CUAPB doesn't have any problem with people who commit crimes being prosecuted and, if found guilty, punished for those crimes. What we have a problem with are the extrajudicial punishments that are meted out on a regular basis by our local cops. No matter what you believe a person has done, they are still entitled to a fair trial. We cannot allow a person to be made indefensible by accusations and we cannot allow the police to become judge, jury and executioners.
Michelle Gross Bryn Mawr
At 09:34 AM 10/15/03 -0500, Dyna wrote:
With all due respect for CUAPB, they need to be a bit more selective in the cases they take on. The fact that the alleged assualt is virtually identical to the one alleged to have occurred at the jail makes the story suspect. This was not a bunch of average citizens mistakenly attacked by police. The perps who operated out of 2519 3rd St. were veteran gangbangers who slickly raised havoc in our neighborhood. It would not be unusual for a veteran gangbanger to cop a story like this to try to take the attention away from the criminal charges they face.
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