Reply to post: Re: The police are WRONG @Wayland Sothcott 1

The police are WRONG: Watching YouTube videos is NOT illegal

Chas
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Re: The police are WRONG @Wayland Sothcott 1

I once had the displeasure of being on a jury where the case was an alleged assault on a police officer inside a police station. There were three days of evidence, the three police witnesses gave wildly conflicting accounts of the incident and the judge spent one and a half days (!) summing up the case in excruciating and, frankly, unnecessary detail.

We retired, elected a foreman and held a vote—unanimously not guilty. We didn't feel the need to debate since not one of the police witnesses could agree and the alleged injury was so minor it was laughable. We were back out in three minutes, delivered our verdict and were in the pub before you could say "Not guilty, m'lud!"

I was frankly appalled—as were we all—at the astronomical waste of the court's time and money.

=:~)

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