	Burgettstown, PA	First Niagara Pavilion
Jul 13	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion
Jul 14	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 16	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
Jul 17	Bangor, ME	Bangor Waterfront
Jul 19	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 20	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul 21	Hartford, CT	The Comcast Theatre
Jul 23	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul 24	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
Jul 26	Noblesville, IN	Klipsch Music Center
Jul 27	Tinley Park, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jul 28	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
Jul 30	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
Jul 31	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug 02	Austin, TX	Austin360 Amphitheater at Circuit of The Americas
Aug 03	The Woodlands, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 04	Dallas, TX	Gexa Energy Pavilion

Backed by an authentic MC lifestyle, ATTIKA 7 brings the heavy trifecta - Bikes, Metal, and Mayhem! For more information on ATTIKA 7, visit http://www.attika7.com.

Read more about ATTIKA 7 Added to Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival - BWWMusicWorld by music.broadwayworld.com

ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be performing at all tour dates with ATTIKA 7 playing the Jagermeister Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem,

To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the official Mayhem website athttp://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.

Yes, you heard right! ATTIKA 7 will be bringing its brutal brand of outlaw biker metal to the legions at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. The band will be offering exclusive, brand new music throughout the duration the tour along with an updated, ultra-metallic sound and line-up!

ATTIKA 7's concept and uncompromising metal and hardcore-influenced riffs were originally conceived from behind the walls of the United States Federal Penitentiary system. In addition to including music veterans like Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard and other members boasting credits like Nonpoint, UPO, andVicious Rumors, the band features true motorcycle legend and lead guitarist Rusty Coones, who is also recognized internationally as the character" Quinn" of FX's hit series SONS OF ANARCHY.

"Rusty and I searched high and low for the best musicians to complete our lineup who were dedicated to metal and mastering their instruments. We feel confident that the pit at Mayhem is going to feel our thunder," says ATTIKA 7 vocalist and frontman Evan Seinfeld. "There has never been a band like this... one that's members live the life others merely sing about in fantasy, and I'm honored and proud to be a part of it."

Read more about ATTIKA 7 Added to Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival - BWWMusicWorld by music.broadwayworld.com

USA - FBI sharply increases use of Patriot Act provision to collect US citizens' records

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By Michael Isikoff
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

The FBI has dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act to secretly obtain a vast store of business records of U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama, according to recent Justice Department reports to Congress. The bureau filed 212 requests for such data to a national security court last year – a 1,000-percent increase from the number of such requests four years earlier, the reports show.
The FBI’s increased use of the Patriot Act’s “business records” provision — and the wide ranging scope of its requests -- is getting new scrutiny in light of last week’s disclosure that that the provision was used to obtain a top-secret national security order requiring telecommunications companies to turn over records of millions of telephone calls.Taken together, experts say, those revelations show the government has broadly interpreted the Patriot Act provision as enabling it to collect data not just on specific individuals, but on millions of Americans with no suspected terrorist connections. And it shows that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court  accepted that broad interpretation of the law.

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“That they were using this (provision) to do mass collection of data is definitely the biggest surprise,” said Robert Chesney, a top national security lawyer at the University of Texas Law School. “Most people who followed this closely were not aware they were doing this.  We’ve gone from producing records for a particular investigation to the production of all records for a massive pre-collection database. It’s incredibly sweeping.” 

The Justice Department and FBI did not respond to requests for comment. But in a recent interview with NBC News, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper dismissed the idea that the records were being used to spy on innocent Americans. “The notion that we’re trolling through everyone’s emails and voyeuristically reading them, or listening to everyone’s phone calls is, on its face, absurd,” he said. “We couldn’t do that even if we wanted to.”
But little-noticed statements by FBI Director Robert Mueller in recent years – as well as interviews with former senior law enforcement officials – hint at what Chesney calls a largely unnoticed “sea change” in the way the U.S. government collects data for terrorism and other national security investigations.
The Patriot Act provision, known as Section 215, allows the FBI to require the production of business records and any other “tangible things” -- including “books, records, papers, documents and other items,” for an authorized terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation. The Patriot Act was a broad expansion of law enforcement powers enacted by Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In addition to Section 215, other provisions expanded the FBI’s power to issue so-called “national security letters,” requiring individuals and business to turn over a more limited set of records without any court order at all.
In contrast to standard grand jury subpoenas, material obtained under both Section 215 orders and national security letters must be turned over under so-called “gag orders” that forbid the business or institution that receives the order from notifying its customers or publicly referring to the matter.
 From the earliest days of the Patriot Act, Section 215 was among the most hotly disputed of its provisions. Critics charged the language – “tangible things” -- was so broad that it would even permit the FBI to obtain library and bookstore records to inspect what citizens were reading.
Ashcroft confronted criticism
Largely to tamp down those concerns, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft declassified information about the FBI’s use of the provision in September 2003, saying in a statement that “the number of times Section 215 has been used to date is zero.” Ashcroft added that he was releasing the information “to counter the troubling amount of public distortion and misinformation” about Section 215.
But in the years since, the FBI’s use of Section 215 quietly exploded, with virtually no public notice or debate. In 2009, as part of an annual report to Congress, the Justice Department reported there had been 21 applications for business records to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) under Section 215 – all of which were granted, though nine were modified by the court. (The reports do not explain how or why the orders were modified.)
In 2010, the number of requests jumped to 205 (all again granted, with 176 modified.) In the latest report filed on April 30, the department reported there had been 212 such requests in 2012 – all approved by the court, but 200 of them modified.
These sharp increase in the use of Section 215 has drawn little attention until now because the number of national security letters (NSLs) issued by the bureau has been so much greater -- 15,229 in 2012. But FBI Director Mueller, in little-noticed written responses to Congress two years ago, explained that the bureau was encountering resistance from telecommunications companies in turning over “electronic communication transaction” records in response to national security letters.
“Beginning in late 2009, certain electronic communications service providers no longer honored NSLs to obtain” records because of what their lawyers cited as “an ambiguity” in the law. (What Mueller didn’t say was this came at a time when all the major telecommunications companies were still facing lawsuits over their cooperation with the government on surveillance programs.) As a result, Mueller said, the FBI had switched over to demanding the same data under Section 215. “This change accounts for a significant
increase in the volume of business records requests,” Mueller wrote.
What was not explained at the time, Chesney notes, is that the FBI was using the Section 215 requests to obtain a broad array of records. For example, a top-secret FISC order disclosed last week by the Guardian showed that the FBI had  used a single Section 215 request to direct Verizon  to turn over “all call detail records or telephony metadata’’ of its customers for a three month period, literally millions of records.
Saying they wanted to put an end to “secret law,  eight U.S. senators — led by Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Mike Lee, R-Utah — on Tuesday introduced a bill to require the Justice Department to declassify national security court decisions that have permitted the use of the “business records” provision for such purposes.
That followed a court filing Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and allied groups asking the surveillance court to release its classified legal opinions question that have allowed the expanded use of Section 215.
The motion, filed “pursuant to the First Amendment,” the ACLU states, and under rules that, in some circumstances, permit petitions to the FISC, also cites statements by two Democratic U.S. senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, and Obama to justify public disclosure.
Related story
On the run and out of a job: Consulting company fires professed NSA leaker 
“When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry,” it quoted Wyden as saying in 2011.
It also cited Obama words after last week’s disclosure of the Verizon order: “I welcome this debate.”
The motion also asks the court to consider the constitutionality of the “gag order” written into Section 215.
“There should be no room for secret law,” said Jameel Jaffer, the ACLU’s deputy legal director, adding that disclosure of the FISC rulings is essential if the debate Obama called for is to take place. “The public has a right to know what limits apply to the government’s surveillance authority, and what safeguards are in place to protect individual privacy.”

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by Tim Lynch 
Cop Sucker Punches Handcuffed Teen Suspect 
 http://youtu.be/h65WaOSS6sE

Published on Jul 3, 2013

A former St. Louis police officer is under fire after surveillance video surfaced showing him assault a handcuffed suspect, according to authorities.

The police department and prosecutors both say Officer Rory Bruce clearly crossed a line when he hit that teenage suspect back in 2012 and said they had an obligation to hold him accountable.

The victim chose not to testify. There was no jury. The judge was the sole decider and she did not allow the police surveillance video to be shown during Officer Bruce's trial.

The video was taken from the back of a transport vehicle. It shows the handcuffed teenager stepping out to face two officers. Bruce is the one to the left.

Officer Bruce can be heard saying: "Stand out here with us...you lying piece of s***."

Words are exchanged and then; "It's one forearm blow as he's trained to do," said Jeff Roorda with the St. Louis Police Officer's Association.

Roorda says he can see Bruce crouched down and the suspect moving forward. He says Bruce was only defending himself.

Officer Bruce is heard later on the video saying: "I told you I wanted to search you and you came out of the thing and started lunging at me."

That's not what the department believed. They fired Bruce and turned the case over to prosecutors to charge.

Since the case is not closed, the prosecutor's office told News 4 they couldn't comment on camera.

In an emailed statement, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said the office was disappointed that the judge didn't see this video—adding that the video clearly shows Bruce beating a handcuffed teen.

Judge Teresa Counts Burke didn't return calls for comment.

Roorda says the judge did right—he told News 4, police videos like these should be used to protect police.

Now, it's become a "gotcha-head hunter" tool that we've seen internal affairs go over-board with.

Roorda says—with his name clear in the courts—Bruce should get his job back. We'll stay on it to see if he does.

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To their credit, the police fired the officer and the prosecutors filed charges.  But according to the news article, the judge did not view the tape!  And the police union wants the officer rehired!
With respect to the “gotcha” comment from the police union rep, that is just some sorta bizarre spin on the subject.  The tape shows what it shows.  Take each incident at a time on its own merits.  What the judge did here is very hard to understand.

Illinois is last state to allow concealed carry of guns

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By Greg McCune

CHICAGO | Tue Jul 9, 2013 6:41pm EDT

(Reuters) - Illinois adopted a law on Tuesday allowing residents to carry concealed guns, becoming the last state in the nation to permit some form of possession of guns in public.
The Illinois action was a significant political victory for the gun rights lobby, the National Rifle Association, which strongly supported the new law and lobbied for its passage.
Illinois was the last holdout among the states in prohibiting residents from carrying guns in public.
Gun control has been a hot national issue since 20 children and six adults were killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last December, prompting President Barack Obama to push Congress for tighter gun laws. Congress failed to enact a law supported by Obama that would have strengthened background checks for gun purchases.
In the state Obama considers home and where he served in the state Senate, the legislature voted to expand gun rights.
Democratic Governor Pat Quinn had objected to major parts of the concealed carry proposal. But both chambers of the state legislature voted on Tuesday to override his veto, allowing concealed carry to become the law.
After the legislation passed, Quinn blasted the NRA, saying the gun rights organization had negotiated concealed carry with legislators behind closed doors to avoid public scrutiny.
"Members of the General Assembly surrendered to the National Rifle Association in the waning days of session and passed a flawed bill," Quinn said in a statement.
The head of the NRA's sister organization, the Illinois State Rifle Association, differed with Quinn.
"The bill has been 20 years in the making," said Richard Pearson, Executive Director of the Illinois association. "There are 1.6 million gun owners in this state. Those people have been deprived of their rights for years."
The new law says that Illinois state police "shall issue" a permit to carry concealed guns to any applicant who passes a background check, takes 16 hours of required firearms training and meets other conditions. The bill would ban guns in some public places such as bars, schools and hospitals.
The Illinois legislature meeting in Springfield acted only after a federal appeals court last December ruled that the state prohibition on concealed carry violated the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which sets out the right to bear arms. The court gave Illinois until July 9 to enact a new law.
The issue of gun control divided the Illinois Democratic party, which holds large majorities in the legislature, along urban-rural lines. Some lawmakers from Chicago voted against concealed carry because they feared the new law would make it harder to control a wave of gun violence in the nation's third largest city. Rural lawmakers, where hunting is popular, strongly supported concealed carry.
After the Illinois legislature acted, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called a special city council meeting for July 17 to discuss strengthening the city's existing assault weapons ban. He called the meeting because the new concealed carry law gives cities and towns a window of only 10 days to pass separate laws.
Quinn said the bill would endanger public safety, and he made a series of proposals to change it. Lawmakers considered some small changes to the bill suggested by the governor, but overruled him anyway.
Quinn did not immediately comment after the legislature voted.
(Editing by Bernard Orr)

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I’m Kaity, also known as the Daft Kat, I’m 21 and I’m a Colorado native. In real life, I’m a barista and a bartender at a little local café. But art has its roots deep in my soul, so when I’m not on the clock, I work as a freelance graphic design artist and as an avid tattoo collector. I have a free flowing spirit, a passion for life and all things that make it what it is and I wish to share that passion with the world around me. As an advertising graphic design specialist, I strive to utilize my art to help others promote and develop the things that they care about in a meaningful way. As a tattoo collector, I hope to inspire those I interact with to consider, to question, and to expand their understanding of the world around them. Personally, my tattoos are simply a symbolic expression of my self-awareness and beliefs about the internal and external nature of reality. Life is a journey, it is a process of growth and learning, and my art is a way for me to document this limitless expedition we call life in a way that is meaningful to me. I believe art to be the most powerful tool that human beings possess, and I live and breathe this understanding every second of my life, which I channel into my work, my art, and my interactions with the world around me. I am the spark that starts the fires that were waiting to burn.

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Source: 10news.com
SANTEE, Calif. -- Authorities say a Santee-based gang, whose members include convicted felons with long rap sheets, is recruiting kids as young as 14.
Members said the group known as the "Peckerwoods" is nothing more than a motorcycle club.
An undercover police officer, who has been tracking the Peckerwoods since 2005, told 10News the group's ideology is illustrated in its members' clothing.
Jackets taken from arrested Peckerwood members showcase Nazi symbols, including the iron cross and SS bolts.
Additionally, the name Peckerwood has a deeper meaning -- it is what America's slaves called their masters.
Police said, in Santee, members wear the name as a badge of honor.
"Sometimes their beliefs -- from what we can tell -- their symbols and colors, they teach at home," the undercover officer said.
Santee resident Lyle Snow has two African-American children and was attacked by 15-year-old Trevor Solis last year. According to court records, Solis' father, Trenton, is a known Peckerwood who served prison time for crippling an African-American Marine in 1998.
"I have had a lot of cases that have involved juveniles that have looked me straight in the face and said, 'I was born a racist; I was raised a racist and you can't change that,'" the undercover officer said. "Coming out of a 14-year-old's mouth is just real surprising."
Police said the Peckerwoods recruit new members by using things such as T-shirts that say "Support your local Peckerwoods."
In 2007, police said weapons and drugs were found in a raid at the Peckerwoods' Santee clubhouse.
"I have to say, and I'm not just saying this to cover my tail, they've treated me with respect," said Santee Mayor Randy Voepel. "They are an organization that, like anyone, has a few bad apples."
10News asked Peckerwood president Ronald Luetticke for an interview, and he said in a voice message: "My attorney advised me that I probably shouldn't do it, and the other consideration I got is I have two young kids. I got two kids; I don't want to put them in any harms way."
Luetticke works professionally as a contractor and is licensed by the state of California.
The Department of Justice won't allow police to disclose how many Peckerwood members there are in San Diego County. Police did say a large majority of the members have criminal convictions.
Peckerwood board secretary Deron Jaffe came to the 10News studios unannounced Tuesday and left the following statement:
"Peckerwood Motorcycle Club was established 23 years ago with the intent of providing a brotherhood for riders of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Our club members are not racist and we do not recruit children or anyone else to become members of our club. We cannot control people outside of our club who might be racist and call themselves "Peckerwoods." We are nothing more than a motorcycle club and are not affiliated with any other groups of individuals who refer to themselves or others as "Peckerwoods." Our members are working class people with families. We don't advocate or engage in violence towards others. The Peckerwood Motorcycle club is proud of its involvement in charitable causes such as the Amber Dubois Memorial Fund and annual toy drive to benefit the orphanage in Rosarito Beach Mexico."

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After following rec.knives for a while, it became obvious that a quick summary of knife laws would be handy. Here's what little I've been able to glean from my reading.
My goal is to find the clear portion of what is flat-out legal and easily summarized. I realize most states confuse the issue unmercifully; I'll let others figure out how to push the limits.
WARNING: This document is created from hearsay and whatever laws I could find. For legal advice, ask a lawyer. I could be lying. I only provide this to try to slightly improve the general lack of information on this subject. YOU are responsible for your own actions. If you don't know exactly what the laws are for any state or locale you are in, GO FIND OUT. (http://www.ncsl.org/public/sitesleg.htmis a good start, containing pointers to all state legislative sites.) I haven't updated this for a while, so consider it a cursory guide.

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Explaination

State (hyperlink goes to detailed explaination)

• Summary:

Basically, I want to answer the question "I'm flying to state X tomorrow, so which knife can I take?"
• Max length:

Size limit, measured the most unpleasant way possible. Some may permit longer in certain cases, but I won't suggest anything longer if it's in a gray area.
• Specifically illegal:

Specific styles which are explicitly forbidden.
Switchblade= Push a button/lever, it does the rest.
Gravity knives = Opened by gravity or centrifigual force. Butterfly knives (balisongs) included.
• Relevant laws:

A quick pointer to roughly where the relevant laws are (ex. Penal Code 642)
• Quirks:

Dark humor points (ex: a 1" lockback in a pocket is illegal, but a 15" Bowie swinging free is ok)
• Local restrictions:

City/county restrictions.

BTW So many places forbid sharp things in schools that this sentence is the only place I'll mention this: assume posession of knives in schools - even colleges - is illegal.
Use this as guidance: kids have been suspended for mere posession of nail clippers.

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US Knife Law Summary

• Ballistic knives (automatic blade throwers) are prohibited.
• Switchbladesmay not be transported/mailed across state lines unlessthe recipient intends to use it for military use.
• Possessing a knife in a federal facility is prohibited unless it is a pocket knife with blade under 2.5".

State Knife Law Summaries

Arizona

• Summary: Generally clear. Illegal to carry "deadly weapon, (except a pocket knife) concealed."
• Max length: None apparent.
• Relevant laws: ARS book

California

• Summary: Anything capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon is illegal. All concealed knives are a felony (except non locking folders).
• Max length: chaotic
• Specifically illegal: Switchblades, gravity knives, exotic conceal methods (pen, lipstick, whatever)
• Relevant laws: PC 653K, PC 12020(24), California Laws, Commentary (apparently removed - someone know where?)
• Note that interpretations by cops and judges are wildly varied. Police have actually told law-abiding citizens to break the concealment laws, and a judge has deemed a blunt-point knife (Spyderco Mariner) a stabbing weapon.
• Quirks: Pens may be illegal (potential stabbing weapon).
• Local restrictions:
• Los Angeles
• Three inch limit for open carry without a good explanation.

Conneticut

• Summary: Sounds normal.
• Max length: Cutting edge under 4 inches
• Switchblades: Are legal to carry with a Dangerous Weapons Permit (DWP) only. Good luck trying to find a police station that has an application.
• Gravity knives: Same
• Relevant laws:
• Local restrictions: Some police chiefs don't want to give out DWP's

Florida

• Summary: A "common pocketknife" is OK. All "concealed weapons" (knives included) require a license.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Relevant laws: Chapter 790

Georgia

• Local restrictions:
• Atlanta: A blade over 3" that LOCKS is illegal.

Indiana

• Summary: Generally OK.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Specifically illegal: automatics & throwing stars.
• Relevant laws: Statutes mentioning "knife"

Mississippi

• Summary: OK for "normal" knives. Don't try to conceal any bowie, dirk, switchblade or butcher knife.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Specifically illegal: none apparent.
• Relevant laws: 97-37-*
• Quirks: Threatening actions with a knife in the presence of less than three people may be acceptable.

Missouri

• Summary: any folder 4" or less is OK.
• Max length: 4"
• Relevant laws: State Laws (search for "knife")

Maryland

• Summary: "Penknives" are OK. Anything else is borderline illegal and may require a concealed weapon permit.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Relevant laws: MD Statues Crimes and Punishments § 36, § 36A-O
• Quirks: You may carry a "weapon as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger", but it's up to a tribunal to decide the reasonableness/appropriateness of posession.
• Local restrictions:
• Cecil, Anne Arundel, Talbot, Harford, Caroline, Prince George's, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Washington, Worcester, Kent, and Baltimore Counties have special prohibitions regarding children under 18 carrying knives. See § 36(a)(3).

Nebraska

• Summary: Nothing over 3.5"
• Max length: 3.5"
• A longer blade maybe legal, but it's subject post-fact to a judge's decision.
• Relevant laws: Statutes mentioning "knife"
• Statutes may refer only to concealed knives.
• Quirks:
• A "knife" is defined as having a blade over 3.5". A pocketknife under 3.5" is not a knife.
• Local restrictions:
• Linconln
• Switchblades are illegal.

New Jersey

• Summary: General folders OK. Single-edged fixed blades may be.
• Max length: Under 18 may not possess knife with 5" or longer blade, or 10" or longer overall. No other apparent limitation.
• Specifically illegal: gravity knife, switchblade knife, dagger, dirk, stiletto, or ballistic knife "without any explainable lawful purpose" (i.e. an ill-defined exemption). Manufacturers and sellers are not exempt.
• Relevant laws: 2C:39-3.e 2C:39-9.d 2C:39-9.1 (Statutes, search for "knife" or "knives")

New York

• Summary: If it looks like a weapon, it's illegal.
• Max length: 6" (?)
• Specifically illegal: Switchblades and gravity knives unless hunting or fishing with permit
• Relevant laws: Penal law
• Local restrictions:
• New York City
• Must be under 4"

Nevada

• Summary: Generally OK.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Specifically illegal: switchblades, belt-buckle knives
• Relevant laws: NRS 202

Ohio

• Specifically illegal: switchblade, springblade knife, gravity (butterfly) knife, or similar weapon;
• Relevant laws: Search Statutes for "knife"

Rhode Island

• Summary: 3" or less OK. Don't posess anything "designed to cut and stab another".
• Max length: 3" measured from where the handle ends, not where the sharpened edge begins.
• Specifically illegal:
• Posession of a dagger, dirk, stiletto, sword-in-cane, bowie knife, or other similar weapon designed to cut and stab another.
• Concealed carry upon one's person of the above-mentioned instruments or weapons, or any razor, or knife of any description having a blade of more than 3".
• Relevant laws: Title 11 Criminal Offenses § 11-47-42
• Quirks: Children under 18 may purchase the above weapons with written parental permission.

Tennessee

• Summary: Folders under 4" are OK.
• Max length: 4"
• Specifically illegal: Switchblades, gravity knives (probably)
• Quirks: Fixed blades are probablya no-no.

Texas

• Summary: Folders under 5.5" OK.
• Max length: 5.5"
• Specifically illegal: Switchblade, throwing knives, daggers (in general), bowie knives, swords and spears.
• Relevant laws: Penal Code 46
• Quirks: The one state people associate with Bowie knives explicitly forbids them.

Virginia

• Summary: Don't conceal a dirk or bowie knife. Don't take a dangerous weapon (esp. bowie knife or dagger) to church.
• Max length: None apparent.
• Specifically illegal: Switchblades.
• Relevant laws: 18.2-308, search statutes for knife or knives.
• Quirks: 3.1-370: your knife must be cleaned daily.

Washington

• Summary: Anything over 3" is in a gray area.
• Max length: 3"
• Specifically illegal: switchblade, springblade knife, gravity (butterfly) knife, concealed dagger/dirk
• Relevant laws: Statutes mentioning "knife"

Wisconson

• Relevant laws: 134.71 (1)(a)9, 134.71 (1)(g)1, 134.71 (1)(h)1  (relating to pawn brokers), 941.24 (switchblades)

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Canada

• Summary: Careful; the country is getting antsy about weapons.
• Specifically illegal: a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife.
• Relevant laws: Annual Statutes Of Canada, 1995 Chapter 39 (Bill C-68)

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Airlines
Summary: No knives or sharp instruments of anykind.

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The SoCal Law Blog is devoted to issues of law and criminal justice in Southern California. Operated by Attorney John W. Bussman, the blog was founded to share legal news, analysis, insight, pearls of wisdom and other relevant topics of discussion.

Why Publicize DUI Checkpoints?

If you follow my Facebook page (and you should), you've noticed that I like to post warnings about local DUI checkpoints.  I'll usually give the heads-up a few days in advance whenever I discover that a local police agency intends to operate one of these dragnets.  I get a lot of feedback when I publish my warnings, mostly negative.  I've been called names and had my posts reported as "spam" or "abuse", but I won't be deterred.  My DUI checkpoint warnings should be regarded as a valuable public service, not just for commuters, but also for anyone who pays taxes, expects accountable government, and respects the principles enshrined in the US Constitution.

The 4th Amendment ensures the right to be free from "unreasonable searches and seizures".  The "reasonableness" of any particular search and / or seizure depends on the unique facts of each situation.  To determine whether or not a given search is "reasonable", the courts perform a balancing test.  On one hand, they weigh the state's interest in public safety.  On the other, they consider an individuals expectation of privacy in the given situation.  The court will consider the methods by which the search was performed and whether or not other, less intrusive means are available to law enforcement to decide whether or not a search passes constitutional muster.

Obviously, the state has a strong interest in preventing and deterring drunk driving.  Drunk driving is a major safety concern on the roads.  Alcohol is the biggest single contributing factor in fatal auto collisions.  I think we all agree on this: drunk driving is bad.  We all want to keep drunk drivers off the road.  We also want to achieve this directive in a manner that is cost-effective -- saving the most lives per dollar spent.  Along those same lines, we all want to preserve the rights and privileges that make America great.

The flip side of the coin is this:  DUI checkpoints are plainly examples of warrantless, suspicionless searches and seizures.  A typical DUI checkpoint can screen thousands of drivers in a given night. Commuters will be subjected to traffic delays and unnecessary police interrogation.  Everyone is a suspect at DUI checkpoints.  This is clearly not what the Constitution's Framers envisioned. Americans have the constitutional right to move about the country, free from unnecessary government intervention.  You don't need the cops' permission to drive down your street -- you own the street and the cops work for you.  DUI checkpoints turn this principle on its head.

To rectify the conflict between public safety and individual privacy, the US Supreme Court has provided a set of guidelines to be considered when determining the constitutionality of a particular DUI checkpoint.  Among the Court's list of factors, it ruled that:

• Checkpoints should be publicized 
• Checkpoints should be set up in areas where there is already a high occurrence of drunk driving and DUI-related accidents
• Drivers should have an opportunity to avoid the checkpoint (Note: Police have gotten around this one.  If they provide some opportunity to turn away before entering the checkpoint, there will usually be "chasers" in position.  The chasers are cops whose job is to watch for anyone who avoids the checkpoint.  They will follow you until they find a reason to pull you over, imagined or otherwise.)

If the traffic delays and suspicionless interrogations don't bother you, consider the cost of these dragnets.  DUI checkpoints usually cost taxpayers about $10,000.00 to operate per night.  The funds come from various sources, including federal and state grants to local police agencies.  The checkpoints are staffed by officers on overtime.  Next time you're sitting in traffic waiting to go through one of these time-wasters, at least you'll be comforted by the fact that the cops are being paid time-and-a-half.

Of course, police unions are the most vocal lobbyists in favor of more checkpoints.  Their members get to stand around and eat catered food while getting paid extra to do safe, easy "work".  I like to call the dragnets "DUI Checkpoint Fundraisers", because I think that accurately describes their function.  DUI checkpoints don't just raise funds from state and federal grants, they also boost department coffers with towing and impound fees.  Did you forget to pay a ticket from out-of-county when you were on vacation?  Did your wife forget to mail in your insurance check?  If so, you might be surprised to learn that you have a suspended driver's license.  You'll be even more surprised when police impound your car, hold it for 30 days, and charge you thousands of dollars to release it at the end of the month.

So there are avoidable traffic delays and suspicionless interrogations that erode the public's faith in law enforcement.  There's the tax dollars being squandered on unnecessary overtime pay and the wasted police resources that aren't being utilized while the checkpoint is in operation.  Any other reasons people should avoid DUI checkpoints?  Here's one:  they simply don't catch drunk drivers.  As I mentioned above, a typical DUI checkpoint can screen thousands of drivers in a single night.  On average, though, a checkpoint will net less than 1 DUI arrest.  If the purpose of DUI checkpoints is to catch DUI drivers, then they're not working.  Just imagine if all those cops working the checkpoint had been in their cars, cruising high-DUI areas, watching for intoxicated individuals and responding to actual alcohol-related incidents.  Remember what I said above about lives saved per dollar spent?

DUI checkpoints are wasteful in every respect.  The sooner we figure this out, the sooner we can start implementing strategies that actually reduce the harms associated with DUI driving.  For my part, I will continue publicizing advance notice of DUI checkpoints in Orange County on my Facebook page.  Check back often for updates as they become available.

As always, please don't give the cops anything to do.

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     SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - In a major victory for press and open government advocates, the California Supreme Court reversed a lower court and said Orange County must grant access to its electronic mapping data without charging a licensing fee. The case was brought by the Sierra Club seeking access to mapping data in its fight to protect public land.
     "Openness in government is essential to the functioning of a democracy," wrote Judge Goodwin Liu for a unanimous court.
     Several open government and media organizations, including the First Amendment Coalition and the Los Angeles Times, joined as amici curiae after the Sierra Club filed suit over Orange County's decision to charge it for electronic records of mapping data, stored in the geographic information system (GIS) file format.
     The Sierra Club had lodged a California Public Records Act request in 2007 to look at basic information on boundaries, parcel numbers and street addresses in Orange as part of an effort to protect public land from property developers.
     GIS base maps could raise public awareness about protected open spaces in Orange County, as well as areas threatened by real estate development, the environmental group said.
     Journalists, the media, scientists and public interest groups use GIS base maps to look at data by creating layered digital maps, a feature not available in other file formats, according to the brief from Sierra Club's supporters.
     Citing a software exception under the Public Records Act, Orange County offered the Sierra Club the records as pdfs but required payment of a licensing fee for the same records in GIS-formatted files and restricted use of the information. The Sierra Club pointed out that Orange County's policy ran counter to the policy of 47 other counties in California, including Los Angeles.
     The Sierra Club sought a state court order compelling Orange to only charge a copying fee for GIS records, but the trial court sided with the county, and an appellate panel affirmed.
     In a unanimous reversal Monday, the Supreme Court found that, while the GIS mapping software is exempt from the Public Records Act, the county's GIS database is not.
     Writing for the 7-member court, Liu said that denying access to GIS-formatted data would "substantially undermine" the California Public Records Act.
     "The PRA and the California Constitution provide the public with a right of access to government information," he wrote.
     "Implicit in the democratic process is the notion that government should be accountable for its actions." Liu quoted from an earlier California Supreme Court opinion. "In order to verify accountability, individuals must have access to government files. Such access permits checks against the arbitrary exercise of official power and secrecy in the political process."
     "In adopting the PRA, the Legislature declared that "access to information concerning the conduct of the people·s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state," wrote Liu.
     With those principles in mind, he reversed the lower court and ruled that GIS-formatted mapping systems are public records.
      Rachel Matteo-Boehm, the Bryan Cave lawyer who wrote the amici brief, said the ruling established a powerful precedent in favor of access to electronic records. The San Francisco-based attorney also represents Courthouse News Service in its action against Ventura county clerk for refusal to allow timely access to new complaints.
     "It confirms that the public has a right of access to records that are critical to observing one's government," Matteo-Boehm said. "This decision stands for the idea that it's important to have access to information maintained by the government in an electronic format, in the very format they are maintained."
     Matteo-Boehm noted that California Proposition 59, approved by voters in 2004, amended the state constitution to narrowly interpret exemptions that limited access to public records, like the "software exception."
     She said governments may have used a ruling in Orange's favor to "block access to other kinds of electronic records."
     "If you hope to monitor the government, you have to have the same information the government has," Matteo-Boehm added.
     First Amendment Coalition headed the amici group along with the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Bay Area News Group, San Francisco Examiner, Bloomberg News, Courthouse News Service, McClatchy Co., Gannett Co., Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Wired and other public interest groups and media organizations.
     In an email, EFF staff attorney Mark Rumold said the ruling is a great decision for California.
     "The court recognized the substantial risks in tolerating an interpretation of the CPRA [California Public Records Act] that exempts public records from disclosure simply because they were stored or formatted in a particular medium or manner," Rumold said. "The court also recognized the importance of California's Constitution in resolving doubts about whether particular records should be withheld or disclosed."
     The "decision makes clear" that "doubts should be resolved in favor of disclosure," Rumold added.
     "Overall, this is a great decision for California, and one that will ensure that the CPRA will continue to have force in the digital age," Rumold said.
     Orange County spokesman Howard Sutter declined to respond to the court's ruling, but said the decision is under review.
     Sierra Club attorney Sabrina Venskus could not immediately be reached for comment.
     Shawn Hagerty represented League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as amici curiae on behalf of County of Orange. Hagerty did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
     Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Judge Joyce Kennard, Judge Marvin Baxter, Kathryn Werdegar, Judge Ming Chin and Judge Carol Corrigan joined Liu's 22-page ruling. 

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The TSA agents who can’t tell a hero from a terrorist: Moment wounded Iraq veteran marine was treated ‘shamelessly’ because he couldn’t raise his injured arm and ordered to take off dress uniform because it had ‘too much metal’

Putting your life on the line for your country is apparently not enough to gain some slack in security lines.
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz learned that lesson on a recent trip to Sacramento, California to receive an award as his district’s veteran of the year.
At both the Sacramento International Airport and the California State Capitol Buildings, Kemnitz was subjected to overly thorough screenings from suspicious security workers.
Thorough: Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz’s friend Patricia Martin took pictures of the tough security screenings the Purple Heart awarded Marine was subjected to
Kemnitz was awarded a Purple Heart after he almost died in 2004 from an injury incurred from a roadside bomb in Fallujah, Iraq. Because of that injury, he can’t lift his right arm above his head.
Since that injury, getting through security lines has become increasingly difficult for the veteran.
‘At some places I’m treated like royalty and at some like a terrorist. There’s got to be something in the middle,’ he said.
Two recent trips through the secuirty line landed closer to the ‘terrorist’ side of treatment. When a TSA officer asked him to raise his arms above his head in a full-body scanner, he refused.
‘My right arm doesn’t work. It’s a lot of hassle for me to do that,’ Kemnitz told Military Times.
Screeners then continued to prod Kemnitz, looking under his metals, running their hands under his waistband and swabbing his shoes for explosives.
His traveling partner, Patricia Martin, found the whole incident disturbing, and took pictures of the humiliating screening.
‘What does the uniform and heroism represent if our own citizens – in this case employees of the TSA and security personnel – have no regard for them?’ Martin wrote to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about the incident.
TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein issued a statement Monday concerning the incident.
‘Our intent is to treat all injured service members and veterans with the dignity they deserve, As always, all passengers with disabilities and medical conditions are eligible for screening procedures sensitive to their particular disability, medical condition or other unique medical circumstance.
‘Transportation Security Officers have to resolve any anomaly detected at the checkpoint,’ Feinstein said. ‘As is standard procedure for all passengers, if travelers alarm when passing through a metal detector or an advanced imaging technology (AIT) unit, additional screening is required in order to resolve that anomaly.’
Following similar incidents with other wounded veterans, the TSA recently changed it’s rules so injured troops no longer need to remove their shoes, jackets or hats in security.
They also offer an expedited service, but you must call the agencies Military Severely Injured Joint Service Operations Center prior to traveling.
There is also a ‘curb-to-gate’ service for injured personnel and well as a pre-check program for military personnel at four airports.
Kemnitz wasn’t so bothered by the TSA screening as he was by the ‘rude’ and ‘unapologetic’ security screener at the California state capitol.
Recognized: Kemnitz at a state capitol award ceremony where he was honored as his district’s veteran of the year. Before the luncheon he was told to take off his dress blues at security ‘because he was wearing too much metal’
He was visiting the capitol as a veteran being honored in his district, but the Senate Sergent-At-Arms screening him didn’t cut him any slack when the metal detector went off.
The screener asked him to take off his dress blue blouse ‘because he was wearing too much metal.’ That started an argument between Kemnitz, Martin and the security screener.
Representatives at the California state capitol have yet to release a statement about the incident.
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