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In reply to the discussion: "He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out" [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)29. illegal house parties
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-29/news/31256491_1_robert-zimmerman-gated-community-security-guard
From another site:
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/Open-House-Parties-When-is-an-Open-House-Party-Illegal.html
George Zimmerman was fired from his job as an under-the-table security guard for being too aggressive, a former co-worker told the Daily News.....................
Zimmerman, at the center of a firestorm for shooting an unarmed black teenager a month ago, worked for two different agencies providing security to illegal house parties between 2001 and 2005, the former co-worker said.
From another site:
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/Open-House-Parties-When-is-an-Open-House-Party-Illegal.html
More recently, open house parties often refer to parties within a house primarily at which young persons, often under the age of 21, drink alcohol and might also take illegal drugs. The popularity of such open house parties and the resulting problems that they sometimes cause has led some states to pass legislation specifically outlawing them.
For example, Florida statutes, chapter 856 defines an illegal open house party in the following way:
No person having control of any residence shall allow an open house party to take place at said residence if any alcoholic beverage or drug is possessed or consumed at said residence by any minor where the person knows that an alcoholic beverage or drug is in the possession of or being consumed by a minor at said residence and where the person fails to take reasonable steps to prevent the possession or consumption of the alcoholic beverage or drug.
A violations is punishable as a second degree misdemeanor.
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"He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out" [View all]
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
OP
Major problem with privatization: No accountability because records are private! No way they'd know.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#1
That part was puzzling. How can it be illegal to have a party in a private home?
freshwest
Apr 2012
#11
I hadn't thought of that, but it would fit. This case just gets sleazier all the time.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#13
There are companies that exist to help homeowners break laws? And they call Martin a criminal?
freshwest
Apr 2012
#20
I think it makes more sense that he was working for an outcall stripper agency
TorchTheWitch
Apr 2012
#26
Dad whined his son won't get to 'mentor children' anymore. He shouldn't be around children at all.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#31
Yup. House parties are big among the under 21 set. But this is the first I've heard of security...
JVS
Apr 2012
#32
Every Rave i ever threw or worked for had some kind of security. It was nessesary.
slampoet
Apr 2012
#52
I think *I* am going to have a party when they arrest this a-hole and a double-party
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#35
Apparently the real gun control is that wielded by the NRA and gun-lovers over the rest of us
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#21
I never much cared about it in its less malignant form. But it's part and parcel of the anti-Obama
freshwest
Apr 2012
#27
He's a psycho and he needs to be behind bars now. The Sanford PD and the State Atty
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#22
In my opinion, the best thing one can say about this dude is that he is the epitome of a TOTAL LOSER
northoftheborder
Apr 2012
#9
That's what I think - that the asshole is in Peru, with the aid of the NRA, the Sanford PD, & the
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#39
Having a temper doesn't disqualify from anyone from buying a gun. As for the criminal record...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#40
"Having a temper" - isn't that an elegant way to say "anger management issues?"
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#41
Weapons to kill (which is what guns are) should not be sold. However, if they absolutely must...
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#43
I disagree. You must be from an area where guns are just bad things. I grew up around
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#47
The gun-lovers argument is that ultimately it's not things that cause damage - it's what people do
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#48
A gun's purpose is not solely to kill a person. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#49
Since we no longer rely on killing animals ourselves to eat them, guns have only one purpose
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#51
I don't want my throat slit or a knife flying into my face any more than I want to be shot.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#58
You're playing gun-defending games, so run along and play them with someone else nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#59