Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Fear works

The Associated Press reports that police in Virginia Beach, Va. know who the shooter was at a birthday party for Michael Vick, but they are not going to charge him because the victim hasn't cooperated.

Maybe the victim likes being wounded better than he thinks he'd like being dead. And witnesses would rather clam up than risk being used for target practice? Think so?

So, if the cops know who the shooter is, why don't they declare the victim to be a hostile witness and haul him into court, where a judge could tell him to talk "or else"? Would he go to jail on a contempt charge or risk collecting a little more lead on the outside?

Police say Vick was not the shooter. The shooting occurred on June 25 about a block from the party for Vick.

What's the message here for anyone else who crosses the shooter's sights?

3 comments:

Another Lawyer said...

Yes, the judge would sit right up there and tell him to "talk or else", because we don't have any Constitution that would prevent that ...

LOLWHATZ???

Another Lawyer said...

If a driver is old enough to have a driver's license--he's old enough to have his name in the paper.

GREAT NEW RULE GUS, I'm voting for you for Prez because you make such good rulz.

Of course it would also be great if you would take the bazillion telephone calls from parents that you will receive because of this cool new rule.

Gus said...

Sure, tell all those parents to call right after I get the new phone answering system installed.

Press 1 if you are a parent of a minor whose driving caused a crash and you think he has a good excuse.

Press 2 if he was texting, surfing, chatting on his cell phone or drinking.

Press 3 if you want me to come out and teach your kid how to drive. Fees will apply.