Re:What does “shitty job” mean in the low-skill, low-pay world?
by lisper on Sunday April 17, 2022 @04:31PM
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> I think it's the same direction,
Yeah, it depends on how you look at it. I was thinking about this:
> I've had prosecutors and police know that our rights were violated as part of a citation. They did not care.
In my case it's, "I had a cop decide not to cite me for violations of the law that I actually committed, only to turn around and railroad me for a less serious violation that he could not possibly have known whether I actually committed or not."
My point was just that net-net the system worked to my benefit despite the fact that my ostensible rights were violated.
Re:What does “shitty job” mean in the low-skill, low-pay world?
by giantg2 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @04:36PM
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Ah, I missed that they didn't charge you on the more serious infraction.
I've only seen it go the one way in my experiences. It just seems so odd to me that a system with such power has such limited controls/protections, and such common mistakes and abuses.
I think it's the same direction, unless I'm missing something.
Magistrates don't have to have a law degree nor pass the Bar. They tend to be very incompetent considering that they are the ones deciding the initial hearing for misdemeanors and felonies (although most of the time they deal with more minor things).
I asked a magistrate to dismiss a case with prejudice, and he thought I was calling him prejudice...