I never intended to defend the police or justice system in this thread. If the story is accurate (a big IF in my opinion), the lady was mistreated—horribly so. However, something doesn’t pass the smell test.
I also agree with your point of view that maybe she had a valid reason for not showing up to the preliminary hearing. The story was surprisingly short of pertinent details. We shouldn’t be rushing to condemn her (and I wasn’t), nor should we rush to condemn the police until we hear more.
I wasn’t trying to be harsh with you :), but I find that some Freepers have little knowledge as to badly damaged some people are in America today and believe that if you keep hitting borderline people hard enough, fast enough, and often enough, they will eventually straighten out their life.
I’m convinced that some of these borderline personalities were once children of Freepers. :)