I Live In Denver
I heard some louder than normal voices - and it continued for a bit - so I muted the TV. I was watching an old space movie - like a Buck Roger's type of old movie. I forget the title.
Anyway I heard some really serious talking, so I went and looked out of my sliding glass door - which leads to my back porch.
Well - quite the scene greeted me!
I saw AT LEAST 8 cops milling around and another 3 cops all decked out in SWAT gear, with their M16s or whatever strapped to the front of their suits!
These were some really serious looking guns! They had like every attachment they could think of on there.
So - I had seen this same place have police visit them quite a few times recently. About a month ago - I saw 4 cars all stopped here, and one of the officers took this black bar out of the back of the police SUV - and it was a battering ram! I wasn't sure if he was putting it BACK, or taking it OUT - but he was fooling around with it, that's for certain!
Anyway - so they apparently have been looking for this guy for awhile - it makes me sad because I SORT of know the guy. I don't know him by name or anything, but like many neighbor's - I have his face memorized, and we share a friendly "Hello" and sometimes a quick chat about the local happenings here at the apartment complex.
So they came looking for this guy. The guy that I chat with every once in a while - I also had noticed he parked right next to me - we have assigned spots. My neighbor is blind though, so he doesn't drive - and this guy would use his spot. That's how I knew him - I just noticed he always made efforts to not scratch my car, and he'd open his door carefully, etc. He was just a good person, from my perspective. I felt very safe having him live here, and I still feel that way.
The real sad part comes in regards to the girl though. I don't know if they are married - I don't believe they are, but I do think they have at least one child together. Their little girl's name is Dailani - and she walks to school with my neighbor's daughter. I have heard her every weekday morning (until school ended) this year, knocking on the door early in the morning and then her and my neighbor's daughter go walking down the street to the school.
Well, I really didn't agree with what went down here...
So - the police come and must have asked, "Is so and so here?" And she must have replied, "No, I don't allow so and so to stay here since he is wanted by the law."
The police officer likely has heard this before - and so he likely had a warrant ready to search the house anyway. When he did - he found the guy - so and so...
Well, FOR LYING to the officer - I repeat, just FOR LYING to the officer - she got arrested.
This girl WORKS everyday and I see her going off to work early in the morning, and coming back in the evening. I have known this to be her routine for as long as I have known her to be in existence on this planet. I felt safe having that guy around - and I really felt safe having this girl around. She is the exact opposite of a problem. She is polite, she always has waved and said hello to me, and all that kind of stuff. She is kind to the children that are outside playing, and it's just the type of person that YOU WANT to have as a neighbor.
If I have made correct assumptions, and she is the mother of Dailani, and so and so is the father - HOW ON EARTH could the police expect her to turn him in? What a stupid law. You will ALWAYS protect the mother/father of your children. It's not just protecting them - it's also protecting the children. How could the law makers not understand this? It just sounds like something the gestapo would have done - not something done in modern USA.
It makes me ashamed to be an American. They were TRYING and being good citizens. Granted, he must have done SOMETHING illegal - the rumor I have heard from neighbor's though - is that it is all because of an assault charge? Really? Not even battery?
From my understanding - and I'm not a lawyer; someone has committed assault against someone, if that someone got scared for a second.
Like, if a person makes the movements like he's going to punch me in the face - but he doesn't - he just threatens to make me flinch; I BELIEVE that is assault. If he HITS me, then it is assault & battery. I just think these people were benefits to society - adding to things by working and being good citizens; and we WASTED the resources for - probably a dozen police officers, at least half a dozen cars, 3 machine guns, etc. just to hassle this poor guy? Plus we need the jail, the jailers, the transportation, the public defender, the judge, the bailiff, and on and on and on and on.
Really? This is the best method? We need to seriously re evaluate this country. The polical system is screwed and so is the judicial system. It was all built on a beautiful foundation though - so we really should do this reconstruction and rehabilitation sooner rather than later - and certainly before it's TOO late...
Anyway I heard some really serious talking, so I went and looked out of my sliding glass door - which leads to my back porch.
Well - quite the scene greeted me!
I saw AT LEAST 8 cops milling around and another 3 cops all decked out in SWAT gear, with their M16s or whatever strapped to the front of their suits!
These were some really serious looking guns! They had like every attachment they could think of on there.
So - I had seen this same place have police visit them quite a few times recently. About a month ago - I saw 4 cars all stopped here, and one of the officers took this black bar out of the back of the police SUV - and it was a battering ram! I wasn't sure if he was putting it BACK, or taking it OUT - but he was fooling around with it, that's for certain!
Anyway - so they apparently have been looking for this guy for awhile - it makes me sad because I SORT of know the guy. I don't know him by name or anything, but like many neighbor's - I have his face memorized, and we share a friendly "Hello" and sometimes a quick chat about the local happenings here at the apartment complex.
So they came looking for this guy. The guy that I chat with every once in a while - I also had noticed he parked right next to me - we have assigned spots. My neighbor is blind though, so he doesn't drive - and this guy would use his spot. That's how I knew him - I just noticed he always made efforts to not scratch my car, and he'd open his door carefully, etc. He was just a good person, from my perspective. I felt very safe having him live here, and I still feel that way.
The real sad part comes in regards to the girl though. I don't know if they are married - I don't believe they are, but I do think they have at least one child together. Their little girl's name is Dailani - and she walks to school with my neighbor's daughter. I have heard her every weekday morning (until school ended) this year, knocking on the door early in the morning and then her and my neighbor's daughter go walking down the street to the school.
Well, I really didn't agree with what went down here...
So - the police come and must have asked, "Is so and so here?" And she must have replied, "No, I don't allow so and so to stay here since he is wanted by the law."
The police officer likely has heard this before - and so he likely had a warrant ready to search the house anyway. When he did - he found the guy - so and so...
Well, FOR LYING to the officer - I repeat, just FOR LYING to the officer - she got arrested.
This girl WORKS everyday and I see her going off to work early in the morning, and coming back in the evening. I have known this to be her routine for as long as I have known her to be in existence on this planet. I felt safe having that guy around - and I really felt safe having this girl around. She is the exact opposite of a problem. She is polite, she always has waved and said hello to me, and all that kind of stuff. She is kind to the children that are outside playing, and it's just the type of person that YOU WANT to have as a neighbor.
If I have made correct assumptions, and she is the mother of Dailani, and so and so is the father - HOW ON EARTH could the police expect her to turn him in? What a stupid law. You will ALWAYS protect the mother/father of your children. It's not just protecting them - it's also protecting the children. How could the law makers not understand this? It just sounds like something the gestapo would have done - not something done in modern USA.
It makes me ashamed to be an American. They were TRYING and being good citizens. Granted, he must have done SOMETHING illegal - the rumor I have heard from neighbor's though - is that it is all because of an assault charge? Really? Not even battery?
From my understanding - and I'm not a lawyer; someone has committed assault against someone, if that someone got scared for a second.
Like, if a person makes the movements like he's going to punch me in the face - but he doesn't - he just threatens to make me flinch; I BELIEVE that is assault. If he HITS me, then it is assault & battery. I just think these people were benefits to society - adding to things by working and being good citizens; and we WASTED the resources for - probably a dozen police officers, at least half a dozen cars, 3 machine guns, etc. just to hassle this poor guy? Plus we need the jail, the jailers, the transportation, the public defender, the judge, the bailiff, and on and on and on and on.
Really? This is the best method? We need to seriously re evaluate this country. The polical system is screwed and so is the judicial system. It was all built on a beautiful foundation though - so we really should do this reconstruction and rehabilitation sooner rather than later - and certainly before it's TOO late...
41-45, M
