Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

EnoughIdeas t1_j0wdvgl wrote

Reply to comment by Stratussphere in News: Judge allows convicted sex abuser Justin Mustafa to change his name to Justin Curtis by GeniusBtch

I was arrested once and still sometimes feel the handcuffs. I had to argue in court to change my name to what my mom orginally wanted because they thought I might be doing it to distance myself from the case where I was found not guilty.

11

Stratussphere t1_j0we9y3 wrote

Seems like predictable judicial logic. It's outrageous that you almost need a lawyer to decifer the rediculousness of a system we created so many years ago. Any layman should be able to sufficiently advocate for themselves...but they can't anymore.

9

EnoughIdeas t1_j0wgutl wrote

More messed up. I was trying to change my name from the anglicized version to the more classical Hebrew version. It changed my six letter name to an 8 letter one with 5 of them being unchanged.

7

EnoughIdeas t1_j0wh1i4 wrote

When I was arrested my dad took 10k from my savings account and handed to a criminal defense lawyer... Yaaay my down payment on land in NH was spent because an officer had an idea.

7

Stratussphere t1_j0wpr5d wrote

I had a Sargeant of our local PD Trump charges on me in the form of a felony. Never went to trial, got dismissed at the clerk magistrate hearing. The cop got completely annihilated. My fees were only 1500, but still. It's so stupid we can't counter charge cops for fucking with our lives.

5

EnoughIdeas t1_j0wtwi8 wrote

I was given an oui while parked on a private road. I could have been fucking drunk as hell driving on that road and it's still not illegal. You have to be intoxicated, driving on a public way and the police need probably cause to pull you over for that charge. I was sober and parked. My lawyer objected every single time the officer said they pulled me over

10

majoroutage t1_j0xhw3d wrote

Malicious prosecution should be grounds for a civil suit. At the very least you deserve reimbursement for your legal fees.

9

EnoughIdeas t1_j0xift4 wrote

At the very least I can't afford to do that and I'd just be taking tax payfunds without doing anything to the officer that caused the issue

4

majoroutage t1_j0xtpa8 wrote

Fuck qualified immunity.

2

EnoughIdeas t1_j0xvxxy wrote

My ex goes out of her way to make the arresting officer feel small. More than once she has rebuffed him at bars in that town because "I can't see your bulge in those skinny jeans, how would it be fun?" She doesn't even like big o dicks because most guys with them just slam her cervix thinking they are doing awesome. She also has asked him a few times at the bar when he wants to get a real job.

She doesn't like me. She kinda hates me.

1