Surely the one person for whom this is very definitely âmy problemâ is the booking officer.
Otherwise what are they there for?
Also, what is going on with the US justice system at the moment? Has it always been this screwed up, or is this all a new level of crappy?
We didnât need the picture to know what colour her skin would be.
Itâs always been this screwed up, but old school journalism had a gentlemanâs agreement not to report on it unless it impacted âdecentâ people.
Hopefully some eager lawyer will take her case for a percentage of the award and sheâll never have to work again, and at least several on that force will NOT be able to work again in the law enforcement fieldâŚwhich is exactly the right outcome in this particular situation.
At least, a girl can dream.
Sure you did. The only thing that mattered here was that she couldnât afford her own attorney - once they know that, they donât care about your ârightsâ anymore.
This sort of thing happens in St. Louis all the time!
Turns out we donât need a picture to know what colour your skin is, either.
Thats a striking list, some of those people were held for a long time.
And what really makes me wonder is the handful of âunknownsâ on the list for people who were arrested, how does that work?
You arrest the wrong person and you never find out who the wrong person was?
The perfect Catch 22:
Sheâs arrested and jailed, but because they realize they have the wrong person, she canât get a court appointed attorney.
Pratchettâs âMortâ:
âOh dear,â he said, âI think this is going to be serious. May I see the palm of your hand, please?â
He examined it for a long time. Alter a while he went to the dresser, took a jewellerâs eyeglass out of a drawer, wiped the porridge off it with the sleeve of his robe, and spent another few minutes examining her hand in minutest detail. Eventually he sat back, removed the glass, and stared at her.
âYouâre dead,â he said.
Keli waited. She couldnât think of any suitable reply. âIâm notâ lacked a certain style, while âIs it serious?â seemed somehow too frivolous.
âDid I say I thought this was going to be serious?â said Cutwell.
âI think you did,â said Keli carefully, keeping her tone totally level.
âI was right.â
âOh.â
âIt could be fatal.â
âHow much more fatal,â said Keli, âthan being dead?â
âI didnât mean for you.â
âOh.â
âSomething very fundamental seems to have gone wrong, you see. Youâre dead in every sense but the, er, actual. I mean, the cards think youâre dead. Your lifeline thinks youâre dead. Everything and everyone thinks youâre dead.â
âI donât,â said Keli, but her voice was less than confident.
âIâm afraid your opinion doesnât count.â
I wonder how much they billed her for food and lodging, and the zip-ties she used?
I assure you, Mrs. Buttle, the Ministry is very scrupulous about following up and eradicating any error. If you have any complaints which youâd like to make, Iâd be more than happy to send you the appropriate forms.
And itâs a damned good thing she didnât put blood on any police uniforms, or theyâd have her for destruction of public property!
the banality of evil
Sheâs damn lucky that the po po didnât try to âfixâ their error once they found out that Ms. âRaquelâ was dead.
âIf youâll please turn around and face the wall.â Ch-CHK!
âwhatâs happening?â
âYou see Ms. RAQUEL McNeal, the records say youâre dead. As far as weâre concerned, this is an easily correctable situationâŚâ
Oh, you said Iâm supposed to respect police? I thought I was supposed to infect policeâŚ
BBL, I have a few phone calls to make.
