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Amazingly, Biden’s Niece Avoids Prison for Hitting Cop
New York Magazine ^ | 2/5 | Adam Martin

Posted on 02/06/2014 9:28:07 AM PST by nickcarraway

Joe Biden's niece, Caroline Biden, got into some trouble with the law last fall, getting herself arrested after taking a swing at a cop who responded to a call about a fight Biden got in with her roommate. But because no cops were injured, prosecutors agreed to let her avoid jail and to dismiss her case if she stays out of trouble. Biden wasn't in court (she's at an inpatient facility for "her issues"), but her two lawyers "presented a sworn affidavit indicating she would accept the offer."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2americas; bidenniece; bidensniece; biggestgangintown; democratscandals; donutwatch; doyouknowwhoiam; getoutofjailfreecard; twoamericas
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1 posted on 02/06/2014 9:28:07 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Yes, because that’s what would have happened to ANY of us that took a swipe at a peace officer... I think I’ll give it a try on the way home today... /s


2 posted on 02/06/2014 9:32:20 AM PST by bfh333 ("Hope"... "Change"... You better HOPE you have some CHANGE after the next 4 years!)
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There are two kinds of lawbreakers in this country:

1. Amateur lawbreakers
2. Professional lawbreakers.

In D.C., small amounts of type 1 surround a large collection of type 2s (otherwise known as congresscritters).

The guillotine.

Now!


3 posted on 02/06/2014 9:33:27 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: bfh333

They can’t run their own lives, but they know they can run ours.


4 posted on 02/06/2014 9:34:20 AM PST by wideawake
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To: nickcarraway

SIMPLY AMAZING!


5 posted on 02/06/2014 9:35:05 AM PST by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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Amazingly, Biden’s Niece Avoids Prison for Hitting Cop

Easily the least amazing thing I'll read all week.

6 posted on 02/06/2014 9:35:22 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Another case of “affluenza” and political connections that exempt Democrats and their kin from prosecution. Now that is an issue of “fairness” that Obama will never touch.


7 posted on 02/06/2014 9:35:28 AM PST by txrefugee
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8 posted on 02/06/2014 9:36:32 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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Guilty in more ways than one, LOL


9 posted on 02/06/2014 9:37:48 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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10 posted on 02/06/2014 9:38:08 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Taking her uncle’s advice, she should have used a shotgun?


11 posted on 02/06/2014 9:38:40 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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I can’t tell if that stare is because she’s OFF her meds, or ON new ones..


12 posted on 02/06/2014 9:39:00 AM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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I like the cupholder in that pic..


13 posted on 02/06/2014 9:39:51 AM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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If it’s a hospital rig, that’s for the oxy bottle


14 posted on 02/06/2014 9:40:54 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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Get a dog to chase her from DE to TX to slim her down, and she might rate a not guilty verdict.


15 posted on 02/06/2014 9:41:50 AM PST by Beagle8U (Unions are Affirmative Action for Slackers! .)
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To: nascarnation

nicely played!


16 posted on 02/06/2014 9:41:52 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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I suspect her “glamor shots” pics look decent.
Obviously for the courtroom appearance they wanted her lookin’ ragged.


17 posted on 02/06/2014 9:43:53 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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Mayor Daley’s nephew killed a guy in a fight outside a local Chicago bar, and it took almost 10 years, a special prosecutor, and the end of Daley’s term in office to get him to trial.

And in the end, found guilty of manslaughter, he got 60 days, another 60 in house arrest and a fine.

It’s good to be king.


18 posted on 02/06/2014 9:47:54 AM PST by Stosh
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Holy Sh|t... Where is Dexter Morgan when you need him...

outrageous...


19 posted on 02/06/2014 9:52:55 AM PST by bfh333 ("Hope"... "Change"... You better HOPE you have some CHANGE after the next 4 years!)
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Once, a long time ago, I slapped (and later kicked!) a cop (and was promptly arrested, rightly!!) who was attempting to arrest my boyfriend on the premise that said boyfriend was trying to attack me when clearly, said boyfriend and I were just goofing off. I don't resent the cop's arresting us, we were very young and stupid and drunk, and the cop was young and gung-ho.

However, I DO resent that the cop tore his own uniform after he'd hauled us off to jail, and lied on the police report, saying that I did it.

Happily, the judge somehow knew the cop was a liar and evidence fabricator. The judge nonetheless scared the hell out of me (scared some sense into me, I should say!), and the night I spent in jail was, overall, beneficial!! {^)

That said, I don't care if it IS Joe Biden's niece -- NOBODY should go to prison for hitting a cop. Jail for a night or two, okay, but prison for nothing more than taking a swipe at a cop? Those are some wildly messed up priorities. I call authoritarian control-freak bullsh*t.

20 posted on 02/06/2014 9:54:06 AM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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