The Justice System is NOT What it Seems to Be (My Personal Experience)

[Nicholas (Conscious Flex)]

For most people it would seem obvious that the best way to stay out of jail is to not brake the law, but through my experience even the innocent could land in jail and/or have to pay a fine.

My Experience
When I was 19 years old (seven years ago), I walked into a nearby grocery store with a friend (who was 23 years old at the time) to purchase a few items. During our shopping, my friends wife calls him and asks him to buy her some wine coolers. He agrees and hangs up the phone. We got the items we went there for and lastly my friend grabs four wine coolers. We proceed to the checkout.

Upon exiting the store, a man stops us and flashes his badge (he was an undercover cop). He asks both of us for our driver's license. He escorts us to a van where three other undercover officers join him. He tells us they are doing undercover work to prosecute people braking the law by distributing to minors.

My friend explains to the officer that the wine coolers are for his wife. The officer asks him, "If they are for your wife, then why were you two (pointing to my friend and I) discuss which kind to buy?". My friend looks at him with a confused face (that quickly turned into anger) and says, "We did not discuss anything about the wine coolers!"

Long story short, we were both fined and summoned to court. Not knowing my rights at the time, I just paid the fine ($350 dollars). My friend however, pleaded with the judge and explained exactly what happened. The judge told him, "If you can stay out of trouble for one year, then I will drop the charges fined to you.". He agreed and never had to pay the fine.

Why Was the Officer Dishonest?
Why did the officer lie about what happened? What did he get out of fining two innocent people? What did the other officers get by backing his lies up? These questions drove me to answer them. Through research, I discovered that officers have quotas (a certain amount of tickets, arrests, etc..) that they have to reach every month as part of their job. Yet, every officer that I approach about having a quota, denies it.

That is when I figured out that the justice system is not about protecting and serving anymore, it is about meeting a quota. That day forward, I told myself I would respect every officer, keep my mouth shut, and never give them a reason to lie about me in order to meet their quota (which means not walking down any aisle that has alcohol beverages, until I turn 21 years of age).

However, seven years later even this proves to not be enough. I was recently put in jail for five days, the next article will explain a step by step system (covering all the bases) of how to avoid spending time in jail.

As I was walking down the narrow hallway with another inmate to be put in a cell. He says to me, "Cheer up!". I said (in my confused and frustrated state), "I am in jail, I guess I have every right to be cheerful.". He then continues to say (while laughing), "I just spent two years in here. I was out for four months and now I am back for three years.".

This next article will also explain why even the guilty people end up back in jail and how to stay out of jail for good.

Life Saving Information
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[Nicholas (Conscious Flex)]

Indeed, I am sure many things that are enforced start out with a good intention behind them.

For example, I can see why officers should have quotas, logically it will motivate them to do the best they can do and not slack while on the job. Sounds like a good intention, but obvious it has negative results.

Yet, why would they change it, if nobody points out the negative results? And even if someone did, who is going to listen enough to change it? This is why big groups of people gathered for a common goal is empowering. Nobody will listen unless enough people complain.

[rspwan]

"I discovered that officers have quotas (a certain amount of tickets, arrests, etc..) that they have to reach every month as part of their job."

Combine this with privatized (for-profit) police and a privatized prison system, and you've got even more incentive to make up charges.

There's an excellent Dutch documentary about these matters:
The war on drugs, part 1 - the winners
The war on drugs, part 2 - the losers
92 minutes total
(the first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english)

"criminal justice is a guaranteed growth industry"

[Jesse G]

Great article, thanks.

Yeah...everything in this country is corrupt...the police no less.

[Nicholas (Conscious Flex)]

Indeed that is excellent advice, but you are right, it will not always work.

Thanks for the support, I am sure you find the following article helpful. :)

Thank you for commenting

[Sky Axle]

Truth be told, I've had several encounters with the police, and have learned something. It's better to be wise than to be smart. It really throws them off of their groove. I think a clear mind always helps. I look forward to your insightful articles, since I'm certain my luck won't hold out for much longer, and the next time I have 6 officers on me claiming that I'm resisting arrest and am being difficult my charms alone might now save me.