Wave of the future...?
Jan. 6th, 2005 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpFrom a USA Today story about a New Jersey man arrested for shining a laser at a plane over his house:
Can we expect this to be a routine way of enforcing the law from here on out?
Cheers...
He was charged with interfering with a flight crew under the USA Patriot Act. He also was charged with lying to federal officers. The charges carry a maximum jail sentence of 25 years.While I have little sympathy for folks who paint low-flying aircraft with lasers, the implications of the sentence I emphasized bothers me. Martha Stewart is doing time for the same rap, after the initial charges against her fell apart.
Can we expect this to be a routine way of enforcing the law from here on out?
Cheers...
