(April 20, 2013 at 6:09 pm)Jextin Wrote: But it pissed me off because first they took me to a hospital for 2 weeks but the day i got released the cops took me to jail. while in jail not once did i recieve any of my meds and the detective kept trying to add more and more charges. wtf? i was already in jail, i wasnt going to hurt anyone, i was hurting already and had a outburst on fb, and i was getting punished for it, so why does she keep adding fuel to the fire?
I think part of the problem in this topic is that part of this is vague. Were the police aware that you needed medication? And if so, did they withhold it from you? If so, couldn't that be grounds for a lawsuit (civil rights violation)?
Consider this next part rhetorical, since I would understand if you didn't want to disclose any of this information: You mention that the detective kept trying to add more charges. What were the initial charges, and what charges was she trying to add? Did it seem as if she was just fishing for something that would stick, or were the charges legit? Did she manage to get any of them added prior to the charges being dismissed? It's possible that she was being thorough, and it's possible that she was being an insufferable bitch.
IMO, there are too few details to make any judgment, and you're certainly under no obligation to disclose them. But it does leave you open to opinions other than "law enforcement are acting like jerks." I think that the media has made the habit of hanging people on almost no information so commonplace that it feels natural to fill in the gaps when we're given so little information to go on. Sometimes it seems as if most of our exercise these days comes from jumping to conclusions and jerking our knees.
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