RE: Ferguson and the Justice Department Report
March 6, 2015 at 5:28 am
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 5:46 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 5, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Personally, I don't find it all that hard to obey the law.
It doesn't matter one whit if they issued lots of citations as long as the citations were true bills.
Break the law - Pay the fine. If you don't like the law, get it changed though political action.
You don't get to go through life giving society's rules the finger..
And what of charges when you didn't break the law?
I've fought traffic tickets in court where the only evidence presented against me was the police officer's testimony -- and where I had presented photos showing that the speeding charge was trumped up due to where the speed zone ended.
Guess who won?
(March 5, 2015 at 8:33 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(March 5, 2015 at 8:13 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: I hope a cadre of lawyers swoop in on Ferguson and sues the city, police department and culpable individuals for large sums of cash.
Except that who do you think pays for all that? Double whammy on the taxpayers.
It is worth it to ensure the equitability of justice.
Perhaps the most corrosive influence in seeing a country go down the tubes is the loss of faith in the justice system.
(March 6, 2015 at 12:08 am)Brakeman Wrote: As I said in my earlier post, "It doesn't matter one whit if they issued lots of citations as long as the citations were true bills."
That's a big if, brotha. I sure hope it doesn't step on your toes one day.
Organized and endemic police corruption has been documented time and again, corruption which often results in false charges, citizen abuse, and the suborning of police by criminal elements:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.c...ndals.html
I don't know about anyone else, but any time I'm accosted by a man wearing a gun, I'm nervous, and I sure as shit don't trust him.
Especially after knowing what I know and have seen about police malfeasance.
Hope it works out for you.
(March 6, 2015 at 12:59 am)SteelCurtain Wrote:(March 6, 2015 at 12:08 am)Brakeman Wrote: A cop would only do that if he thought it wasn't wasting his time.
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90% of citations for an offense literally written as "Manner of Walking Along Roadway" were cited against African Americans.
EVERY SINGLE CASE of police dogs having been recorded biting a citizen was against an African American.
There was evidence of officers competing (sort of the "meow" game) for who can write the most citations in a single stop.
88% of instances of police using force were against African Americans.
85% of traffic stops were against African Americans.
93% of those arrested were African Americans.
Only 67% of Fergurson's population is African American.
I sure wish I could kudos that post more than once ... it was masterful.
