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 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:30 pm
Maybe he met bail. With the help of a rich sympathizer. Anyhow, I think there is still more to come on the issue.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:15 am
eh, yeah, you know how it is; some things just won't go away! >_< lol
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:55 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:35 pm
For previous offenses. o_O
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:08 pm
yeah! Still, it is rather ironic that ppl got him out and got his charges for the december attack overturned (or some such...) and then he goes back to jail for something else. O_o
There's just gotta be a point where ppl must be saying, "Ok, that kid is messed"
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:18 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:30 pm
This is my problem with these types of situations involving criminals, convicts, accused...the legal system, etc.
While I can sympathize rightly with an innocent person being wrongly accused/charged/treated; if they are wrongly convicted, if they are harshly sentenced, etc.
My problem--and I'm sure a lot of ppl have issues with this--is when a genuinely bad person, or a genuinely troubled person, either goes scot free, or gets a light penalty, or is elevated as some sort of hero/victim.
Does it happen all the time? No, I don't think it does, thank God. But does it happen enough? I'd say so. Especially in the cases of a guy like OJ Simpson, or a guy like Mychal Bell.
I don't know exactly how long Bell was in jail for the December incident (was he in jail for the whole 9 months?), and I don't know if that's enough. But it certainly put a taint on that 20,000 person protest/march that happened in September when he went back to jail for a previous offense. Some of those 20,000 people must be kicking themselves a little, or something. They fought for something, and I can appreciate what they fought for--equality in the legal system. That's not something you can just throw about willy-nilly! And then to see one of the 6 individuals they fought for, and an especially central figure in the case considering he's a minor charged as an adult to go right back to juvenille detention.
And the parents--again, I can appreciate the love and loyalty a parent has for a child--make me feel sorry for them, and even angrier at someone like Mychal Bell. To have parents believe in a child--even though deep down inside they must feel that the child is truly at fault--despite all the child's problems is heartbreaking.
They must know that there really is something wrong with Bell, and they must know that given the media attention and scrutiny the legal system wouldn't just put Mychal in jail for the sake of.
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