Posted on 06/11/2014 5:18:54 PM PDT by Libloather
(06-11) 14:24 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Friends, neighbors and a former fellow inmate of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow took turns testifying Wednesday that the onetime Chinatown gang leader had turned his life around and should be released on bail while fighting money-laundering charges.
Describing the witnesses as sincere but not fully informed, U.S. Magistrate Nathanael Cousins refused to release Chow from jail, where he has been kept since his arrest in April.
While Chow has engaged in "community activities of a positive nature" since his release from federal prison in 2003 after serving time for racketeering, federal prosecutors presented evidence that he also ran a criminal organization whose members carried guns and followed his orders, Cousins said.
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A judge like that - in California? He deserves a prize.
“The public has responded with an outpouring of emoticons.”
If they’re REALLY serious they will start hash tag campaigns. #freeshrimpboy
In all seriousness, is “turning his life around” the go-to phrase that absolutely everybody in the criminal community uses, kinda like they all know exactly how they can get face-down on the ground and spread their arms in a half-second when they realize they’ve been chased down?
He’s another poster boy for the melting pot: he’s been here for almost 40 years and he still uses a translator on the taxpayer’s dime.
“In all seriousness, is “turning his life around” the go-to phrase that absolutely everybody in the criminal community uses...”
WTF, well it works for the AA’s doesn’t it.
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