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Confused and....confused
Oct. 21st, 2009 09:04 pmA few months back a friend of a friend - who is visibly gay - was crossing a city street one night when a goon in a truck yelled at her to hurry up and cross. She yelled back. Goon gunned his engine and ran her down before fleeing the scene. Friend of a friend suffered severe injuries, and will suffer the rest of her life from the aftereffects, emotional and physical.
Goon was caught three days later 30 miles away in another town. He immediately pulled the 'feel sorry for me' routine and told the cops he was about to turn himself in.
Guys, there are three CHP hubs, at least one Sheriff's Dept., and three PDs that are open twenty four hours in that 30 miles, and yet he managed to miss all of them in three days and only 'was about to turn himself in' when the police caught his ass.
My friend told me today that the goon got 90 days in County Lock-up and didn't have to pay any kind of restitution to this uninsured person he ran down out of homophobic road rage. He tried to murder her with his car and his only consequence is that he can't own a gun. WTF? He doesn't need a gun, he's got a truck!
I usually have faith in justice, I (naively) believe it works. And yet I can't explain how this very blatant act of attempted murder got such a slap on the wrist unless I believe the DA is homophobic too. And that means that justice doesn't work. It bothers me more than I can ever say, and it will the rest of my life.
Goon was caught three days later 30 miles away in another town. He immediately pulled the 'feel sorry for me' routine and told the cops he was about to turn himself in.
Guys, there are three CHP hubs, at least one Sheriff's Dept., and three PDs that are open twenty four hours in that 30 miles, and yet he managed to miss all of them in three days and only 'was about to turn himself in' when the police caught his ass.
My friend told me today that the goon got 90 days in County Lock-up and didn't have to pay any kind of restitution to this uninsured person he ran down out of homophobic road rage. He tried to murder her with his car and his only consequence is that he can't own a gun. WTF? He doesn't need a gun, he's got a truck!
I usually have faith in justice, I (naively) believe it works. And yet I can't explain how this very blatant act of attempted murder got such a slap on the wrist unless I believe the DA is homophobic too. And that means that justice doesn't work. It bothers me more than I can ever say, and it will the rest of my life.
