<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Cop Watching is Illegal</title></head><body> <div>At 9:57 AM -0700 12/7/02, Jordan Hayes wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Too bad you didn't read the rest of the story; he wasn't arrested for<br> that, he was arrested on outstanding warrants including a felony drunk<br> hit-n-run.  Because he was afraid of being arrested for those warrants,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>he skipped a (subpoena'd) grand jury appearance.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Never mind that, what about this:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote>The district attorney's office said Crooks was arrested on at least</blockquote> <blockquote>two previous charges from Placer County, in northern California.</blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote> <blockquote>One was an outstanding warrant for petty theft with a prior</blockquote> <blockquote>conviction, an offense that does not allow for bail under California</blockquote> <blockquote>law.</blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote> <div>"Does not allow for bail"? What does this imply, that merely being accused of petty theft in California results in mandatory imprisonment? Why are people worrying about whether Cuba is a police state, sounds like you might have problems a bit closer to home if the cops can imprison people without trial in California?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Bill Bartlett</div> <div>Bracknell Tas</div> </body> </html>