***If you give them an inch they will take a mile***

I believe there is a connection between minor police abuse and outright criminal behavior from police. If cops get really comfortable pushing people around over stupid stuff, it’s not that much more of a stretch for them to really cross the line. It’s a slippery slope with them. This is why it’s important for people to stand up to them no matter how minor the issue; that’s if you consider our civil rights a “minor issue”.

Given the economy, I’m hoping that even those with “financial issues” themselves will at least support Carlos with a $5 or so donation. Keeping bully cops in check can only help all of us.

best of Luck

To prove you wrong? Weren’t you one who is supposed to prove me wrong? You’re the one accusing me of lying. Usually when people do that, they have facts to back up their accusations.

I actually have a CD of the trial (which cost only $25) and I plan on posting the important parts of the trial, including the judge’s words, but I probably won’t do that until after my appeal.

And as far as me getting a job, I operate my own business with clients who pay for my photography.

If you are so concerned about my personal finances, I’ll be happy to meet with you to discuss the matter further, face to face. But we both know, you are too much of a pussy for that.

Carlos: You don’t have to transcribe the ENTIRE trial to prove me wrong. If you are so sure of what was said at the end of your trial, just transcribe that portion…it certainly won’t cost you $1500.

Finally, for now, photography is not a crime. For some it’s a job. You must not be very good if you can’t maintain a steady photography job. You are just a mooch that lives off others–evidenced by your attempt to collect money for your appeal. Get a job flipping burgers, crybaby. Or sell something and pay for it yourself!

Originally, the clause was not interpreted as requiring the state to appoint counsel where the defendant could not afford to do so. The Supreme Court began to expand the interpretation of the clause in Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932), in which it held, “in a capital case, where the defendant is unable to employ counsel, and is incapable adequately of making his own defense because of ignorance, feeble mindedness, illiteracy, or the like, it is the duty of the court, whether requested or not, to assign counsel for him.” In Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 (1938), the Supreme Court ruled that in all federal cases, counsel would have to be appointed for defendants who were too poor to hire their own. When deciding Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 (1942), the Court declined to extend this requirement to the state courts under the Fourteenth Amendment unless the defendant demonstrated “special circumstances” requiring the assistance of counsel.
Now this means that getting an attorney from the state or federal government is only applicable when it is a “capital crime” (i.e. felony) or if special circumstances take effect, (i.e. mental handicap) and also when questioned you are allowed a lawyer. Not for every case. And this is constitutional law and I know what I’m talking about.
And to Carlos Miller:
At the beginning I would have told you to submit to the police and leave and would still say that if you could do it over. But in light of the wrongful judgment against you I am forced to agree that In The Court you have been treated unfairly.

Prove it.

1. You will lose your appeal.

Wanna bet on it

2. You got off easy.

For photographing cops against their wishes?

3. You still haven’t posted the entire transcript that shows you lied about what the judge said at the end of the trial.

Would you be so kind to pay the $1,500 it would cost to type it up? I’m already several thousand dollars in debt.

AND

4. You still haven’t told everyone how and why you didn’t qualify for a free lawyer!

Unless you are dirt poor with absolutely no assets, you don’t qualify for a public defender.

Especially now that the public defender’s office is so underfunded that they only want to take felony cases that involve the death penalty. Fortunately, I “got off easy”, so they were not seeking the death penalty.