Subj : Re: It is what it is
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Fri Aug 14 2020 01:36 am
-=> On 08-13-20 10:08, Aaron Thomas <=-
-=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: It is what it is <=-
DS> It would have very easy for the cop to have given Floyd a warrant to
DS> appear in court instead of cuffing him under gunpoint.
AT> It's easy to tell others how to do their job, but Derek Chauvin has a
AT> lieutenant to answer to.
AT> Cops give appearance tickets to people who were caught speeding, or
AT> running a red light. But certain offenses require the suspect to be
AT> detained & processed.
Exactly my point.
AT> Counterfeiting is not like a speeding ticket. It's like stealing
AT> someone's credit card and then trying to use it. People speed by
AT> accident, but they don't counterfeit by accident.
And there is no evidence that Floyd counterfeited anything. He is
accused of passing a counterfeit note -- which could easily have been by
accident. Nothing has come out since to imply otherwise.
AT> I'm confident that a police sergeant isn't going to take a suspect to
AT> the police station for processing if he doesn't have to. You seem to
AT> be arguing that counterfeiting is as harmless as a traffic violation.
I am not arguing that counterfeiting is harmless, but that is not what
Floyd was suspected of. Passing a counterfeit bill is not a serious
offense until it is proven that it was with knowledge of it being
counterfeit.
Dale Shipp
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