bkbk
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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
So not being able to remember phone numbers isn't a huge deal so long as you've got your little reminder/visor.
Since most of our society is still quite low-tech (partic. the archaic legal sys.), it's a very big deal.
I know someone who was recently kidnapped by the NYPD. They tried to frame him (and so far, have succeeded) as an "EDP" ("Emotionally Disturbed Person"). This is the "catch-all" phrase they "level against you" when they know you've really done nothing wrong, and there's nothing they can charge you with -- but they want to "show you who's boss."
What is "emotionally disturbed"? Is it different from being "mentally disturbed"? "Intellectually disturbed"? "Poetically disturbed"? "Artistically disturbed"? "Digitally disturbed"?
And ... disturbed -- how? Did YOU, the NYPD disturb someone? (Perish the thought!) Are you the disturb-er or the disturb-ee?
If you're NOT "emotionally disturbed" (as Hitler reportedly wasn't when performing genocide) ... are you "okay"? I'm okay / Hitler's okay?
This is similar to the "Disorderly Conduct" charge. What's that? What am I, a slob, so I'm dis-orderly? Do I walk funny? How is my conduct disorderly? "We SAY SO, that's how!" the cops chuckle.
It gets worse. The guy was taken to a local hosp. (because a "real crime" would require "real charges" -- and the cops knew they didn't have that) and simply "declared" the guy was an "EDP."
You'd think at a "real hosp." w/ "real MDs, etc." the farce would instantly fall apart.
No.
The MDs basically take their cue from cops (none of whom have graduated college, else they'd be detectives, lieutenants, etc., right?) and "view you through that lens" -- trying to affirm whatever fabrication the cops have come up w/ rather than stepping in and saying: "You scum have made a grave error here, and we're all about to be sued up the wazoo."
The guy had a Palm Pilot -- but it, and everything else on him was confiscated. Since he was "dumb enough to shout objections to being kidnapped, his treatment, and that he wanted a lawyer" -- they DRUGGED him, so he was basically incoherent for the next 24 hrs.
Not only was he USED TO "not bothering to remem. phone numbers" -- but now it was almost impossible. (As fate would have it, he lives alone, is not close to his family, and was between girlfriends at the time -- so only knew WORK NUMBERS by rote, and they "didn't count" as next-of-kin "contacts," etc.)
It gets worse.
THIS IS ONE OF THE INDICATORS THEY USED AGAINST HIM TO DECLARE THAT HE WAS MENTALLY ILL.
This is your gov't. at work.
In 2001.
TODAY.
God as my witnesss, I know this guy would not only not be lying about this -- but there's also a pretty good trail of proof of his story, from the very beginning.
He's trying to get court action on this, but almost no one in the city, state & fed. gov. is willing to even LOOK AT the evidence, forget about prosecuting on his behalf.
Contrary to popular belief (I know I believed it), it's hard to get a lawyer on this kind of case -- they know the system is so skewed in the cops' favor (and the NYPD knows it, too).
And it's just much easier to get cold hard cash chasing ambulances w/accident victims in it.
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Last edited by bkbk on 06-04-2001 at 11:32 PM
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05-30-2001 06:18 PM
Jeez!
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