Bar complaint filed against Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, top prosecutors

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Жыл бұрын

A bar complaint has been filed against Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, alleging ethical misconduct. Rachel Mitchell's campaign responded saying that it's a ploy ahead of Tuesday's election. The 46-page complaint was filed Friday by defense attorneys for Nubia Rodriguez, who was charged with negligent homicide in the traffic death of Phoenix officer Paul Rutherford.
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@psmith7781 Жыл бұрын

I do not care if an incumbent candidate has and R or a D after their name. If they were hiding video evidence to prosecute an innocent person, they should be disqualified, disbarred and then prosecuted themselves.

@joesolis2 Жыл бұрын

I see this happening FAR more often with Prosecutors who are Democrats than Republicans, as Democrats always have to go out and show that they are NOT Soft on Crime. Were I that Judge, I would have thrown all three of those prosecutors in jail for 10 days for Contempt of Court to give the State AG time to look at this case and file charges. I hope this Judge dismissed these charges WITH Prejudice, then the DA’s office needs to reimburse Ms. Rodriguez for ALL costs, expenses and lost wages.

@cleanupkyle Жыл бұрын

@@joesolis2 you aren't watching very much then

@exploringmind7648 Жыл бұрын

Horsewhipping wouldn't be out of line.

@PromethiaSHADOW Жыл бұрын

Big Facts

@briandunnigan603 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 💯

@Rfox- Жыл бұрын

Should lose their law license dirty and disgusting lawyers

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

Should face a multitude of charges up to and including disbarment and jail time.

@myusernamerocks3 Жыл бұрын

All lawyers are scumbags

@mervyngreene6687 Жыл бұрын

@@jp6234 I agree. They should be charged with Kidnapping, malicious prosecution, wrongful imprisonment, perjury, official misconduct, etc.

@nitajean9885 10 ай бұрын

Even officers who were witness to the incident and treated the entire event as an accident were convinced to change their story and speak against an innocent. Why are they still receiving a paycheck and not the jail time they tried to force her into?

@nitajean9885 10 ай бұрын

@@mervyngreene6687 and conspiracy

@jo8260 Жыл бұрын

This poor woman. I'm sure that she was traumatized enough by the accident. Her life was completely ruined because law enforcement and prosecutors are malicious and operate without any accountability.

@billrodriguez3399 Жыл бұрын

Say something stupid again, non American democrat funded fake unfed bot

@jo8260 Жыл бұрын

@@billrodriguez3399 And what?

@10thmt87 Жыл бұрын

Why it is known as the JustUs System.

@JustLikeAFlower Жыл бұрын

They also took her foster child she was adopting on the kid’s birthday

@jimmyjam5453 Жыл бұрын

3 years of paying a lawyer...and not knowing if these dirty cops and prosecutors are going to take her freedom , more and more we see there are only a few good apples in law enforcement..

@heathercloete7450 Жыл бұрын

All their previous Cases should be thoroughly investigated because if they have done this now theyve got away with it previously. What other innocent people have been falsely charged? Surely this is not the first time.

@Justinlearns Жыл бұрын

She needs to be sued directly. Her office is negligent at best and probably easily guilty of evidence tampering, perjury and many other ethics crimes

@Live_Better_Now Жыл бұрын

100% all cases should be reviewed!

@teresac5220 Жыл бұрын

I agree not the first time I'm sure

@brianwest2775 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. This was a malicious prosecution. There should be people criminally prosecuted for this. They tried to send a person they new was innocent to jail for over a year! That's a far worse crime than many that we have on the books!

@denasewell Жыл бұрын

DAs lied and withhold evidence all the time because it is a culture of winning a case and not to seek justice.Justice should always e the goal not winning while turning down our justice system by hiding or manufacturing evidence! They knew this woman was innocent and sought to falsly convict her for something she did not do! That is evil as hell and tainted the memory of the officer who died in the tragic accident! Ruined the woman life and turned her children's lives upside down.The woman lost her job as well as a foster child she was in the process of adopting! This corrupt DA needs to be held accountable for her unethical behavior!

@obi-wankedogi Жыл бұрын

Reckless. If you were so convinced you actually had a legitimate case why didn't the grand jury see the video? The fact that you'd have the nerve to accuse this journalist of creating a 'hit piece', knowing that you yourself are the only ones guilty of such a thing, is just jaw dropping arrogance and gaslighting on a grand scale. Wow.

@otis299 Жыл бұрын

Her application for a grand jury criminal indictment should be posted everywhere with the words, “The actual hit piece.”

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

All across the country some small town sheriff in a red state and a red city goes to prison for their crimes.

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

If you type in "first amendment audits" or "police crime" you will see thousands of cases against small town sheriffs. Always in GA or TX or AL or WVA or some small town anywhere in the US.

@scottaznavourian3720 Ай бұрын

If they showed it to the grand jury they would never have gotten an indictment. From what I understand. Imagine them gryikg to hide the video from an actual trial jury

@dianadowie3985 Жыл бұрын

The Judge is a honest person. The D.A. needs to be vote out for dishonest.

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

And locked up. The DA withheld exculpatory evidence. Most people would have been scared to death thinking they're going to lose their childten. put them in jail. That is a crime.

@jimmyjam5453 Жыл бұрын

@@toomanydonuts it should have never got to the point of withholding anything. The DA could have done the right thing from the beginning and not charged the lady.

@Justinlearns Жыл бұрын

Mitchell is extremely unqualified. SHES the one making a tragedy a potential double death by taking an INNOCENT women to jail. She did nothing. Nothing wrong at all. This entire case dragged on for years all at her expense. Thanks to Mitchell

@americanmeteoritefan9670 Жыл бұрын

Did she also provide distraction and misdirection in the Kavanaugh hearings? Ugg...gross. If so there's something very wrong...disbar her if these facts are true.

@wvp07 5 ай бұрын

She had no problem falsely charging this woman, yet she refuses to arrest Preston’s attackers!

@jonfox4022 5 ай бұрын

And yet she still holds her elected position. The people disagree with you on this.

@slaintemhath3475 5 ай бұрын

@@jonfox4022Well most people are idiots so there is that. Especially those who would vote republican.

@quetzelmedina3 4 ай бұрын

@@jonfox4022i guess we’ll see after the election…

@ALusby100 Жыл бұрын

I believe that the prosecutors should be charged with malicious prosecution and deprivation of rights under color of law. All parties to this miscarriage of justice should spend time in prison for violating the rights of an innocent person. I hope she sues Maricopa County for millions of dollars. NO IMMUNITY FOR CRIMINAL CONDUCT!

@NeoConNET7 Жыл бұрын

F No. She ran over a police officer.

@sydneyevans2637 Жыл бұрын

@@NeoConNET7 No. He ran in front of her car. He made a fatal mistake. Ms. Mitchell helped cover it up. THAT'S against the law. Withholding evidence is a crime.

@know-body2519 Жыл бұрын

@@NeoConNET7 are you ok, I mean do you need medical help?

@applianceman6194 Жыл бұрын

@@NeoConNET7 ...yet another Death Cultist sticking up for their own are we?

@alexisdejamariee3361 Жыл бұрын

@@NeoConNET7 Did you see the video or are you just trying to be confrontational?

@kisstheearth9976 Жыл бұрын

Damn, they know she was innocent but still proceeded to charge her? Then pretended this has anything to do woth politic? Really sick of these people not admitting to their F.U. Everybody need to install a dashcam to C.Y.A.

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

That's right and then she could have told them all to f*ck off. Arrest me then you'll be the defendant.

@bobfell9760 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the media is trying to keep government accountable and reporting the facts. Law Enforcement has been getting away with murder and other misconduct for years.

@foxbodyblues6709 Жыл бұрын

Today reminder that cops lie and commit crimes every single day…

@ModeratelyAmused Жыл бұрын

local media has never been one to defend local police corruption. they just do it for the federal government when the station owner gives them the marching orders to do so. both sides of politics are hypocrites. democrats being pro fed and anti police. republicans being pro police and anti fed. not an ounce of critical thinking between either side.

@nitajean9885 10 ай бұрын

Dave Biscobing has been doing some outstanding reporting for our state.

@bobfell9760 10 ай бұрын

Jody Barr in Charlotte has also been doing great work. Florida needs a good investigative journalist.

@mervyngreene6687 10 ай бұрын

This is why local news agencies (and citizen journalists) is so important.

@Charmcity199 Жыл бұрын

Dave: “hit job was their term. We wouldn’t use that term for such a sensitive story about an office who died in the line of duty”. Savage

@carolynatkinson9298 Жыл бұрын

He may have been killed in the line of duty, however, she did not intentionally hit him... he ran out in front of her car. She should not have been charged. It was an accident. Now, they have compounded this horrible occurrence by ruining this woman's life. Let alone the guilt she already feels for having (accidentally) caused a police officers death.

@todddanforth8853 Жыл бұрын

@@carolynatkinson9298 Thank you, Carol, my thoughts exactly!!! 💯

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

Firewatcher You got some serious problems

@joemcmillan2089 Жыл бұрын

WOW!!!! Corruption in our court systems by public servants... Who would'a thunk??? Looking forward to their prosecutions and sentencing. They have ruined an innocent ladys life.......

@bobb.6393 Жыл бұрын

And the special needs child she could've adopted

@newshodgepodge6329 Жыл бұрын

They also shattered an innocent special needs child's reality when they ripped him/her from -her- this innocent woman's custody during the adoption process.

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

They're not being prosecuted are they? They are being referred by the woman's lawyers to the state bar but that is not being charged with a crime. They should be charged.

@daveschaefer8957 Жыл бұрын

The fact that they specifically withheld the security camera footage from the Grand Jury should merit criminal charges against the County Attorney, the DA, and the prosecuting attorney. Absolutely horrible what they put Mrs. Rodriguez through.

@peterbuckley3877 Жыл бұрын

They aren’t obliged to show it to the grand jury but they certainly are obliged to take it into account when deciding if charges are warranted. They had video evidence she was innocent but still attempted to have her jailed,that in my book is corrupt behaviour and all involved should face the courts for their heinous actions.

@warsurplus Жыл бұрын

Hiding evidence that can exonerate is egregious. Continuing to prosecute with knowledge of this evidence is unconscionable.

@user-lz6rz5do4j 8 ай бұрын

MAGAMAGGOTS!!!

@angrypop2594 Жыл бұрын

This type of prosecutorial conduct must be ended. They are supposed to be representatives of the public at large and the rights of people. When a prosecutor has evidence of innocence they should immediately produce it and suspend any further actions towards the accused.

@badlyniceness2315 Жыл бұрын

Here is why law enforcement needs citizens oversight…

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

This not "prosecutorial conduct". It is "criminal prosecutorial misconduct". They should face charges and be disbarred. I will look forward to the successful lawsuits against these entitled criminals who abuse their oath of office.

@angusmackaskill3035 Жыл бұрын

Look both ways before you cross the street. Do parents not teach their kids this anymore? Also, don't park on train tracks.

@cleanupkyle Жыл бұрын

People who have common sense don't get hired on as police officers.

@toddbatstra645 Жыл бұрын

Protect the blue line at any cost no matter how ridiculous you look because you have no integrity

@robertesler5223 Жыл бұрын

That poor lady

@toddbatstra645 Жыл бұрын

malicious Prosecution may she go to jail for it

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

She wasn't alone in this abuse of power and abuse of a citizen.

@davidpadilla6711 Жыл бұрын

Another Dirty DA.

@millipede070707 Жыл бұрын

They just want a conviction. They like life time customers

@brianwest2775 Жыл бұрын

Hiding the video is all I need to know that this was a malicious prosecution. There should be people criminally prosecuted for this. They tried to send a person they new was innocent to jail for over a year! That's a far worse crime than many that we have on the books!

@Therealtarot1123 Жыл бұрын

The se three prosecutors must be held accountable. Wonder how many other cases they have bungled up? Also, strip them of their license to practise law.

@ricladouceur6202 Жыл бұрын

Concealing exculpatory evidence should call into account their professionalism. They should be disbarred.

@victormorgan7766 Жыл бұрын

They all deserve to be fired !!!!!

@junenowell1905 Жыл бұрын

And charge

@John_X_77 Жыл бұрын

The whole damn system is corrupt.

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

The system works when people do not corrupt it.

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

But this case demonstrates that there is hope with this clear thinking judge.

@allent.taylor381 Жыл бұрын

They all should be charged, prosecuted, & jail for their actions

@keithharris4378 Жыл бұрын

Yes they should

@MartyWoodcock 4 ай бұрын

No. Not jailed. Prison though, and for no less than 10 years.

@ronrouyer2069 Жыл бұрын

Salute to the judge...

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

Can you go through what that woman went through without being really damaged? She thought she was losing her child for a while and going to jail. All over some cop's stupid actions. Sick stuff the cops are not trusted neither DA

@paulkopp3634 Жыл бұрын

It’s sad that the officer died while performing his duty, our sympathy should lie with his family . But for the state to pursue a prosecution against the car driver in light of the video and other evidence is inexcusable. If they were all aware of all the evidence and still conspired to continue this case , they should not be censured or suspended or whatever jargon they use , they should be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law .

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

Our sympathy should lie with the innocent. She went through literal hell on earth brought to her by UNLAWFUL criminal actions.The DA withheld video evidence This is a civil rights crime and the DA will pay. When the cop ran into the road he JEOPARDIZED every near by person's safety. If she tried to swerve and killed other people, then what? Is that her fault? People who back dirty cops and trust a dirty DA make me sick.

@d4niel457 Жыл бұрын

Was it his duty to become a speed bump?

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

Bang on!

@80bbygrl Жыл бұрын

These people need to be removed immediately. And charged for what they put that poor woman through

@BrooklynBalla Жыл бұрын

Watch them try to retaliate against the judge for going against the good ole boys club.

@MrLafrontera Жыл бұрын

This is just one of many cases of injustice that even have been put innocent citizens to death!

@TheVuduYuDu Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@michelekrzysztow3196 Жыл бұрын

I love ABC15 Investigates - This is the best investigative team I ve EVER seen where it shows someone cares about the wrongs officials are doing to the people !!!

@toomanydonuts Жыл бұрын

Gotta get involved to affect change . Vote the DA out of office. Good job!

@pamelamercado6902 Жыл бұрын

They all need to be behind bars. If they'd start putting these people in jail maybe just maybe they'd stop breaking the law incident people wouldn't go to jail for a crime they did not commit you see this happen over and over

@TRACE317 Жыл бұрын

How do you charge her if an officer ran into traffic!?! The guilt is enough even though she wasn't at fault 😪

@michaelbauerle9182 Жыл бұрын

I hope they are disbarred from practicing law

@altonsteel5145 Жыл бұрын

I tried to file a Bar complaint years ago was Impossible. A workmans comp Lawyer kept my settlement. Try to sue a Lawyer or even file a complaint you hit a Brick Wall...

@know-body2519 Жыл бұрын

The whole B.A.R. is an illegal entity. Civil Asset Forfeiture is the answer

@ericsalidbar1693 5 ай бұрын

Did they legitimately withhold your payment or did they keep what they were supposed to and your unhappy about how much they took? Cause those are two separate things.

@priscillacrutcher370 Жыл бұрын

JUSTICE UPHELD FOR MS. RODRIQUEZ! HOW DID AN OFFICERS FATAL ERROR, TURN INTO THE PERSECUTION OF AN INNOCENT DRIVER? ONLY IN MARICOPA COUNTY! 🤦

@kd4kdf Жыл бұрын

Always hold our government accountable.

@XxXShevampXxX Жыл бұрын

My God....this place has a serious issue with their justice system. Fire em all and start fresh. Insanity.

@HarryPalmer-P.I. Жыл бұрын

Wow, tragic story. Excellent journalism ABC15.

@JeMangeLaPoubelle Жыл бұрын

good reporting!

@discipleofthemessiah1796 Жыл бұрын

You mean to tell me that a lawyer lied? And they have evidence? Bar grievance these people for each and every incident and by the way-you can file a bar grievance if you are normal every day Joe and need only to have personal knowledge of the incident. I am not a lawyer but I’m realizing that I know more about law than most bar members. I don’t play one either. Lawyers confuse legal processes with law-two different things altogether.

@HotWheelsMan55 Жыл бұрын

Turn an innocent woman into a felon because of what, justice you think needs to be served. Neither one is more responsible than the other. It was a tragic accident just an accident no more no less. This should be used as a training tool for the police. Always keep your emergency lights & sirens on & look both ways before crossing the road.

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

I was taught to look both ways in grade school. Maybe the cop didn't attend grade school.

@5400bowen 4 ай бұрын

How can you say both were responsible?!? He ran out in front of her! It is his fault! What, cops can NEVER be responsible for bad actions?!? Just like this DA and the rest of the cops, so innocent, even though they broke the law, withheld evidence, and lied over and over!

@tw5394 Жыл бұрын

These defense attorney's are the best!!! This should happen MORE in Texas!!!! All across the state.

@roachtoasties Жыл бұрын

It looks like everyone involved in the police department and the DA's office can live their lives like they did nothing wrong as that poor woman and her family suffered. They all deserve to be prosecuted of a felony and sent to jail for at least a year (like they pressed for the innocent woman), but I doubt anything will happen. They had evidence that proved her innocence in this matter but withheld it. Disgusting.

@marigolddevera6932 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much judge!!

@lindasue263 Жыл бұрын

Sick how DA's treat innocent people all across America.

@jonnyquest5335 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave

@ramblinralph7609 Жыл бұрын

Pay the lady.

@larrymartin1244 Жыл бұрын

Hiding exculpatory evidence is unforgivable she should be prosecuted big time!

@clairbear32 Жыл бұрын

I'm a fan David ... I think your reporting is generally spot on and though I haven't watched or read everything in this story the loss syffeted that MsRodriguez and the child she was about to adopt are immeasurable. So that Mitchell claims it's a ploy with such language seems to indicate she's got a big fat potato instead of a heart. Does she think with the charges put forth they have a weak case against her? It definitely seems stronger than the case they tried to put together against Ms Rodriguez

@commonsense5506 Жыл бұрын

Great job reporting. What does this prosecutor have to do to get relieved of office.

@Trenaway Жыл бұрын

We investigated ourselves and found we did no wrong doing, even though we violated the law and the US Constitution in arresting this woman. Qualified immunity MUST be abolished.

@kenzie-.- Жыл бұрын

If MCAO could blame anyone else they will for their lack of ethics.

@trinidadman55 Жыл бұрын

With holding evidence is criminal and should be dealt with as such

@jessicaspears3713 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely typical and disgusting! Poor poor woman! So many people are under the misconception that only guilty people go to prison! Not true! Some of these attorneys prosecutors and judges just want to wrap up cases as fast as they can. They don't care who pays!

@williamgage7541 Жыл бұрын

Great job guys... Finally mainstream media has done the job Right... Well done abc 15. 😎💯👍🇺🇲

@williamkennedy3837 Жыл бұрын

Not charging the prosecutor should be a crime.

@80bbygrl Жыл бұрын

I'm dying to know what that guy's reason was for turning around and racing out into traffic without even paying attention.

@boblister665 Жыл бұрын

It is sad that our legal system seems to be more interested in convictions than truth and justice. If they don't get a conviction they feel they lost while they should be more focused on the truth. Not convicting an innocent person should be a victory too.

@terryrodriguez6209 Жыл бұрын

I think all their previous cases should be looked at more closely.

@teresac5220 Жыл бұрын

Alot of crooked crap going on in Maricopa County

@shanevincek364 Жыл бұрын

This is uphauling.

@lenaely6146 Жыл бұрын

The regulations for attorneys and judges/other court employees (clerks) is TRASH 🗑️ across the United States. Theresa Kenney, Toddrick Barnett, Jessica Adams, Elizabeth Beltaos, Allison Ethan, Kurtis Droppa, Kevin Selby, Jerry Holcomb, Melissa Holcomb, Louis Stanton, Hilary Clifton, Ashley Schovanec, Katherine Thomas, Philip Corley, Jordana Feldman, Tamara Charles, Mary Walrath, Elise Frejka, Caroline Hermione Percell, Steve Glasgow .... And so many other bar complaints filed, judicial misconduct complaints and other complaints filed yet absolutely nothing is done 😊 F America 🎉

@garyries2036 Жыл бұрын

She should be disbared and maybe others too. A lawsuit needs to be filed against the County. The prosecution was totally wrong.

@marilynnschroeder4436 5 ай бұрын

How despicable. The DA should go to jail in addition to losing her license forever!

@MoeKnight_21 Жыл бұрын

All these people should be severely punished and sent to life in prison for their part in hurting this poor woman.

@dmitryletov8138 Жыл бұрын

District attorney should be in prison

@cyankirkpatrick5194 Жыл бұрын

They already started filling charging against Nicholas Cruz's defense team, finally.

@jakckt Жыл бұрын

They should be held accountable. They ruined that poor woman’s life. I wonder how many other times they railroaded people into prison when there was no video to prove innocence.

@nitrohanktoursamerica5047 Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to see some accountability for a change.

@siccmade6433 Жыл бұрын

All the republican prosecutors have been charging ppl with bogus charges for year they ruined so many lives and put ppl in jail they need to serve the same amount of time they gave to does ppl not just resigned

@watsonspuzzle Жыл бұрын

The prosecutor's office is out of control. Time to rein it in.

@joekev27 Жыл бұрын

Just think if the top prosecutor is willing to go to these lengths to lock up someone who is clearly innocent just think what lengths they would go to, to lock someone up that they didn't like or didn't share the same beliefs with.

@davem5333 Жыл бұрын

The reason for pushing the criminal case is that under Federal law of Police Officer benefits there is a HUGE difference in the benefits paid out in officers deaths. The officer's family gets a lot more benefits if the death is in the line of duty, a victim of a criminal act. The death needs to occur in the performance of police work. Not just a random occurrence. And the officer can't be negligent in the death causing incident.

@5400bowen 4 ай бұрын

So, the real answers come out..thank you for exposing their real motivation. They just figure “hey, a year in jail? Well she should take one for his families monetary gain”. They still think that’s fair! Really scummy.

@sandraconnelly7507 Жыл бұрын

There is a Reason Attorneys are times times are held with Contempt. Another Attorney, an Older Woman who represented Nicholas Cruz, gave the Judge, the Families of the Victems, the 17 who perished and the 17 surviving Victems, gave the Middle Finger as well as laughing thru out the Trail. Charges need to brought against her, whether or not it's Disbarred, Censured Contempt.

@neill392 Жыл бұрын

A question, I hope someone can answer, would the officer's widow have received a larger compensation payout if someone had been convicted of causing his death while he was on duty, rather than it being due to his own negligence?

@gmaellen5530 Жыл бұрын

Shame on these ridiculous jerks! The trauma they have put this woman through is unconscionable!

@richardrichard9953 Жыл бұрын

how about the young lady whos windsheid was caved in by a Vandle and the cops arrested her for DUI and Felony hit and run. Even after they saw the video they still arrested her.

@ajax438 4 ай бұрын

I spent 25 years in law enforcement, 17 of those as supervisor. This case and the internal corruption thereof is DISGUSTING!!!

@robarerobare Жыл бұрын

The three layers for the county, should be charged and spend a long time behind BARS. They are examples of why citizens distrust the legal law system!!!!!

@wethenorth6437 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the Attorney and Prosecutors have judicial immunity unless the Defense can prove ethical misconduct and I sure hope they can. They all need to lose their bar license and be sentenced to jail for absolutely ruining Ms. Rodriguez's life and that of the child she had adopted. Justice must prevail here and if found guilty I would be going back to look at other cases with shoddy evidence that these tyrants cooked up to put other innocents in jail. This is absolutely disgusting and appalling behavior.

@samurachi420 Жыл бұрын

The law eats the poor

@libturdcrusher1776 Жыл бұрын

As an American first republican I would not vote for these people considering what they did to that poor woman and then tried everything in their power to convict her.

@junenowell1905 Жыл бұрын

Especially when they saw that video how could it have been her fault

@randys6220 Жыл бұрын

The Judge was much more remorseful to the cop's family for stating the cop was to blame for the accident than the innocent woman who was falsely accused for more than 3 years and lost a child over it. None of the family members ever stepped up publicly and said this is wrong and begged for the prosecution to stop. This whole case had to be over survivor benefits.

@MartintheTinman Жыл бұрын

The Blue Line Gang goes all the way to the top

@peterbuckley3877 Жыл бұрын

They tried to put an innocent woman in jail knowing all the time she was innocent, the entire lot of them should be in jail for this abuse of the law.

@garyschoonmaker1486 Жыл бұрын

Even when it very obvious that the govt council made malicious attempts to convict an innocent person, They have Absolute Immunity .... Qualified Immunity 's big brother...

@jp6234 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that "qualified immunity" would hold up when dealing with criminal prosecution and perjury.

@geoffreyward8766 5 ай бұрын

Need more journalists like this guy. The State is NOT on your side at any time.

@apogeeangel2387 Жыл бұрын

You Go Judge💝💝💝 You Have The Balls All Men & Women Within The Legal & Law Should Have✝️✝️✝️ 🌹

@ptauszig 5 ай бұрын

As they so eloquently put it. F em. 🤷‍♂️

@phillip9468 Жыл бұрын

The writing on the courthouse entrance says it all; (1•27 of video). "Where Law Ends, Tyranny Begins".

@cswann8 Жыл бұрын

What I don't get is why? It's not like they wanted to "send a strong message to deter others from being in the wrong place at the wrong time when a cop decides to sprint into oncoming traffic". What was the motivation for this, other than sheer meanness?

@karinaz8756 5 ай бұрын

Insurance. The family got double insurance money for an accident on the job. They get nothing for negligence on the part of the officer. They under estimated how hard this woman would fight. They were desperately hoping she would take the plea bargain to make it go away. But she couldn’t because it included jail time.

@cswann8 5 ай бұрын

@@karinaz8756 Sorry that doesn't explain this away. Of course it was an accident. If an insurance company says 'It's not an accident unless someone is criminally charged" that's just asinine.

@karinaz8756 5 ай бұрын

@@cswann8 not what I said. It was an accident. Who was at fault? Which party was negligent. Accidents don’t happen in a vacuum. The man that ran across the street without looking isn’t getting a payout. If that same man is hit by a woman “driving recklessly “ it’s double the pay out. And accident in the line of duty.

@joeanthony8087 Жыл бұрын

She needs to sue

@reggiejohnson1201 Жыл бұрын

Their law license should be terminated forever!!

@davidhutchinson5233 Жыл бұрын

The truth is, until we change the prosecutorial mentality that winning is more important than the facts in a case, we will continue to see these sad abuses of power.