I enjoy watching some court proceedings on YT.
It is amazing and disheartening how much effort it takes to get people even arrested much less incarcerated. The DAs will take 15 charges, including battery, assault, assault on a police officer, robbery, larceny and offer 6 months SUSPENDED SENTENCE for “failure to obey a lawful order.”
THEN the court won’t even hold the perp on an outstanding arrest from the next county over.
It males us law-abiders look like complete chumps.
Correct, and that’s part of the message they are sending. It is intended to discourage sane, honest people and encourage whacked-out criminals. They do, in fact, laugh at us. And for good reason.