injustice

[low_delta]

There was a guy in Pennsylvania who after being sick and tired of someone stealing the brownies out of his lunch at work, one day laced his brownies with Ex-Lax. The shop foreman spent most of the day in the restroom.

The man (not the foreman) was fired. And charged with assault.

That is just pathetic.

I don't like it when people take the law into their own hands and dish out some vigilante style justice, but that's generallly because the "justice" they dispense is not commensurate with the crime. In this case, I think it is. Spending a day on the toilet, for stealing six months worth of desserts? How can the one guy be charged with assault, and the other not be charged with theft?

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[liquidmyst.livejournal.com]

That is sick and sad that it happened to be honest. For some reason we seem more concerned with the rights of criminals in today's society. I just don't get it.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

That was an effective way to find the culprit.

Speaking of strange justice, I read in the paper this morning that the court said a Texas police officer was well within his right to arrest, handcuff, and jail a mother he had pulled over who wasn't wearing a seatbelt and didn't have her kids belted in either. Yes, she was putting her life and the lives of her kids in danger, but handcuffing and jailing her? Was that necessary?

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[whorlpool.livejournal.com]

Actually, we lost a big chunk of our freedom yesterday. The police just gained a tremendous amount of power. Welcome to America.

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

But are they within the law to *arrest* someone for a traffic offense? Is that new? Or did he arrest her for endangering safety, or some crap like that?

Was she abusive to the officer? I've heard many stories from cops about how they were just going to write a warning until the individual started getting obnoxious.

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[whorlpool.livejournal.com]

The door is opened now. If the police force wants to start arresting people for jaywalking or for not wearing their seatbelts (or, more insidiously, for sodomy and other things still on the books), then there's nothing to stop them.

If you're interested, read the dissenting opinion in the case. Sandra Day O'Connor touches upon some of the potential abuses that are now possible. Racial profiling is a big possibility.

Think of it this way: A cop pulls you over and arrests you for not wearing your seatbelt. It's your word against the cop's. You spend 48 hours in jail; your car is searched; you have an arrest on your record.

Will this happen to you? No. Will it happen to someone who the cops want to harrass? Yes.

what door?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

What was the case that you mentioned? What is the precedent for arresting someone for a traffic offense?

[shoo.livejournal.com]

I worked at a high school where the Janitor was stealing food and candy from everyone's desks....
The women coaches got tired of it, they even tried talking to him. finally, they made a chocolate cake FULL of ex-lax....He was in the bathroom for 3 days....but he never stole lunches again....

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

the question i have is.......just how did the brownie maker get caught?.......had he just kept low key, the only people who would have a clue of what happenned would be the brownie maker and the foreman, and the foreman, wouldn't be advertising that he is a dessert thief.....that would be just plain stupid........but then again, so is stealing desserts......

[ex-wing191.livejournal.com]

When I was in the 9th grade there was a guy who used to like to grab the dessert off my lunch tray every day. Usually I would stop him before he stuck it in his mouth but I still wouldn't want to eat it after his hands had been on it.

One day he grabbed my dessert and I snapped.
I took the entire tray of food and flung it on him so he was covered from head to toe. Then I stood up and cussed him out in front of the entire cafeteria and walked out.

He never grabbed my dessert after that.

[mamallama.livejournal.com]

I agree totally with Liquidmyst. I am so fed up with the rights of bad people being protected at the expense of the rights of good people. >:(

A teacher I work with has been harassed and physically assaulted by a student at the school for a year, and the student gets by with it because she is threatening to sue the school for discrimination if they kick her out. Now the student walks around with a "bodyguard" (school Aide) while the teacher is told to stay in her room.

It's a really unfair world.