The arrest of Brandon Hayes, 30, in Rhode Island may have seemed like a routine traffic stop and possession case until police officers checked his record. Hayes had succeeded in racking up his 41st arrest in two states. That is 38 arrests in Massachusetts and two in Rhode Island including gun and drug charges. The case is a prototypical example of habitual offender in the criminal justice system.
Hayes was a passenger in the vehicle stopped for traffic violations. The trooper said that he smelled marijuana and found three bags of marijuana on his person. The trooper also said that Hayes removed a loaded handgun from his waist and put it under the passenger seat when the car was pulled over. A 9mm pistol was recovered. Drug packaging material was also found in the car.
Hayes was only released recently after serving 18 months behind bars for a 2012 assault conviction.
These charges could bring 10 years. What is clear is that his record will militate heavily toward a maximum conviction.
Good point Paul.
The way I see it we are ALL in one big internment camp, but due to normalcy bias, a government school education, and brain damage from drinking fluoridated water, most are unable to see it…… yet.
Karen S said:
“This reminds me of that scene in Liar, Liar .
A criminal called his lawyer, asking what he should do, having just robbed an ATM. The answer, “Stop breaking the law!”
This guy sounds like a menace to society. At some point, we all need some safety from him.”
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Should we have told the Japanese-Americans that our Federal government put into concentration camps to follow the law? How about run away slaves? Should we admonish them to “follow the law?”
As far as banks being the victim – anyone with just a little due diligence , knows that fractional reserve banks counterfeit money as a business model, and the wealth that they create out of thin air is stolen from you, as inflation. Banks and bankers are one of the biggest threats there are, they took over printing your money over a 100 years ago and you about to see, despite ignoring that fact, come home to roost.
The Money Masters – Full Length Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq9yjt_JbWs
What I would like to have is safety from the bankers that are in the process of crashing our economy, and safety from the men in blue that kill more Americans than terrorists do…
Inalienable Wrights – we put Italians, Germans and Japanese in internment camps.
Anyone who works as diligently at his craft as Mr. Hayes deserves an Irish Poem:
A Broken Record???
An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm
There once was a felon named Hayes!
Who would not mend his criminal ways!
Full forty one times,
He got pinched for his crimes!
Forty two, we’ll see in a few days!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
With a history like this, what employer in his right mind would hire him? He would be sued by his customers and employees when this guy acts as his past history predicts he will.
This is an example of someone having thoroughly thrown away his chances at life with both hands.
This reminds me of that scene in Liar, Liar .
A criminal called his lawyer, asking what he should do, having just robbed an ATM. The answer, “Stop breaking the law!”
This guy sounds like a menace to society. At some point, we all need some safety from him.
Hmmm. Al Capone was jailed for a non-violent crime, wasn’t he???
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
There are some similarities here:
The prohibition created crimes out of non-crimes. It criminalized citizens exercising the inalienable right of a person to choose what they put into their bodies, since they own their bodies and not the state.
It was the illegitimate initiation of force by the state, that created the resulting use of legitimate counter-force by Al Capone, and many others. They were merely acting in self defense from a state that was out violating rights and initiating the use of force.
The bottom line is that if the state had not initiated violence against citizens exercising their rights, you would have never heard of Al Capone.
In both this story and the one of Al Capone it was the state and the cops that were the real criminals.
Like the guards at Auschwitz learned: “just following orders” does not cut it when following the law entails the trampling of peoples rights.
I think I am going to come down on the side of his rights being violated a lot. 18 months is nothing for a 40 time offender.
Considering that fact that Mr. Hayes was being kidnapped for no reason, under color of law, he would have been morally justified to have used that gun in self defense from the road pirate that was in the process of violating his rights……
Rick
Or the 28 strikes law, or the 32 strikes law, or the 40 strikes law…….
“…..including gun and drug charges. …” so that means that he had not committed a real crime, just made up pretend crimes. The real criminals here are dressed in blue it seems. Mr. Hayes has been kidnapped, stolen from, and locked in a cage for doing absolutely nothing!
On the other hand the criminals in blue have been actively violating Mr. Hayes right to self defense and his right to choose what he ingests. There should be serious repercussions for these rights violators in blue. Their job is to protect Mr Hayes rights, NOT violating them!
I believe the three strikes is for convictions. If you just get arrested and released, there doesn’t seem to BE a limit.
Clearly, our society with all of its social programs and handouts, has failed this man. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
Nick Spinelli
There needs to be something between the draconian “3 strikes” laws and this.
This sort of thing is why we have three strikes laws.
38 arrests in Massachusetts and 2 in Rhode Island. Perhaps publishing the names of the judges and prosecutors, who were intimately connected with these criminal matters, might serve to correct the problem. A little accountability goes a long way. Let them–the judges and the prosecutors–have to answer why a compulsive, repeat offender, like this, was allowed to roam around society. Shining a light–on those responsible for allowing a career criminal to once again walk the streets–would go a long way as far as curtailing these missteps in justice.
Tyger: You are right. Same can be said for those over 60 who are retired and do not contribute anymore. They do not contribute in any positive way to society. Same with Wesley Clark (not really his real last name).
Perfect candidate for the firing squad, gas oven, electric chair, or whatever method the state might prefer for execution. The “justice system” has not and likely will not rehabilitate this criminal, why not just get rid of the problem permanently? He’s not contributing in any positive way to the society.
This is what we call “Catch and Release” in our area. A revolving door of the same criminals getting caught…..slap on the wrist….released without bail, or very low bail…..don’t show up for court…..do another crime……get caught…..released again to prey on more innocent people.
The revolving door.
Frankly, the people are sick of it, as are many of the police. The same petty thieves, drunk drivers, drug dealers, rapists…..and no relief from the justice system. Eventually, the people will determine that they need to protect themselves.
What protects society from career criminals is that criminals are, for the most part, cirminally stupid.
There needs to be something between the draconian “3 strikes” laws and this. The problem is often cases like this, offenses spread out over states. Background checks are done haphazardly, and many courts just don’t seem to take as seriously offenses from other jurisdictions.
Practice makes perfect.