Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

My husband got put in jail for 6 hours a few years ago because he yelled at a guy driving down a busy street with an 8-year-old kid in his lap (because he worried that the kid would be killed if they got into a fender-bender and the air bag went off). Turns out the guy was an off-duty cop carrying a gun, and he called in that he was being assaulted. >eye roll<

Anyhow, the best thing he did was to find a great defense lawyer. She navigated him through the whole process (where the cop didn't even show up to court) and got the arrest expunged. She even wanted to sue the police department, which my husband didn't want to do (but he was greatly cheered by her enthusiasm).

A good defense lawyer would love to go after an abusive cop like that. The cop's supervisor would know that getting a defense lawyer involved means that something has to be *done*. If you have any lawyer friends or friends of friends, you can ask around for the local organization for criminal defense lawyers and get a recommendation.

--AC (who always reads the newspaper articles about corrupt cops to see if the guy has finally gotten caught)

Print Remind Me Notify Moderator