Posted on 01/04/2007 4:58:32 AM PST by grjr21
Yeah let's see the DA use that to make his case.
It was. It tested positive. Justice was served, and served quickly.
It just so happens that it was a false positive. The results were in error. A mistake was made. No one is claiming it was intentional.
But my point is that all off this cold have been avoided if she was wasn't so ignorant. I am saying she bears some, if not most, of the responsibility for what happened to her.
The best way to reduce stress is to squeeze the real thing.
The logical end -- the cop sees the "gun" and shoots.
The point being that the individual bears most of the responsibility for what happens. Don't point a squirt gun at a cop and don't carry flour in a condom in your suitcase on a plane. Unpleasant things may happen to you.
C'mon people. This is Common Sense 101.
So when the state unintentionally and harmfully errs, out of ignorance, that's just fine. Lock an innocent citizen away in jail on half a million dollars bail for three weeks, mulligan!
But when the citizen unintentionally and harmlessly errs, out of ignorance, she was "acting stupidly", bears "most of the responsibility", and being locked in a cage for a couple weeks is justice being served.
That's scary.
I agree. Unfortunately they now have $180,000 less to do it with. Which is fine by you. Which makes me question your sincerity.
"it seems to me to be substantially in excess of the amount required to ensure her appearance in court"
Not really. Three condoms of cocaine is a lot of money, even at retail. If she can afford that, she can afford the bail. The bail was appropriate, assuming the drugs were real.
>>"Everyone wants their day in court, so it was difficult" to settle, in part because she will never know why the flour initially tested positive for drugs, she said yesterday. <<
There is where the story is.
The same one where a person who pointed his finger at a cop was convicted of making terroristic threats.
Not in condoms, I would wager. The entire purpose of the condom, as I stated, is to allow the drugs to be transported in the mule's stomach.
It's not "just fine". But it's also not $180,000.
People have been sent to prison for years and years then freed after their innocence is proven. No money changes hands.
But dingbat here goofs around and bitches about 3 weeks? Sorry lady. You just learned the hard way what not to do. Move on.
So what should happen? What would be just?
No, I think her story is true. With all the bowls of free condoms sitting around college dorms it would be amazing if students didn't find jokey uses for them.
C'mon people. This is Common Sense 101.
It is reasonable to expect a citizen to know not to appear to threaten others, especially police officers with violence. It is not reasonable to expect a citizen to know what ne-er-do-wells have used to hide their contraband in the past.
A condom squeeze-it novelty in plain sight in your luggage only says drug smuggler if you've watched too many bad movies.
Just a couple weeks ago, DEA intercepted computer equipment packed with heroin resin in the heatsink fins being shipped up from Columbia. Maybe unpleasant things should happen to American citizens who stupidly fly with their laptops now too.
A detailed explantion of exactly what went wrong. A detailed explanation of how it will be corrected. A written apology from those involved.
It would also be nice, though not necessary, for her to apologize for being ignorant and stupid, forcing the city to bear the time and expense to prosecute his case.
Hmmm. This usage of the term "forcing" indicates that I am not as familiar with the definition of that word as I had previously thought.
She was giving them to friends.
That no money, or not enough money changes hands as a consequence of wrongful imprisonment is exactly why innocent people are sent to prison for years and years. Harming innocent people should have consequences.
Having to cut $180,000 out of the city budget that year will encourage more respect for citizen's rights next time so as to not have to pay that again.
Having to say "Sorry lady, go home." is not motivation to change anything. It is officially saying that what happened is just fine.
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