Post in Common crime

Jul 26 16:08 UTC

In Minneapolis, the county attorney prosecutes all felony criminal
cases (or not) and it has naught to do with where in Hennepin County
the crime was committed; I think most counties in the state do the
same. Pat's relative's car theft must not have been a slam dunk, I
guess. As a planner, Pat knows about the potential of the cumulative
effects of different stuff to bring about positive or negative
consequences. They just don't have enough rope for this thief, yet, I
suspect; the lack of any imagination or variety in choosing targets
should help.

Some hardened and stupid criminals like me, make it easier for the
SPPD to make their case even if they don't catch'em red handed. When
Officer Michael Lee asked me how fast I thought I was going years
back, I said probably around 35 MPH; I said it without thinking
because the speedometer in my old ford pickup read low and when I it
read nearly 35 MPH, I was traveling closer to 30 MPH -- Lee made his
case and my goose was cooked because I was driving a Chevy taxicab
with an accurate speedometer. Lee went on, however, to lecture me
about many things including that there were no speed limits in St.
Paul higher than 30 MPH, a demonstrably wrong assertion that I did
not argue with; Lee went on and on and on, yipping and barking until
I just wanted to kick him back to his squad. Luckily my passenger was
dropping off her vacuum cleaner at her first stop and was patient on
her return as I'd stopped the meter before any of Officer Lee's
performance began; she even gave me a nice tip, but not enough to
make up for that particular SPPD performance of the day.