2006 Has Been A Long Year
2006 has been a long year.
In June, I was walking home from a party a few houses down from mine with half of a cup of beer in my hand. A cop pulls me over, and since I'm not 21, he gives me a Minor in Posession of Alcohol. The penalty for this was a few hundred dollars and a suspended drivers license. So for having half a cup of beer, I can't drive for one year.
In November, I went camping with my roommates and we set a campfire outside of the designated ring. The ranger came and game me (ONLY me, out of my entire group) a misdemeanor for setting a "hazardous fire". The penalty for this was $550 and 3 years of probation. So for having a campfire outside of the ring, I'm broke and I can't break any laws for 3 years without serious consequences. Theoretically, I could go to jail if I get another misdemeanor.
On the day after Christmas, I was visiting my step-grandparents at their retirement community. I decided to take our moped around the block for a test-drive. A cop pulls me over and cites me for driving on a suspended license, not wearing a helmet, and driving without proof of registration. In addition, him and his partner frisk me, then threaten to arrest my dad for allowing me to drive, knowing I had a suspended license. I'm not sure what the penalty for this will be, because my court date is on the 29th, but I'm sure it will be very bad. In a community where 10-year-olds drive golf carts around all day, I get a misdemeanor for taking a moped around the block.
Famous celebrities get off on weapons and drug charges every day, but I have a half-cup of beer, light a campfire, and drive a moped, and I get maximum penalties. If this doesn't tell you the justice system is fucked up, I honestly don't know what does.
In June, I was walking home from a party a few houses down from mine with half of a cup of beer in my hand. A cop pulls me over, and since I'm not 21, he gives me a Minor in Posession of Alcohol. The penalty for this was a few hundred dollars and a suspended drivers license. So for having half a cup of beer, I can't drive for one year.
In November, I went camping with my roommates and we set a campfire outside of the designated ring. The ranger came and game me (ONLY me, out of my entire group) a misdemeanor for setting a "hazardous fire". The penalty for this was $550 and 3 years of probation. So for having a campfire outside of the ring, I'm broke and I can't break any laws for 3 years without serious consequences. Theoretically, I could go to jail if I get another misdemeanor.
On the day after Christmas, I was visiting my step-grandparents at their retirement community. I decided to take our moped around the block for a test-drive. A cop pulls me over and cites me for driving on a suspended license, not wearing a helmet, and driving without proof of registration. In addition, him and his partner frisk me, then threaten to arrest my dad for allowing me to drive, knowing I had a suspended license. I'm not sure what the penalty for this will be, because my court date is on the 29th, but I'm sure it will be very bad. In a community where 10-year-olds drive golf carts around all day, I get a misdemeanor for taking a moped around the block.
Famous celebrities get off on weapons and drug charges every day, but I have a half-cup of beer, light a campfire, and drive a moped, and I get maximum penalties. If this doesn't tell you the justice system is fucked up, I honestly don't know what does.
4 Comments:
...sounds like a good indie film to me
11 years for weighing out 5gm/26 self made MDMA on my analytical scale.
Damn dude. Talk about unlucky. Hope you get off easy... I want to hear more of that amazing music and see more artwork.
That's horrible, man, I can't even believe your luck...
The worst I've had happen to me in the way of the law was I got pulled over for making a right turn at a light that had a no-right-turn sign posted at night (when I couldn't see the sign) when the roads were empty and nobody was on the road except for myself and a cop who happened to be an eighth of a mile behind me.
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