Not tracking - you know the charges are against the officer, not the inmate, right?
What in my comment made you think otherwise?
Not tracking - you know the charges are against the officer, not the inmate, right?
What in my comment made you think otherwise?
The fact that the latest news is that federal charges are being filed, and your post is, "Not much sympathy here. I guess if you had any common sense you wouldn't be in jail in the first place, ..."
i.e. The news is about the officer, and you're talking about the inmate; it's non sequitur. I was (still am?) a bit confused.
Not much sympathy here. I guess if you had any common sense you wouldn't be in jail in the first place, much less in jail and spitting on Occifer Friendly and tempting fate.
Old wise man's saying, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes".
Regarding the officers, hope they are not scapegoated.
I thought the abuse was directed at them first. Nobody likes to be spat upon. I think their reaction is understandable.
Not much sympathy here. I guess if you had any common sense you wouldn't be in jail in the first place, much less in jail and spitting on Occifer Friendly and tempting fate.
Old wise man's saying, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes".
To clarify, I fully understand this sentiment and basically agree, but the point I'm trying to make is the perp still shouldn't have won a stupid prize in the form of a beatdown while handcuffed to a chair. He's already going to see his day in court which is where the stupid prize for the crimes (including spitting on the officers) should be dealt.
Somewhat OT...
...remember when Elkhart was a nice smallish city with jobs and growth and only one small section was the one you avoided at night?
I remember.....
One OT deserves another, but was that one area the zoo by any chance??
Whatever happened to our friend the rabbit anyway?
I just think that every member of the jury for these officers' trials should be verbally abused for 20 minutes, then spat on. They can't truly be their "peers" unless they go through that, and I would bet most, if not all, would react much in the same manner as those officers.
Sounds fair.
Of course, to be completely fair, let's give them training on how to properly deal with unruly inmates properly.
I had a funny thing happen there once...Are you familiar with Monk's Lounge?
...and good question.
Somewhat OT...
...remember when Elkhart was a nice smallish city with jobs and growth and only one small section was the one you avoided at night?
I remember.....
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Was this the epicenter? Small was/is relative you know. My recollection was an area bounded by Oakland on the west, tracks on the north, Prairie on the east, and somewhere around Wolf on the south.
Revitalization changed all that and while one is less likely to be drug from a vehicle by angry drunk crowd and beaten today; the swath of landscape where one runs risk of stray boolit from bad blood or deal run afoul is perhaps easily 4X that area. Oh how I luv waxing nostalgically about the good ole days...