on the first of december, i got arrested with some weed, baggies, and a scale. also had a pipe. the case was dropped today. so much relief. but also a few moments of annoyance. in the court room, (which being chicago, i understand the sheer amount of people in each district would make it necessary for the court system to be quick) they flew over each of our cases. the room was filled with atleast about a hundred people. i didn't even approach the bench before i was told my case had been dismissed, which i presume was because the arresting officers didn't show up for my case. but i hope it was due to the fact that the judge sees so many worse things come through every day. when i was initially arrested, it was evident the officers were being assholes about it, because so many of the people involved with my arrest were surprised i had been brought to the station and kept overnight due to less than 10 grams of weed. also, the sheer amount of cases that got dismissed. of course, i just reaped the benefits of a dismissal, and i'm grateful, the legal consequences would have been a serious thorn in my side. and i'm also happy for the other people who were dismissed, so much relief everytime. but honestly, when i got arrested, i felt angry. i'm selling weed! its not so bad. i'm sure we all feel that way. not to mention, i live in a predominantly black neighborhood in chicago, and my entire life they've been pulling me over for being white. they assume that i must be in this neighborhood looking for drugs. and then when they realize i do infact live here, don't speak ebonics or act ghetto, they apologize to me too, which makes me angry. this is my(our) constant state of living. i'm sorry its not up to your standards, you privileged ass. i got arrested with someone who lived in the officers neighborhood, a middle-class white neighborhood, and he made it clear he feels anyone from my neighborhood is trash, because he made comments that i was bringing down his neighborhood, by hanging out with people from his area. are you serious? we're all people, asshole. constantly i've been pulled over by cops, and searched rigorously for guns/heroin. feels so bad to be accused of such crimes, so often, just based on my location. and then, after they kept me locked up for 14 hours, gave me a moldy bologna sammich (quality chicago) and kept more than a few of my (and the other kids) belongings, they didn't even go through with it. i'm glad they didn't. but it sort of means that the law system is a joke, atleast a little bit. and a waste of taxpayer money. i wonder how many dismissals went to people who probably really should have been persecuted. fabulous. also, on the day i got arrested, i had planned on visiting my boyfriend. we would have snuggled up, watched a movie or two, nothing really. but after i got out, i got a ride from some girl i met in lockup, and we did a few lines of coke out of anger. and thats something i don't usually do. damn police, making me angry enough at myself to lash out at myself. that's pretty rare, but i felt so stupid for getting caught up, i did actual drugs. the world is stupid./endrant
on a lighter note: while heading home, i wrote this: strawberry arnold palmer, walking through my hood feelin' like a baller my grin says 'eat-shit', because my case just got DISMISSED i got a ride to the station in a crown vic, when i got out my new friend and i snorted some shit. life's funny that way, but i'm just happy about today.
well..whitey...thats what happens when you live in the ghetto just kidding honey...happy that the charges were dropped i've been in a similar cell waiting for that same fucking gross sandwich...mine was a stale cheese sandwich nice sig...happy holidays
prosecuted* yeah haha also another thought i had: the legal system definitely takes advantage of the ignorance of we, less informed folk. and the thought that the people who potentially want to put me away, would assign me a public defender... the same guy they see everyday, that works in the same building as them... seems fishy.
two things: i can't give you anymore +rep rollingalong u____u and also i keep getting rep because of my sig, the comment always being: focus the camera! bahhaha~ but thats the point!
Public defenders are awesome Got my boyfriend 90 days on a misdemeanor (sp?) rather than 1-5 years on a felony.. just saying
thats true. but i once had a public defender who joked around with my judge, and laughed when i got my verdict. felt very unprofessional. but it depends on the specific person, i suppose. i know that case isn't like every one, i have friends with experiences like yours^
Of course they're gonna laugh and joke around.. all the lawyers in the area are going to know and be familiar with the judge, public defender or paid.. but at the end of the day the out come of your case doesn't affect (effect? I really gotta learn the difference) their daily lives at all, so they aren't exactly going to take the verdict of your case seriously.. you'll go on with your day and they'll all go home to their families
a bologna sammic, 2cookies, a mustard and a orange drink.. a bologna sammic, 2cookies, a mustard and a orange drink.. a bologna sammic, 2cookies, a mustard and a orange drink.. a boxabowl corn flakes, a 8oz 2% milk and a orange.. a bologna sammic, 2cookies, a mustard and a orange drink.. Damn processing is slow these days..
One of my boyfriends breakfasts was like three table spoons of eggs with 'green peppers' (looked like parsley flakes), an off-colored meat patty and like a bisquik square that looked like they just poured it into a cake pan, baked it and cut out squares... and that was one of the more appetizing things that I saw him eat through that little pane of glass
yuck. i used to work in a garden that was in cook county jail. the non-violent offenders were allowed to grow vegetables that they could eat while they were working. they also sold the bulk crop to a nearby upscale restaurant.
