felony for mudding. According to Tom Lyden's Fox news report from yesterday,
"The son of Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has been charged with felony
damage to property in connection with a mudding incident last April at Lake
Rebecca Park Reserve."
Normally charges are filed in the next week. In Ramsey county, the average time
to charge an adult case is now 4 days. Perhaps it was the pressure of the
election challenge that caused action to be taken - three months later.
One wonders how long it will take to go trial. It is only four months before
the election. Ramsey County Attorney has the standard of finishing 70% of cases
with 66 days of first appearance. One would expect other county attorneys to
have the same standard.
Is time the only way that the Sheriff's son was treated differently?
One wonders if the Sheriff's forensics unit gathered evidence for the trial.
One wonders how much evidence was gathered at all. Whether the case is
plea-bargained or tried, that evidence or lack of evidence should become
available since Stanek's son is an adult 22 year old.
Even more disturbing is the expectation of Staneck's son that he could give
orders and not obey the police. According to the same Tom Lyden's Fox news
report from yesterday, "According to the police reports, Stanek was demanding,
argumentative and disrespectful to the officers, telling them it would be
problematic if he didn't get his truck back right away."
Apparently Staneck's son didn't even expect consequences from breaking the law.
One wonders what experiences that Staneck's son had that leads him to expect
such privileges. He did pay a small fine once for marijuana possession once.
Were there other incidents that did not have consequences? Well this felony
case is eligible for a diversion program with dropped charges. So again the
consequences may be light.
To me. privilege is the opposite of the law being enforced fairly. Should the
Sheriff enforce the law fairly or of collect privilege and power? I would want
a sheriff who believed in fair law enforcement. Perhaps the Hennepin County
Sheriff’s Deputies Association's overwhelming endorsement of Stanek's opponent
Minneapolis Police Assistant Chief Eddie Frizell tells us who they think is
better for fair law enforcement. Deputies have the day-to-day inside
experience.
Grace Kelly nicknamed Kelly
living that far place of St Paul,
where we have also had troublesome sheriffs in the past