Posted on 04/14/2005 11:00:40 PM PDT by RWR8189
The only thing more disgusting that what happened to this American is the fact that many so-called "conservatives" will applaud his abuse by "the system"
Great story! Glad he is enjoying his trip to NYC!
Karma.
Um I'm sorry but the system was never abused.
In any system, there will be mistakes etc...it seems to me that this young man took a risk by taking part in the protests-- and was arrested and charged in good faith by the police and prosecutors.
I feel no sympathy at all for him or his family.
Amerika? With a k.
Bye bye troll.
Yep... cops saw the fire and promptly walked 14 blocks away to start arresting folks for it.
I don't believe a word of this "news" story.
Doesn't matter if the student is a dem or not. This goes for both sides. He endangered others around him playing with fire. I think he got what he deserves.
That's the most un-American thing I've heard in awhile.
and was arrested and charged in good faith by the police and prosecutors.
Oh really? There was a thread posted here the other day about how 90% of these cases were being dropped by the state because of cops lying and fabricating evidence. The only reason this was discoved was because many private citizens were recording events with their own video cameras, and later turned them in to the DA. In one case, the cops had their own tape, but cut out all the exculpatory evidence. They blamed this on an "editing error".
I suspect that next time around, they'll simply ban video recorders as a "security" measure. And the statist contigent here will applaud that also.
I feel no sympathy at all for him or his family.
Anyone who dares to disagree with you obviously deserves to be falsely arrested, right?
Amerika? With a k.
Yep. Welcome to the police state.
I hope the lefties that recruited him are helping to pay his bills.
You need to read the thread that was posted here about how they are having to drop 90% of the charges because of the NKVD, I mean NYPD, lying.
Of course, none of the cops will get charged with anything.
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What a crock of sh*t! They are nothing less than committed communists. Friggin' NYT!
I don't understand your point. Is it a crime to be in New York?
I hope the lefties that recruited him are helping to pay his bills.
The state of New York needs to be paying his bills.
I have to disagree with you. The troll with America with a K revealed an anti-American bias. Plus I agree with you that it does sound as if he was charged in an honest mistake.
But certainly you would feel sorry if say an anti-abortion protestor was misidentified and it cost them a lot of money and it upset their life. I know I would feel sorry for them. And you can't have it both ways. People have the right to protest and speak their mind in this country. Sometimes at a protest, right or left, someone will do something illegal. But similarly if you go to a movie, a ball game, a concert, a play etc someone could do something wrong and you could be misidentified as the bad guy. So of course we should feel bad for this guy IF HE REALLY DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
And in fact we should feel doubly bad for him, not only did he wrongly get identified and have his life upset for nine months and cost his family a good bit of money, but he is apparently a clueless Dim who does not have any idea how the world works. Thus as I said, we should feel doubly bad for him.
I hope Mrs. Banno sued the pants off the cop and gets lots of dough from this.
Can you serve a little cheese with your WHINE.
He got what he deserved. Came to New York to cause trouble and got more then he bargained for.
What's with the "scare" quotes? I thought only my old professors did that. Or rather, I "thought" only "my" old "professors" did that. And America is not spelled with a 'k'. Use of the 'Amerika' spelling is offensive--unless, of course, you're referring to the Kafka novel of that title. Which I don't think you were.
No, actually he WASN'T playing with the fire, according to the district attorney. That's why they dropped the charges.
I think he got what he deserves.
Seig Heil.
While I'm not celebrating, I don't see him as a hapless unfortunate either.
He positioned himself in an environment of disorderly conduct that was very mob-like. The police were just doing their jobs. In an uncontrolled environment like that, it's hardly surprising they weren't able to effectively nab the right person.
If he was unwilling to assume the risks associated with that, he should have found a more calm group and protested elsewhere.
It's like hanging out with a gang. The kid may not do anything wrong, but it's hard to sympathize with him if he gets in trouble anyway.
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