Police can’t catch old men on bikes and young ones on donuts…

Sorry for the late post about the details (according to testimony) of a trial from last month-there was a trial where a man was accused of robbing a bank while wearing women’s panties on his head. (That was the news stations’ take on it) According to testimony from the State - the man, who was 65 years old, got away on a bike.  It sounds like they arrested the wrong guy. If a 65 year old man can get away on a bike – maybe he should train the bike cops how to ride.

Another chase case where the police obviously need to improve their chasing skills was a trial where a prosecutor named Carl Randall got a guilty verdict… $487,000 credit union robbery. According to a man who testified  in the case for the prosecution (who admitted to being the get-away driver) he got away from the police while driving a car with one of those “donut” spare tires! Yep- dude was driving a car with a donut and outran the police. Ummph, ummph, ummph… I guess the police would’ve caught him if it was a Krispy Kreme doughnut. LOL!!

Well, our city was plagued with more violence this weekend. The mayor has proposed a curfew for teenagers. I do not think that is the answer for the problems. Education is the clear answer. We need to educate people to give them something to do. If these young people had education, then the results would lead them away from the streets. If educated, they would be able to get a job. This would prevent them from being out late because they would need to go to work early the next day. That would give them money, which means they wouldn’t have to sell dope or steal to get by. Plus, as an added benefit, they will pay the city and state back through taxes. 

It is a true win-win but we are around here fighting about where to put a dome, a pentagon police station, and getting the Olympic Games here. We need to begin with the source of the problem then it will improve. If not, the city will die.

I promise to blog more. Sorry folks- no more emails fussing at me, please. I promise to blog at least once a week. My law partner and I have had an influx of cases lately and have been working extra to stay on top of things.