Posted on 09/05/2019 11:44:50 AM PDT by daniel1212
Rachael Rollins blasts judge for refusing to dismiss charges against nonviolent ‘Straight Pride Parade’ protesters.
Update: Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed an emergency petition with the state Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday regarding Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott’s actions, The Boston Globe reports. ...
Original story below:
Following the clash between “Straight Pride Parade” protesters and police in downtown Boston over the weekend, an unusual clash is now unfolding between prosecutors and a local judge handling the cases of those arrested during the event.
Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott refused to dismiss charges Tuesday against a number of nonviolent protesters arrested during the parade and ensuing counter-demonstration. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins says Sinnott is “overstepping” his role..
A total of 36 people were arrested during the parade Saturday. According to Rollins’s office, prosecutors are pressing forward in the cases in which the charges are violent in nature, including assault and battery on a police officer. However, 20 of the people arrested were charged only with disorderly conduct alone or disorderly conduct and resisting arrest...
Elected as Suffolk County’s first female district attorney last year, Rollins has garnered national attention for her progressive criminal justice platform, including a list of 15 petty crimes for which her office’s default stance is to not prosecute.
,.in one exchange Tuesday, Sinnott reportedly chided a prosecutor for suggesting that while the actions of Lowell man — charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest for allegedly forming a human chain with other protesters — were “not appropriate,” prosecuting the 26-year-old would not do anything to make the community safer.
“Not appropriate? It sounds like he picked up the wrong fork at dinner,” Sinnott shot back
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Charges To Be Declined
Charges for which the Default is to Decline Prosecuting (unless supervisor permission is obtained).
Trespassing Shoplifting (including offenses that are essentially shoplifting but charged as larceny) Larceny under $250 Disorderly conduct Disturbing the peace Receiving stolen property Minor driving offenses, including operating with a suspend or revoked license Breaking and entering — where it is into a vacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage to property Wanton or malicious destruction of property Threats – excluding domestic violence Minor in possession of alcohol Drug possession Drug possession with intent to distribute A stand alone resisting arrest charge, i.e. cases where a person is charged with resisting arrest and that is the only charge A resisting arrest charge combined with only charges that all fall under the list of charges to decline to prosecute, e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with a trespassing charge
Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.
Note: this is essentially already happening for drug possession cases in Roxbury and Dorchester District Court.
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Meaning teaming with the devil, who as a proxy servant of him will likely be sure to prosecute those who will not essentially salute the flag of Sodom, while allowing such crimes as wanton or malicious destruction of property.
Because of this good judge’s upholding our constitution we are now able to see the left at work within our judicial system, and why we usually never see why the left gets away with so much.
Will be watching this one closely IF the news media doesn’t go dark on the story first.
When it comes to the point an officer is arresting you, you should comply and straighten it out later.
Scuffling with an officer while resisting arrest subjects you and the officer to injury.
I don’t think that should be a non prosecute matter.
Officers jobs are hard enough, and if the DA won’t back them...
Has to be very frustrating in the field.
the DA should share a jail cell with each felon
she has encouraged or let off.
CHARGES TO BE DECLINED
Charges for which the Default is to Decline Prosecuting (unless supervisor permission is obtained).
Trespassing
Shoplifting (including offenses that are essentially shoplifting but charged as larceny)
Larceny under $250
Disorderly conduct
Disturbing the peace
Receiving stolen property
Minor driving offenses, including operating with a suspend or revoked license
Breaking and entering — where it is into a vacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage to property
Wanton or malicious destruction of property
Threats – excluding domestic violence
Minor in possession of alcohol
Drug possession
Drug possession with intent to distribute
A stand alone resisting arrest charge, i.e. cases where a person is charged with resisting arrest and that is the only charge
A resisting arrest charge combined with only charges that all fall under the list of charges to decline to prosecute, e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with a trespassing charge
Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors.
Note: this is essentially already happening for drug possession cases in Roxbury and Dorchester District Court.
OK, are they queers protesting the fact that there is a straight pride parade, or are the paraders the protestors, protesting the fag culture that seems hell bent on taking over?
And then if the resister just gets let go, why should the officer arrest him anyway???
It was antifa protesting a parade of straight folks.
Antifa attacked the straight parade.
EWC= Existing While Conservative: soon to be a felony.
If any criminal who gets a pass from her goes on to commit a capital crime she should face swift punishment...
Agreed...
Let me remind you the SCOTUS ruled you can kill the unborn at will.
Courts don’t always get it right.
Taking someone into custody is not a death sentence.
If an officer believes he has justifiable cause he can arrest you.
He may be wrong. It’s still best to let the incident go down, then seek redress.
Is it reasoned to remind the officer you haven’t done anything worthy of arrest? Sure. Officers won’t always agree. Try to reason with them and hopefully he’ll come around. If he doesn’t, there’s no need to cause him or you to be physically injured because you don’t want to go in.
You’ll get the satisfaction of teaching him a lessen as you get released right away.
What this ruling did was justify going round and round with an officer.
Many folks who deserve arrest don’t think they do.
Because of this ruling, just about anyone could claim they were only defending their own interests. It causes officers to have to be combative many times when they shouldn’t have to.
Let the officer make the call in the field. If he’s wrong, give him a time or two to be wrong, then start throwing the book at him.
Yes there are bad cops out there. Yes there will be times when people get wrongly arrested. I think that’s better than making every single arrest more difficult for officers.
Why does this lady want to keep these trouble makers from justice? She must be tainted herself in her sexual orientation.
Sorry for not getting back to this. The protestors were the pro-sodomites, incensed that some would dare oppose them.
It’s NOT your court, woman!
Politically ambitious DA runs into buzz saw on the judicial bench. Hilarious.
I’d bet money Rollins is one of Soros’s DAs.
That’s quite a list of laws this chick will ignore prosecuting. Some conservative activist should set out to commit each of these violations against this prosecutor, and then use her promise to dismiss as an absolute defense.
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