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Here's a thought. Let the system play out.

March 15, 2017 01:41PM
Rather than assuming guilt on anyone's part, let the system play out.
Getting arrested is in no way proof of guilt or fault. There is this little thing called a courtroom. Cops have to make arrests based on what the law says they must do, and based on stories told by participants and witnesses. Sometimes there's a lot of lying that happens, but cops aren't lawyers or judges and can't always figure out the truth on the scene.

I was on a jury where a young women with bruises and scrapes on her knees got this guy arrested for battery. As it turned out, the girl got angry, and inside the guys truck started kicking the crap out it, breaking the inside mirror, tearing off the glovebox door, etc. He stopped the vehicle, got out, opened the passenger door and told her to get out. She wouldn't. She just kept destroying the inside of his vehicle. He grabbed her by the arm, and put her out. Then got in and left the scene.

She calls the cops and he gets arrested. Why? She lied and she had bruised knees. Even with two moms on the jury, no one had second thoughts. The girl was the aggressor and the guy acted in a reasonable and restrained way. That she got bruised knees from going to the ground by him grabbing her arm and pulling her out of the truck she was destroying was just too dang bad.

Who knows what happened in this case. I don't care if you are a 280 lb. football player; an irate woman can be the aggressor and wind up getting the bad end of the deal for sure. But that doesn't make the guy guilty or a bad guy. A bruise isn't a life threatening injury nor is it proof of vicious action on the part of the guy she's accusing.

But, it also could turn out that he is a woman beater and he ought to be jailed.
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  DA: Not filing charges on Westbrooks?

leafnose913March 15, 2017 04:19AM

  Translation

RFIP413March 15, 2017 04:45AM

  Actually

stlramz569March 15, 2017 06:06AM

  Re: Actually

bigjimram21337March 15, 2017 06:16AM

  Your post makes her the aggressor

promomasterj283March 15, 2017 10:11AM

  Re: Your post makes her the aggressor

PHDram247March 15, 2017 10:36AM

  Why is the default to jump to that conclusion?

promomasterj319March 15, 2017 12:25PM

  really?

PHDram227March 15, 2017 01:08PM

  The police arrested him - are you saying they had no reason to?

promomasterj269March 15, 2017 01:22PM

  Here's a thought. Let the system play out.

RockRam227March 15, 2017 01:41PM

  last i checked

PHDram319March 15, 2017 01:51PM

  I always find these conversations cute

Flipper336232March 15, 2017 02:07PM

  How about we try and stock our team with guys not arrested for domestic violence

promomasterj359March 15, 2017 02:12PM

  I can only assume that wasn't for me

Flipper336218March 15, 2017 02:14PM

  Re: How about we try and stock our team with guys not arrested for domestic violence

PHDram302March 15, 2017 02:19PM

  Re: The police arrested him - are you saying they had no reason to?

bigjimram21279March 15, 2017 03:07PM

  Re: The police arrested him - are you saying they had no reason to?

six2stack387March 15, 2017 04:48PM

  Re: Your post makes her the aggressor

bigjimram21234March 15, 2017 02:54PM

  Re:Translation is dangerous

hammer317March 15, 2017 02:40PM

  Soooooooooo not true

Flipper336246March 15, 2017 02:50PM

  Re: extra oooooo's must make it so, good point!

hammer275March 15, 2017 04:10PM

  What he said.

PHDram223March 15, 2017 04:24PM

  You are honestly telling me....

Flipper336358March 15, 2017 04:47PM