Thursday, February 03, 2005
More Kafkaesque Goings on
Recently, Matt noted a Kafkaesque situation down at Guantanamo (though perhaps it's more of a Catch-22 that typifies the military/government/bureacracies). Well, here's a situation that appears Kafkaesque at first glance.
James Taranto has a schtick wherein he gives a different reading of the day's headlines. Normally, they're good for a chuckle. Anyways, this headline particularly caught my eye: "Central Fla. Officer Charged With Posing As Officer"
The actual story appears to be that officer Hill is indeed a law enforcement officer, but was pretending to be a state attorney investigator. However there appears to be no specific law on the books for impersonating a state attorney investigator, just with impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Thus "[law enforcement officer] Hill is charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and extortion."
I believe he is now a prisoner impersonating a prisoner.
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James Taranto has a schtick wherein he gives a different reading of the day's headlines. Normally, they're good for a chuckle. Anyways, this headline particularly caught my eye: "Central Fla. Officer Charged With Posing As Officer"
The actual story appears to be that officer Hill is indeed a law enforcement officer, but was pretending to be a state attorney investigator. However there appears to be no specific law on the books for impersonating a state attorney investigator, just with impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Thus "[law enforcement officer] Hill is charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and extortion."
I believe he is now a prisoner impersonating a prisoner.
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