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Nine current and former Traffic Court judges indicted
Philadelphia Inquirer ^
| 01/31/2013
| John P. Martin and Craig R. McCoy,
Posted on 01/31/2013 11:21:24 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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"Traffic court has for decades been seen as a patronage mill"
To: Kid Shelleen; Albion Wilde; Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; ...
**** Philly Metro Ping ****
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:22:35 AM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
In Philly?
Just more 'rats interested in the rule of law.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:25:55 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Kid Shelleen
What happens when you have a government or agency run by those ill-equipped to run it. I doubt within Philadelphia there was anything subtle about all this, and it was very widely known to one and all.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:26:10 AM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Kid Shelleen
This type of corruption is going to expand exponentially, as America slips deeper and deeper into the clutches of Democrat One Party rule.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:26:45 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Kid Shelleen
Thank goodness this doesn’t happen anywhere else..
To: Kid Shelleen
Maybe Jackie Chan was right, after all..................
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:29:51 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: Kid Shelleen
More local government corruption busted. Great job, feds! More!
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:30:04 AM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Kid Shelleen
... said judges and their assistants routinely ... used code words
Oh, the horror! (I thought only racist, bigoted, homophobic GOPers did that.)
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:30:58 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Kid Shelleen
Were they form the 59 precincts that got over 99% of the vote?
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:32:01 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Corrupt judges in Philadelphia — I just don’t know what to think any more.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:34:22 AM PST
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Kid Shelleen
Ah, Fleecadelphia, a student of liberalism as graduated from Chicago.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:34:40 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Hate to say it, but this happens in most towns and cities across the country. I worked in a small town lawyers office during my college years and I saw first hand how the people in power along with their family and friends got their infractions “taken care of”. I remember one specific case where a local politician's teenage son came flying up the main drag one evening and took out an entire row of parking meters. When the police arrived he was passed out drunk in the front seat. Oddly enough, they “forgot” to test him for alcohol so he wasn't charged with drunk driving, all he got hit with was a minor failure to maintain control charge. Anybody else in the same situation would have had the book thrown at them.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:43:38 AM PST
by
apillar
To: Paladin2
Many of the denizens (of Philly) knew this went on. There are/were many levels to this as well; pay the vig (certain "suggested" attorney) and the issues disappeared.
and then there's the lazy parking authority that would ticket you assuming you were there longer than you were- my sister was a visiting nurse and busted those clowns because she had signed records on when she arrived at and left a patient...
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:52:06 AM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: apillar
I had a guy blow through a stop sign drunk going 70 in a 35 and the police weren't going to arrest or ticket him because he was somebody well knowns kid.
To bad my friend the state patrolman happen to drive up on the scene. He took the individual out of police custody and took over the accident scene when they told him they weren't going to charge anyone.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:54:02 AM PST
by
Newbomb Turk
(Freedom is my F word.)
To: apillar
True, happens everywhere but Philly is just one of those places that pushes the envelope- I95, 3am, accident, drunk driver, big bag of coke... Cops find out that his dad is one of their high ranking members... He gets a ride home and a report is entered about a stolen car, oh and somehow keeps his dope.
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posted on
01/31/2013 11:57:19 AM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Kid Shelleen
Do these judges carry firearms for personal protection?
Aren’t they part of the privileged class-our betters- who can be trusted with firearms?
Wow! A couple of drug running cops in Houston; now these judges. Why it is beginning to look like government employees are not much better than the general population.
I guess our trust is misplaced.
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posted on
01/31/2013 12:06:04 PM PST
by
Calamari
(Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Thanks for the post. It’s just more evidence of the corruption inherent in all branches of the government. I would wager that the federal level of corruption would put local corruption to shame.
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posted on
01/31/2013 12:50:04 PM PST
by
C.O. Correspondence
(Most bad government has grown out of too much government. . Tommy J)
To: apillar
Yup.
In the small town I grew up in, a cardiologist’s son (a drunken pothead) got a DWI. The dad simply called his atty and it was effectively erased from the books- no trial, no hearing, no record.
Like it never even happened..
To: Kid Shelleen
C’mon. it’s Philly !!! What else is expected from the city of “brotherly love”. Even Baltimore has a better record when it comes to corruption of public officials. ( I’m from Baltimore.) And we don’t boo Santa Claus or punch customers trying to buy tickets for replacement player football games.
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posted on
01/31/2013 3:46:43 PM PST
by
johnd201
(johnd201)
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