How NOT to do it Right.
POSTED BY: Fremdfirma
UPDATED: Friday, November 30, 2007 01:33
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And then there's this incident...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2218386,00.html
I wouldn't just kick his ass off the bench, I'd charge him with false arrest/imprisonment, misuse of city/state resources, and throw HIS ass in jail.
AND charge the security officer and the cops who assisted in this lunacy with aiding and abetting, as well as accomplice after the fact.
Not ONE cop stood up to this, called a supervisor, or refused to follow a blatantly ludicrous instruction ?
He's a judge, not god-almightly, he oversteps, you tell him where to stick it!
(and then call your supervisor!)
The Judge going bonkers isn't half as scary as every officer of the court there executing his will in spite of that obvious fact.
That, folks... is damn disturbing.
"Just following orders." - right ?
-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I wouldn't just kick his ass off the bench, I'd charge him with false arrest/imprisonment, misuse of city/state resources, and throw HIS ass in jail.
AND charge the security officer and the cops who assisted in this lunacy with aiding and abetting, as well as accomplice after the fact.
Not ONE cop stood up to this, called a supervisor, or refused to follow a blatantly ludicrous instruction ?
First of all cell phones in Court are a menace. One of our Judges confiscates any cell phone that goes off, especially since there are numerous signs telling them to turn them off. He also confiscates food and beverages...which are likewise banned. Only know one guy who got jailed for it. Different Judge (the nicer one) and the guy was intoxicated and had his Bluetooth in his ear talking to somebody while also in front of Judge. He was semi-famous (aka father of a celebrity). He refused to get off his phone and ended up in custody (although it was as much for his intoxication as the other thing).
That said this was going too far.
THAT said this is still within the bounds of the Judge's authority. Naturally he is paying the consequences for a bad decision, but it was still his call to make. Don't blame the Court officers and police, they are bound to obey the Judges lawful orders, and it is lawful for a judge to jail a person (or persons) for contempt. The remedy comes later when the Judge's decision is reviewed.
H
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I believe that the judge in this case may have behaved correctly. No one in the court room could have told the judge whose cell was ringing? Not the person on either side of the goof with the ringing cell phone? Not the gutless ass whose cell was ringing? Anyone who wouldn't at least help the judge is complicit of conspiring to conceal the truth. That's contempt of court. The judge asked whose phone rang. No one fessed up.
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Hello,
Considering the nature of the 'crime' in this case, I'd have been very reticent to point to a man so that he could be arrested.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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-dup-
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When they came for the domestic violence defendants with cell phones,
I was silent;
I was not a domestic violence defendant with a cell phone.
Chrisisall
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Also, sometimes it's damn difficult to know whose cellphone is ringing. I have MY cellphone ring and not even know it was mine! Based on that, I'd hate to point the finger at ANYBODY.
What the judge could have done was simply ask to examine all the cellphones, and see which one had just recieved a call.
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Always look upstream.
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I was going to say the same thing. It's even been put in as a funny scene in movies and on TV - a cell phone goes off and everybody reaches for theirs. Or a cell phone goes off and one after another people check and say 'not mine'.
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Completely off track, ever notice how WELL cell and regular phone rings come across on TV ? Ever go to answer the phone only to find it was some background phone ring from an office scene ?
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Back in the olden days when people had pagers set on stun... I mean, vibrate... it'd be a hoot to see people get this glazed look all of a sudden as their pockets started vibrating. And if it was a REAL urgent issue and everyone was at the same meeting, several people would suddenly go off in a cloud!
BTW- Because I carry my cell phone for medical emergencies (given my daughter's issues) I keep it with me at all times on stun... I mean, vibrate.
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If it's such a big issue why not have signal blockers installed?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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