Comments on: Prosecutors Charge American Exchange Student With Slander After Claim of Police Abuse http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/16/prosecutors-charge-american-exchange-student-with-slander-after-claim-of-police-abuse/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael John Lake http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/16/prosecutors-charge-american-exchange-student-with-slander-after-claim-of-police-abuse/#comment-48606 Michael John Lake Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:27:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=9029#comment-48606 What do you expect in a country like Italy which is considered an origin of organized crime? (Not that Italy is the only country which tolerated conditions allowing for organized crime. They simply have a colorful history for it.) Even in the United States were still have a degree of corruption but perhaps it is better hidden because we seem to have less social ties to our neighbors and others in our society. If it is not effecting you directly then injustice tends to get overlooked. I grew up believing that you could trust police and the legal system because it was taught in school. I was too honest and straight to believe otherwise until events exposed me to the retaliation of political prosecution. You do not need to be guilty to be arrested because it happens all the time. Dealing with arrest when you are not guilty can expose you to additional charges depending on how you react to what you know is a false arrest. In fact it is possible that everything involving your original arrest can be dropped followed by charges for acting irrational after the arrest. It happened to me. Retaliation appears to be a large part of the legal system instead of the beautiful ideas of protecting society and serving justice. Getting the public to see what goes on may be the only way to change anything, and the people responsible do not want the public to see what actually happens. It takes brave people with compassion to keep fighting for the truth. In the end the truth is what matters but good luck finding it the way things are. - Michael John Lake Toledo, Ohio, USA What do you expect in a country like Italy which is considered an origin of organized crime? (Not that Italy is the only country which tolerated conditions allowing for organized crime. They simply have a colorful history for it.)

Even in the United States were still have a degree of corruption but perhaps it is better hidden because we seem to have less social ties to our neighbors and others in our society. If it is not effecting you directly then injustice tends to get overlooked.

I grew up believing that you could trust police and the legal system because it was taught in school. I was too honest and straight to believe otherwise until events exposed me to the retaliation of political prosecution.

You do not need to be guilty to be arrested because it happens all the time. Dealing with arrest when you are not guilty can expose you to additional charges depending on how you react to what you know is a false arrest. In fact it is possible that everything involving your original arrest can be dropped followed by charges for acting irrational after the arrest. It happened to me.

Retaliation appears to be a large part of the legal system instead of the beautiful ideas of protecting society and serving justice. Getting the public to see what goes on may be the only way to change anything, and the people responsible do not want the public to see what actually happens. It takes brave people with compassion to keep fighting for the truth.

In the end the truth is what matters but good luck finding it the way things are.

- Michael John Lake
Toledo, Ohio, USA

]]> By: DOMINO http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/16/prosecutors-charge-american-exchange-student-with-slander-after-claim-of-police-abuse/#comment-43696 DOMINO Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:38:22 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=9029#comment-43696 This poor girl. This poor girl.

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