Political correctness: From bad joke to tragic tale -- PC crowd removes cuffs from criminals

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Monday, March 14, 2005 | Doug Powers

[SE Mom]

I can see not having the defendents cuffed in court though. Maybe they should be cuffed to the floor and a drap hung in front of the table to it's not so noticable

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Many courts use leg restraints. They can be worn under pants so no one sees them- but they will keep someone from escaping- if you try to run you fall down.

[sharkhawk]

I like the cage approach that so many countries use in their court system.

Maybe we should also use the other countries laws such as guilty until proven innocent, and no right to face their accusers? Sorry, I believe that the accused has some rights, until convicted by a judge or jury. The problem is that no guard, male or female should be left alone with a prisoner, and when in close quarters, the guards should be unarmed, with an armed guard at some distance to control the situation.

[mina3727]

Yes, it is. The Fulton County Sheriff's Department has undergone a great deal of turmoil in the past year, with Sheriff Jackie Barrett taking a leave of absence(to avoid suspension), an outside administrator named to take over the jail, which was headed toward chaos and a morale problem. Dysfunctional is the kindest description that can be used.

[calex59]

According to articles written over the weekend about this it is the counties policy, dictated by defense lawyers who fought for years to get this policy implemented so their clients wouldn't "look" guilty.

Therefore this guys article is fairly accurate. PC gave this guy the means to do this by leaving him uncuffed and with a single guard, who by the way wouldn't have been armed by most police dept. standards, to watch him and a small guard at that.

I guess I read more than most but by all indications this is a county standard. I also read that in an interview by the sherrif and several deputies that were interviewed on sunday.

[calex59]

This judge was not liberal and had, in fact, asked for more security on the prisoner after the knives were found in his shoe. I guess it was too much trouble for the sherrifs dept to add a guard or two to the detail taking the prisoner to the court room.

[null and void]

Words Kill

[montclair]

The root cause of the situation is Affirmative Action.
Does anyone doubt that, without the policy of Affirmative
Action, the guard would have been a strong male. The Army
does not allow women in combat, yet court guards face the
potential of combat evert day.
arnold

[GOPJ]

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