Fuller Malarkey
Regular Member
The judge, Steven M. Statsinger, said in his ruling that the police had mishandled a call to a medical emergency and ended up injuring an already sick man
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/nyregion/professors-detail-brutal-tangle-with-police.html
"Nineteen hours after her arrest, Ms. LaFont was brought before a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court to face charges of obstructing governmental administration and harassment. The prosecutor on duty offered her a common deal for people who have tussles with the police: plead guilty to disorderly conduct and be released with a penalty of “time served.”
Ms. LaFont refused. “I didn’t believe I did anything wrong,” she said. Over the next months, she also turned down offers from prosecutors to drop the charges in return for meeting certain conditions. What she wanted, she said, was exoneration."
*****
I have yet to see a member here support the resistance of a legal arrest. There has been much conversation of resisting unlawful arrest. While the information provided in this story is very limited, it might appear that at least one judge viewed the resistance this couple put up to what could have killed this heart surgery patient husband was just. Another case where a distressed citizen's call for help was turned into a worse threat than the medical emergency that initiated the call.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/nyregion/professors-detail-brutal-tangle-with-police.html
"Nineteen hours after her arrest, Ms. LaFont was brought before a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court to face charges of obstructing governmental administration and harassment. The prosecutor on duty offered her a common deal for people who have tussles with the police: plead guilty to disorderly conduct and be released with a penalty of “time served.”
Ms. LaFont refused. “I didn’t believe I did anything wrong,” she said. Over the next months, she also turned down offers from prosecutors to drop the charges in return for meeting certain conditions. What she wanted, she said, was exoneration."
*****
I have yet to see a member here support the resistance of a legal arrest. There has been much conversation of resisting unlawful arrest. While the information provided in this story is very limited, it might appear that at least one judge viewed the resistance this couple put up to what could have killed this heart surgery patient husband was just. Another case where a distressed citizen's call for help was turned into a worse threat than the medical emergency that initiated the call.
