the Case of the Freeper FRiva Feva is under scrutiny - super-sleuths are welcomed
come resolve the way to yesterday's Target Post, you're not out of the running yet
win your registration fees to the FRive Las Vegas Conference if you dare
Posted on 06/27/2002 10:35:28 AM PDT by I still care
I have never published a vanity before and hope freepers won't mind helping me out.
I have an extremely close friend in another state who last month was manhandled by some police for a traffic violation in a not-so-large town. They actually broke her hand. She feels her rights were violated (the traffic ticket was actually dismissed) and she went to an attorney. The attorney told her she can count on not only losing the case but being tormented by the police the rest of her time in that town (and her children, who are just starting driving) if she persues this.
Friends, she was truly hurt and tramatized. She is afraid to drive any more and won't let anyone from her family go out alone in a car. I know this woman well, she has all her marbles and if she says she was abused she was. She is educated and a good Christian person. She is a person of integrity and has a spotless life.
She is actually making preparations to sell her home, because she will not stay in a town where this kind of abuse is allowed. The problem is, even the doctors are afraid to treat her or refer her. The lawyer is certainly afraid to handle her (and has communicated this to her). I want to give her good advice as to what to do, we were thinking of the ACLU (make then earn some HONEST money!) but she is dead set against such a godless organization. She is not interested in money, or even getting her medical bills paid, she wants to put the fear of God into them to keep them from doing such things again. She is just 100 lbs, she was ground into the wall by two huge cops. She feels they broke her hand on purpose to teach her a lesson.
I honestly do not know the viability of her case, but I do know that she is not getting good advice because her attorney is afraid. She is a totally principled person and does not feel she can let this go. She also has the guts to pursue an action, (actually, it is upsetting her very much that she might have to let them get by with this). I told her, the freepers are the best people I know for good advice for this. Any suggestions out there?
She stuck around and tried to fight it out because she knew she was right.
That was five years ago.
Small town "justice" is nothing you want to tangle with unless you are independently wealthy. Frivolous arrests are expensive to fight and YOU look bad in the end.
Ask her today if she has any regrets she'll tell you she should have moved five years ago.
the Case of the Freeper FRiva Feva is under scrutiny - super-sleuths are welcomed
come resolve the way to yesterday's Target Post, you're not out of the running yet
win your registration fees to the FRive Las Vegas Conference if you dare
Or the details, apparently.
Must have been Beijing, China.
This is a free after all and things like that don't happen here. /sarcasm
Real brave guys, those two. Worthy of all our respect. - GAG -
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