Curb shopping ethics

I had my other thread deleted for other reasons so it wouldn't affect my case. All I will say is I was arrested for curb shopping and picking a unit up. Now I did some digging. In the california v greenwood supreme court case it has been ruled anything on the curb is free game/public domain for anyone ranging from law enforcement officials to common criminals. If its on the curb its free to take they ruled for whatever purpose you deem fit including law officials using evidence gained without a search warrant to arrest you. Ie, you throw you bag of dope in the trash, you can be arrested for it and prosecuted without a search warrant.

This overturned the previous 1974 privacy act.. Quite interesting and now is my bible for life. I will carry this law in my truck wherever I go. And on a interesting side note, only place I found that is illegal to curb shopping is NYC. But it is only a city ordinance. Still legal statewide and federal.

Some food for thought and I hope this helps you as much as it did with me. And on that note, Im putting full camera surveillance/audio in my truck and taking pictures of anything I touch on the curb now on to protect myself. Let me know if this helps anyone...



California v. Greenwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ethics and legality are not the same.

I've been following these posts for some time now and their quite the interesting read. The way I see it, Ozzy uses the gray area of the law to his advantage. There's not one person on this board that can't say they haven't at some point in their life(wither they admit it here or not) used this area to their advantage. I'm not defending him, but yelling at someone for using and working in this area is childish.

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

Theft, removing a vin from one vehicle and putting it on another are both illegal. Use of foul language may not be a crime but it is against the rules here. No "grey" area that I can see.
He deleted his last post about his arrest because I picked it apart and he knew that if anyone involved in that case saw it, it would have sunk him.
Like I stated above he should be the last person to try to explain ethics to anyone here.

While I agree both are very illegal(country dependant), I don't see either/or in any of his posts. My post was about this last thing with the blower(and what this one started out as) as I saw that entire thread as working in the gray area of the law. Stuff that like that flys in parts of FL and here in NY. Only difference is up here(Onadaga County) they consider it the corporate edge. Business' and indivuduals work in this area all the time. Anything to get that overage over someone else or other business. Misnamed thread? Yeah, but that's about it.

I hate a thief, and anyone that disrespectful to law enforcement. But expects to have one available when they need one. Why is this guy not banned? I thought condoning theft was an automatic..........

Because it's not theft. Ozzy's already proven it isn't. People need to calm down and research before shooting their mouths off.

Originally Posted by logansryche

I've been following these posts for some time now and their quite the interesting read. The way I see it, Ozzy uses the gray area of the law to his advantage. There's not one person on this board that can't say they haven't at some point in their life(wither they admit it here or not) used this area to their advantage. I'm not defending him, but yelling at someone for using and working in this area is childish.

You don't speak for me. Right is right and wrong is wrong. There is no gray area when comes to theft. Don't assume everyone is like you.

And don't assume everyone shares your back and white views of the law. If there was no grey area, big box stores like Wal-Mart would no longer be in business.

Originally Posted by junkfreak

Still don't make it right. No matter who........

Wonder how many times someone who sees the world as you do told Wal-Mart that only to be escorted off the property by security or the police. Is it right? No, but Wal-Mart is the epidemy of the grey area of the law.

Back on topic, Ozzy's already proven he's in the right. If he wasn't, Admin would've banned him already.

I feel he may be right but still do not know. Oz do you have a court date? Did you get a ticket? If so are you going to pay the fine? What are you suing for being falsely arrested? Truck impounded? What... Post your answers quick before thread goes away...