We have lost our minds......million dollar bonds and six year sentences for a stupid prank.......STUPID.....now means intent to harm and we need a big tow truck to come into this country and yank some of the BS out of the statutes and give back discretion to judges.....which because in the police state we are heading.....the folks in control did not want common sense to enter into the picture.....so mandatory sentencing and insanity have taken over the world.
I was playing poker with a veteran of the Iraq war who was a SGT. in a security unit. He goes to the convenient store and to pick up some gas and a lottery ticket when at the entrance of the store this robber with a knife confronts him and asks for his wallet.......the SGT. proceeds to break his arm and literally shatter the arm in a couple places as he takes the knife away. The police arrest the robber and he gets a three year sentence for armed robbery. A lawyer files an excessive force civil complaint against the SGT. seeking medical bills, and permanent damage to the arm..........the day of the trial the judge was substituted. The new judge hears the preliminary trial motions before selecting the jury.......and turns to the Plaintiffs lawyer and says...".you are filing a lawsuit against a veteran who defended himself from an armed robbery is that correct"
yes it is
Case dismissed.........the other lawyer said judge I object.....you cannot do this at this point.........
Well we will make this simple......sir how much do you make an hour....how many hours did you miss today.....ok.....I will round if off to $500 which the attorney for the Plaintiff will pay as sanctions.......
sir you cannot do this........
You are right counsel.......it was not enough.........an additional $1,000 sanction on the Plaintiff's attorney to be paid to the defendant, and the next word out your mouth sir, you will be found in contempt of court......
The man was paid $1,500 from the Plaintiff's attorney and he said the lawyer's face turned white and he did not say another word......he got a check from the lawyer, and his lawyer told him that the judge was an Iraq war veteran officer, who the chief judge had assigned to the case that morning, and that if that lawyer opened his mouth one more time....he was going to jail on contempt.......and that everybody knew he would do what he said.
Today those who have created the police state do not want judicial discretion......they want to just grind up Americans and make them submissive puppy dogs.