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Wait..."we can’t pick and choose which people to prosecute and which people not"??? Isn't that a major component of a DA's job?
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That's a funny way to phrase it - "violations and crimes" - because what the DA's office did is reduce what should have been misdemeanor crimes (offenses for which the penalty is a year or less in jail) to violations (in which no jail is possible on their own discretion! The result of this is that no lawyers were appointed for the grannies and so they are forced to defend themselves or hire attorneys. In this case some kind lawyers volunteered to help them. But such a reduction is in fact a tactical decision on the part of the DA to avoid both a jury and a lawyer. Let's be honest. Really the DA does decide what to charge and how to charge it. [As a semi-related aside: It is funny how the DA doesn't think that issues around police behavior or police killings of unarmed civilians "are best aired in the trial proceeding" ]
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The DA can pick and choose when to say what. Because he's in charge. Because we elect him. [sigh]
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This is a case of "judicial reality" which means judges support the spirit of society over the absolute letter of the law. Ironically Merc readers dig absolutes while being hooked into the spirit of society. The people can definitely win http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7951501782144625225&q=unknown+rebel even supporting the kids we went to school with who joined up. You know some.
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Meow?
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Whoever's pretending to be a cat: You're upsetting me. It's upsetting. Please stop. I take your comments as emotionally hostile. They hurt me. Please stop.
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Way to kickass Bonnie! This seems like a 5-way victory: #1 briefly stopping the tank #2 media coverage bringing light to the issue of tanks as a part of a parade in a time of war #3 having lawyers like Stu Sugarman and Thaddeus Betz step up to defend the grannies pro bono #4 winning (even on a technicality) so you have more time to fight the good fight #5 fewer tax dollars spent btw, do we usually have tanks in the Rose Parade?

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