Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job"

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And why are they por? Dont say its because of education I didnt' make it thruogh school either and I contibute to this greate country and am not in jail. Nobody gave me nothin. And why are they mosly black or other minroity? Answer that. Word. :rockon:

They need to work hard and prosper like good hard workin fokes and stop tying to steel and such. Good thing we have first amenment so I can keep my guns. Come get you some no society good producers. :welcome:

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

at least we are "civilized" now. previously rich people were allowed to do anything they wanted. rape, murder, and outright torture and slavery was not only commonplace it was accepted as a right to the rich.

 

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Your guitar's only got one string Jocko and that one you've glued to a single fret. I think even you will tire of it before you've plucked it 50 times (re: Jocko's 21 posts thus far).

Then again I have to confess a wicked curiosity at what fireworks we might all enjoy when our resident rock thrower (patent pending) discovers you trespassing on his turf with his favorite instrument in your hands (well, maybe his 2nd favorite instrument).

 

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If it were an average Joe... they'd be in jail right now...

This is a crime... the felonious behavior shouldn't be rewarded, as the bench apparently is saying... the asshat finance fella was probably intoxicated too... he shouldn't be given any more leeway than any other offender.

As for some of the comments about the unjust prison system... I will say this:

The reason there are more minorities behind the walls, is because most of em that were convicted in a court of law are not good people...

I am GLAD there are prisons for the folks that victimize society; I have put people behind the wall, and they deserve to be removed from society... however, smoking a joint shouldn't put anyone in the box.

 

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I think this also might be proof that there's a humorous god out there. The victim is apparently a liver transplant surgeon....it would really be bitter sweet if the fund manager finds himself on the doctor's table in a few years: since he's been encouraged to stay a drunk.

 

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This gets more interesting indeed...

A licensed healer is run down by a money monger...

 

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While I agree that this is part of the truth, I strongly disagree that it is the whole truth.

If the only 'problem' was that minorities commit proportionately more crimes than whites, the racial mix within the 'justice' system should be relatively constant. But it isn't. It isn't even close.

Browsing through the DOJ's Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics late in the previous century, it became painfully obvious to me that a minority man's risk of doing prison time was much different than that faced by a white man. A racial breakdown of the men at various stages of our 'justice' system, in virtually all categories of crimes, clearly shows the average complexion changing at each step of the process, always getting progressively darker:

-- Among those arrested, blacks are more likely to whites to be charged with a crime;
-- Among those charged, blacks are more likely to whites to go to trial;
-- Among those going to trial, blacks are more likely to whites to be convicted;
-- Among those convicted, blacks are more likely to whites to draw sentences of prison time;
-- Among those sentenced to prison, blacks draw longer average sentences than whites.

Blatant racial discrimination was one reason the Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in 1972. While capital punishment has since returned in a much smaller volume, the overall discrimination problem remains.

And I used the word 'man' very intentionally. The same tables also showed that men and women are not treated alike.

 

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And how has this changed?

Are you really saying that racial minorities have a higher proportion of "bad" people than whites???

I, too, would like to see the people who victimize society put behind bars. The problem is that most of the people behind bars in the U.S.A. have not victimized anybody, and virtually all of the people who SERIOUSLY victimize society are not only not behind bars, but they are paid obscenely high salaries to continue victimizing society, from the board rooms and executive offices of big corporations, or from the halls of government.

If you seriously hurt somebody and you are rich, your chances of going to prison are slim. If you seriously hurt a LOT of people and you are rich, you will get a bonus from your company for it, and you'll never even be charged with a crime. If you are charged with a crime and you are innocent, but you are poor, you will in all likelihood go to prison. If you actually commit a crime and you are rich, your chances of ever being charged are minuscule. And if you actually commit a crime and you are poor, your chances of being charged are small.

Most crimes go unpunished, and most prison inmates are poor people arrested more or less at random and convicted because they could not afford a good lawyer, irrespective of whether they actually committed the crime or not.

Our law enforcement and justice systems are broken, and do not make society any safer, though they do cost a lot of money and provide big profits for private companies that supply them.

 

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How did nobody mention the fact that many prisons these days are run as for-profit enterprises, making the convict-and-lock-up process something certain interest groups would like to "streamline"?

Example:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/us/13judge.html

 

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I've mentioned it often. It's all part of the prison-industrial complex. We have for-profit prison companies lobbying the government for tougher crime laws to put more people in prison, so they get more "customers"!!!!

 

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same with doctors, the more sick people, the more business!

 

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Is this why some many "customers" are conditioned into behaviors that enhance the likelihood they will return as repeat customers?

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

People who play their one-string guitar frequently and out of tune even after repeated admonishment have to keep alternate i.d.'s in the wings so when one persona gets booted, there are other to just step in and pick up where the last one left off.

How else to explain a 3 1/2 year old gun thread being awakened today, and then responded to several times by someone who has less than 10 posts? It's so obvious what's going on.

 

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:focus: i am new hear and just found that topic. I thought it was interesting and chimed in.

Your more than welcame to check my IP etc. I have only one "i.d." so have no idea what your talking too.

As for the rich guy getting of after a hit and run well that sounds about right. Considering that all rich people can do what they please in the USA and not face a consaquence. Just look to places like hollyworld and that should say it all.

 

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Is it "obvious"? I think Skandor and Jocko (whether they are the same person or not) are engaging in high satire, and I love it! Note that neither of them has offered insults to anyone or used dirty words. Their shared style suggests they may be the same person, but does not prove it, and neither has done anything likely to get them booted off the board.

I just hope they don't get bored and leave. (Pun intended.)

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

You haven't checked out Jocko's profile and reviewed his posts.

I agree that Akbar & Jocko are one and the same - the simultaneous timing of their appearance and virtually identical "style" seems beyond coincidence. The "satire" is cute but not when it depends on insults and deprecation.

 

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:welcome: I did not do any insulting.

airportkid I am not Jocko. I wecome him before but he did not recognize or reply to me. I saw his posts as an interesting and decided to reply.

:focus:
rich guy from vail gets to hit a cyclist and runs. Judge gave him a smack and a kiss and back two workie he went. :lock1:

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

Same with firemen. More fires more business! Same with policemen. More crime, more business! Same with soldiers. More war, more business! Same with... wait, what was your point again?

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

Driver gets 90 days in jail for hit-and-run involving bicyclist - latimes.com

I guess not as corrupt in los angeles. Eh, probably still just as corrupt.

 

Re: Rich Vail Fund Manager Hits Cyclist And Runs, Gets Off Because Charges Might "Jeopardize His Job

This has nothing to do with being "rich" or living in America. If you are well placed, you can do as you wish. Period

In the former Soviet Union, just looking at a Politburo member the wrong way was enough to have your entire family sent off to a Gulag. If you would dare "protest" a SS-18 "Satan" ICBM, more than likely you would be shot on sight. Then the rest of your family shipped to a Gulag

In the end, no matter what the society or culture, if you are well placed in that system, you can do as you wish