Or maybe just not enough blood.
This is perhaps the most sickening piece of new I have read in the local papers in quite some time.
A summary of the article above, broken down into simplified terms:
1. Young man has arrests for previous crimes, and needs money to cover costs associated with restitution for a previous crime he committed.
2. Young man holds up police officer while shooting him several times at point blank range and is later arrested while found to be still carrying this same gun.
3. Judge reduces charges to aggravated assult; ultimately reducing the bail and possible punishment, while simultaneously freeing the suspect, and putting him on the hook for additional monies.
Why not just expedite a new gun registration for him while you're at it Judge?
He shot someone at point-blank range, but the man didn't die. Guess he was shot in the foot or leg then, huh? Nope, try the torso. The bullet-proof vest he was wearing may have been the only reason he survived at all. Apparently, the judge sees the fact that the officer survived the shooting as compelling enough evidence to believe the suspect wasn't attempting to kill him.
Can anyone hear PeeWee Herman in the background ("I meant to do that...")?
It's one thing to be careful when carrying out a court case to make sure no improprities occur that might get the case dropped on a technicality. However, anyone with a lick of common sense can see this to be something much different: an imbecile of a judge who would rather make headlines than do what is right for the city and this officer (and the whole of the PPD by extension).
Bail too much? Consider dropping it some... to go from $5 mil to $75,000 means you just don't care. At $75,000 you should have just dropped the bail requirement altogether.
I just hope Judge Deborah Griffin never has to face Zahir Boddy-Johnson in a dark alley someday when he needs a couple extra bucks.
He might not be nearly as leinient on her as she was on him.
P.S. This judge already has what you might call "questionable" credentials:
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