[*BCM*] Minneapolis Critical Mass rider acquitted

[Jim Leonard]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:01:30AM -0700, Jym Dyer wrote:
> http://cmsupport.wordpress.com/
> 
> > If the blog is to be believed, what's interesting is the level
> > to which the city pressed [its] case despite overwhelming
> > evidence against it.  Sadly that seems to be the normal state
> > of affairs.
> 
> =v= Lawyers are rewarded not for seeking justice, but for being
> aggressive and bullying, as that is thought to scare people into
> settling.  There's nothing to prevent them from continuing on
> with a case, though, because taxpayers are footing the bill.

But the city/taxpayers are footing the bill.  They should be informed
as to what their money is paying for.

Not only is the city paying for lawyers, but they are also paying for
their police officers to take the stand (in their official capacity, 
they do so on the clock) and for everything necessary to run a courtroom.  
Both the lying police officers and the overly agressive lawyers cost the
city thousands of dollars on top of the cost to Gus.

--jim