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Memories of Birmingham, Criminals Watching Public TV, And An Arrested Clown

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Been busy the last few weeks. Some of us "bloggers" actually have day jobs and aren't as attentive to our "entitled" audience as we'd like to be. So today I bring you three stories that pretty much sum up the state of our criminal justice system today, and the paranoia, hype that surrounds it.First, Birmingham. Five cops beat the crap out of a jerk who almost ran over one of their own. The guy deserved to have the crap beaten out of him, but not by cops. We as a public are divided on this, as we are divided on what a video actually shows.With the advent of video, we now get to see what sometimes goes on post arrest. We also get to see how two completely sane people can watch a video and see two different scenes. We have come to hear of the "adrenaline" defense of punching cops - "you know, these guys just have all this adrenaline after one of these chases and you know, they just are so emotional about the whole thing that we understand how they can get so upset and lose control...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).