Phil, don't take this so personally, but just think about O.J., Robert Blake, etc....Do you really think justice was served?
Steve Weinstein S/V HYDRO-THERAPY 1981 Cherubini Hunter 33 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by Norton A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken Sailing - FYI As a native born Californian, your comments are insulting. Name calling is not productive. If you look, I think that you'll find the tendency to shield law enforcement officials from reprehensible behavior is a nation wide problem. -- Philip McConnell USSV Gryphon 1987 Tayana 52 CC Cutter Fort Pierce, FL mg wrote: > The jury could very well find him guilty.....and the officer go free. > It is California...land of fruits and nuts...a whole lot of nuts. > There is a financial crisis in California. The state has been bankrupt > for years, they won't admit it. I won't go into the reasons. It DOES > take two years. That is not unusual, except for high profile cases > such as OJ etc. > In this case, Latitude is not strong enough in its assessment of the > right and wrong. > > It is amazing what a combination of strong > emotion, faulty assumption and inexperience > can do. It can make a high IQ type act like an utter > natural-born fool and make them believe things > no thinking person ever would. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken > Sailing - FYI > > Is there a question that a jury will not find him innocent ? Will > the guilt of the officer not come out in the trial? Who is driving > the case, the insurance company? Is the court docket so deep that > it takes two years to come to trial? That, in itself, seems > reproachable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:47 am > Subject: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken Sailing - FYI > > 2 yrs ago in April, on a California lake, a Deputy Sheriff drove a > powerboat at 45 mph in the dark, despite knowing many small > sail boats and dinghys sometimes did not have lights on marking > them, claiming he was doing surveilance work; he said he'd had > done it before, and was safe because he could see other boats > outlines against the shore after dark so as to avoid them. > > This night he slammed into a sailboat drifting in no wind with 3 > folks on it. The deputy claimed the sailboat did not have its lights > on but at least one other person in law enforcement disputed that. > > A middle aged woman was killed in the collision when they > were hit by the speed boat. Neither the owner or the other > man on boat were killed. > > The person at the wheel of the speedboat had been drinking > earlier that afternoon and had a blood alcohol level of .120 > - which is over the legal limit. > > So they have charged the man on the sailboat with Manslaughter > as he was legally intoxicated and a death resulted. Such laws > are intended to send a message that its dangerous to drink and drive. > > Today's copy of the Lectronic Latitude from California > (published by the magazine Latitude 38 on the web) > editorialized on the case. They don't apparently think much of it. > > I though you might find it interesting despite the extreme > language used by the web published journal: > > *Government and Courts in California* > > *June 12, 2008 – Lake County, California* > > *"Just because a deputy sheriff negligently slams into a > stationary boat at 45 mph killing * > *a woman doesn't mean he should be charged with any crime," the > California Attorney * > *General and his office seem to be arguing by their silence.* > > *© 2008 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.* > > *In just the next chapter in the book on complete crap justice in > California, on Wednesday * > *Judge Richard Martin ruled there was enough evidence for > 39-year-old Bismarck Dinius * > *of Sacramento to stand trial on charges of vehicular manslaughter > in the April 29, 2006, * > *boating accident on Clear Lake that resulted in the death of Lynn > Thornton.* > > *In a world where there was even a smidgen of justice, Judge > Martin would have stopped * > *the four-day hearing during the first 10 minutes to excoriate the > Lake County District * > *Attorney for charging the wrong man with the crime.* > > *For as the outrage now stands, Deputy Sheriff Russell Perdock, > who on that dark night * > *slammed his high-powered speedboat into the quarter of the > sailboat that Thornton * > *was on at an admitted 40 to 45 mph — and perhaps as fast as 60 > mph — hasn't been * > *charged with anything!* > > *Even a moron in robes would have recognized that Thornton would > not have been * > *killed, let alone injured, had Perdock not been violating the > most basic rules of * > *the road. Even a moron in robes would have recognized that > Thornton would not * > *have been killed, let alone injured, had Perdock followed even > the most basic * > *notion of common sense.* > > *We ask all of you to put yourselves, as ordinary citizens, in > Perdock's blood-soaked * > *boat shoes. If you'd been operating your boat at 40 to 45 mph on > a pitch black lake * > *at night, knowing full well that there were often boats and rafts > on the lake after dark, * > *and slammed into a stationary boat, killing a woman, do you think > the District Attorney * > *would have patted you on the back and said, "Don't worry about > it, you didn't do anything * > *wrong"? Or do you think he would have kicked your ass in jail and > thrown away the key? * > *And if that was the case for you, do you think it was or should > be any different if the * > *negligent boat operator was a colleague of the D.A.'s in law > enforcement?* > > *The prosecution's case rests on two main contentions. First, that > the running lights * > *of the sailboat in question, Beats Workin' II, were not on. > Although the District Attorney * > *apparently didn't want to hear it, at least two witnesses, > including a former law enforcement * > *officer, have testified that the sailboat's running lights were > on prior to the collision. Second, * > *that Bismarck, who happened to be at the helm as opposed to the > owner of the boat, who was * > *a few feet away, had a blood level of .12, which is over the > legal limit. It's true that Bismarck * > *should not have been over the limit — a few years back, mind you, > he would have been under * > *it — but what's much more important is that even a stone cold > sober Russell Coutts couldn't * > *have driven the near motionless sailboat out of the path of > Perdock's powerboat roaring at * > *them out of the blackness.* > > *Bismarck Dinius is slated to stand trial this fall . . . unless, > against all odds, someone in this * > *entirely corrupt process decides that their vow to stand for > truth and justice really means * > *something. That somebody should be former California Governor > Jerry Brown, who is * > *currently the Attorney General of the State of California. So > what's it going to be Jerry * > *— are you going to just sit there and collect yet another state > paycheck, or do you still * > *really give a shit about justice? And please give your answer in > a loud and clear voice, * > *because we all want to hear your response.* > > *(If you'd like to donate to Dinius' defense fund, send checks > made out to Bismarck Dinius, * > *writing “Bismarck Dinius Defense Fund” in the memo section, to > Sierra Central Credit * > *Union, Attn: Brian Foxworthy, Branch Manager, 306 N. Sunrise > Ave., Roseville, CA 95661. * > *You can also email your opinion on this case to the Public > Investigations Unit of Mr. * > *Brown's office.)* > > > Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly) > USSV Angel Louise - a Catalac catamaran > Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357 > Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net > > > > = > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > > <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011>. > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
