RE: TODAY in STUPID - Woman prosecuted for selling $12 of food on Facebook
Ummm... you have stated many assumptions... and? They are all wrong.
I used to believe like you do. Until I opened the hood upon these govern-cement institutions. Then I was aghast. Looking deeper, I am seriously horrified.
Did you know that half of homicides are not even investigated?
You know that stupid show on TV about crime investigation? CSI or something. Where there is this forensics doctor that keeps going over 8 cases looking for a clue to finally solve them... Well, if we had a "reality" moment, the chief of police would come in and say, why are you looking at those 8, while you have this stack (camera pans over to an entire wall sized stack of folders) to look into?
Get your day in court? You believe the judge is fair and impartial? You believe the lawyer you hired is on your side? You believe that you are in an American court? You believe you know what the words mean that they are speaking about you? You believe "all rise" is just a meaningless gesture at the start of court? If you believe any of these, you haven't even begun to look into the court system. I would like to say that it is 180 degrees opposite... but that isn't far enough. If you are not horrified, you don't know yet.
The police and the justice system are not about stopping criminals, they are about filling prisons and raking in fines. In carrying out this operation, they will trample all over your rights, that you don't even know you have.
Such as, the plea bargain offered above? She should have seen a judge first and have been shown habeas corpus. (or shown what she is actually being charged with. The DA does not have any authority to lay claims against you, they have to do so in court. Everything the DA does before then is intimidation tactics.)
The court doesn't have (normal?) U.S. flag in the building for one. The judge is dressed in black for a reason. And you can't be tried unless you are of a dead corporation's name...
They have no authority whatsoever. It is manufactured consent. Which is (very) scary...
In the courts they have an admiralty flag. In England, you have the law of the land. Outside of England, you have the law of the sea, as in you are on a vessel.
Thus, inside a court, when you "all rise" your are placing yourself under the control of the Queen of England. You give up your common law rights, and you place yourself under THE LAW OF THE SEA.
(Lawyers do not pay social insecurity tax, because they are not The U.S. citizens.)
Yes. Why one is given a birth certificate being born from water to a vessel. To be certified before your feet touch the ground.
Great response.
Thank you I may be naive in some respects but I do also try to keep a positive perspective.
I like to believe the best of people but I have gradually become more disillusioned with the systems and power structures.
Perhaps I will need to revise that opinion even further as I experience more life:)