Prosecutorial discretion?

[tod evans]

The ability to drop charges on a whim...

Are these fine men and women upstanding?

From Drudge;


Grand Canyon Cites People For Entering Closed Park

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/grand-canyon-cites-people-for-entering-closed-park/

TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) — Nearly two dozen people have been issued citations for entering Grand Canyon National Park after a partial government shutdown forced its closure.

Grand Canyon Chief Ranger Bill Wright says some people have been caught at the South Rim, on trails, attempting rim-to-rim hikes or trying to sneak in through dirt roads.

All of the citations will be handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Wright says each of the 21 citations issued as of Monday has a mandatory order to appear in federal court.

A state highway that runs through the national park was closed after Grand Canyon officials found tourists removing barricades at overlooks along the road.

Wright says law enforcement will be patrolling the park around the clock. Most other park employees have been furloughed.

[Mani]

"Wright says law enforcement will be patrolling the park around the clock."


Is Law Enforcement working OVERTIME to monitor the shutdown???? To make sure people don't look at a Grand Canyon?


#1) First of all...If they are hiring more LEO and paying them OT 1.5 to ENFORCE a shutdown, then it's actually CHEAPER to keep the damn thing OPEN!!!
#2) It's SHUTDOWN, meaning there's NO MONEY, so how can you pay EXTRA to enforce a shutdown???
#3) How do you exactly shutdown natural land like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Grand_canyon_hermits_rest_2010.JPG/398px-Grand_canyon_hermits_rest_2010.JPG




If the government shuts down AIR next, are we going to be receiving citations for breathing?? It's gotten ALMOST that ridiculous.

[tod evans]

#3) How do you exactly shutdown natural land like this:


Why with Bearcats and MP-5's of course....