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$73K is "Indigent" if you are a Murdering Cop!
Posted by Agit8r • 7/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: cronyism, judges, pigs
A federal judge has ruled that federal funds should pay for the defence of the Spokane Police Officer who tased Otto Zehm to death and then lied about the incident to investigators, despite the fact that Karl F. Thompson Jr. makes $73,000 a year now that he is consigned to a desk job following Zehm's death.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/09/officer-arraigned-federal-charges-zeh...
Your tax dollars at work!
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for those that don't know, "indigent" means poor
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Corruption at it's finest.-
as if civilians would be granted the same privelege
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At least Mr. Durkin was his mind set straight:
"Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Durkin objected to federal payments to Carl Oreskovich to serve as Thompson’s attorney, noting that Thompson makes about $80,000 a year, including overtime." -
Well, how about this. Cops cover each other asses.
www.break.com/index/chicago_cop_beats_up_female_bartender.html
Then he gets probation
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-abbate-24-jun24,0,5965992.story -
There needs to be a movement to replace police with citizen patrols. It would be more responsive, and then these guys would have to find a way to survive in the marketplace
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Here's the layer being paid for with your (if you pay federal taxes) tax dollars:
www.lawyers.com/Washington/Spokane/Carl-J.-Oreskovich-1777382-a.html
NOT a public defender--A PRIVATE ATTORNEY! -
I have a few choice words for this, but I will stop myself from spewing forth my usual venom
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AWWWW? how come?
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that is sad, but im glad that alot of us are recognizing this junk , maybe now we can prevent alot of this from happening-
how?
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The more I find out about people the more I think the apocalypse wouldn't be so bad...
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A day of judgement? If only
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Siuil said it much nicer than I would have
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How many molotov cocktails does it take to make a "lake of fire"?
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The day following the federal judges tacit approval of such behavior, Spokane Police officers appointed themselves Jury and Executioner!
www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/10/police-officer-involved-shooting-nort...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/five-officers-on-leave-after-mans-fat... -
there aren't words...
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yeah, sounds like a former Soviet Republic or something, huh?
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I do not TRUST the Law... Nor Law Enforcement ANY Longer...
This is part of the reason I'm involved in a lawsuit.-
do tell? if you can
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Can't yet... Will as soon as I can tho. PROMISE - it will be BIG...
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cool beans. Fight the power
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wow sounds like an exciting episode of your life
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Just goes to show you, the police protect their own...not the public!-
now we know what "To Serve and Protect" means
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AMEN to that...
But let me tell you something:
They WILL turn on their own.
TRUST ME.
And they lie - and they fabricate evidence. -
they get paid on commission or something?
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On the upside, Spokane is a great place to commit "suicide by cop"
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Has there been a ruling in this case, has the officer been found guilty of anything?
Or are you advocating that the person should be punished without legal due process?-
A civillian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Zehm) who was not in the commission of a crime of any sort (AND UNARMED) was beaten and tasered to death. Your tax dollars are paying for the defense of his assailants. Not a public defender, a private attorney! Even though the officer banks $73K/yr
Not enough to be outraged about?
one of these sociopathic fascists is still walking around free!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Zehm#Officer_Dan_Torok
spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/spd-officer-dan-torok-waxes-el... -
outraged.. sure,
Not enough to punish someone without their case being heard though. -
who said that? This is about corruption. If you had shot someone, would you be provided with a $50,000+ of private representation? or would you get on of those Public Defender people?
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spam often?
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well same thing applies here. nowadays cops do look healthy than ordinary citizens
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This was uplifting.-
wha...?
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Spamburger
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Is anybody really surprised by this ruling? In America, the rich get richer, even when everybody else is getting poorer. Don't think so? Check out your local banker, pharmaceutical rep or doctor.-
this isn't so much about rich or poor, but rather arbitrary power, and the shameless cronyism that protects it.
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