I just got robbed

**Vladimir** · 08-26-2011, 14:53

Cool. Thanks for the update.

Any courtroom footage? I'd love to see you fly across the table at this guy.

**Husar** · 08-31-2011, 11:10

Well, yesterday my boss told me the local newspaper had a story that sounded surprisingly similar to my robbery case so I looked it up on their webpage and actually found two articles, they're anonymized, the robber's name is changed and they once say he's 36 and once he's 38 but they mention me (well, the day I was robbed and the type of phone, plus how he did it and where it happened) and his history fits with what I already knew so I'm pretty sure it's about him.

Apparently they had to continue his hearing yesterday, 15 cases all in all, he admitted a lot (also said he doesn't really have HIV, never wanted to hurt anyone, never had a dangerous needle/weapon etc.) and the attorneys complimented him for that, state attorney wanted five years and four months, his attorney wanted no more than four and a half years.

The judge actually sentenced him to six years and accommodation in a rehab clinic.
The psychiatric thinks this should be his second and last chance to get off the drugs but thinks he deserves it, I hope he uses it.

**Fragony** · 08-31-2011, 12:04

Six years wow, that's quite a lot

**Louis VI the Fat** · 09-01-2011, 05:16

Six years...that IS a lot. And send to rehab. Well done judge!

Shame about those drugs all of the time. Really, the social cost of drugs and alcohol are immense. Sp much destroyed. I hope this guy will somehow get to understand he is throwing his life away unless he gets his habits under control. And apart frm his life, taking to much away from his long, long list of victims.

The traditional small print when posting about legal matters, just to show the world we shall never be bullied into silence about government abuse: the German legal system is full of nasty people who would abuse their authority to prey on the weak.

**Husar** · 09-01-2011, 11:40

Well, he also did say that he wants to order his life now etc., showed some remorse and so on.
How honest that was and whether he will succeed if so, remains to be seen, although I doubt I'll stalk him for the next six years.

That's funny because I met mostly helpful and friendly people "in the system", there are a few jerks but there are also jerks at work, jerks among my customers and jerks at the university etc. I think any system will have it's jerks no matter how much you complain about it. And I'm sure you would also more easily forgive a buddy or even someone you trust with your life when they make a mistake. It's bad, but we're all able to do it. The whole preying on the weak thing I really haven't noticed personally, some public servants actually seemed to have my interests in mind.

**HoreTore** · 09-01-2011, 11:54

Someone should base their phd paper on "the jerk factor".

**Fragony** · 09-01-2011, 12:04

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Someone should base their phd paper on "the jerk factor".

Been done it's called a 'narcistic personality disorder', a rapists mentality really

**Vladimir** · 09-06-2011, 23:22

Love Steve Martin.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 09-15-2011, 01:00

Originally Posted by Husar

That's funny because I met mostly helpful and friendly people "in the system", there are a few jerks but there are also jerks at work, jerks among my customers and jerks at the university etc. I think any system will have it's jerks no matter how much you complain about it. And I'm sure you would also more easily forgive a buddy or even someone you trust with your life when they make a mistake. It's bad, but we're all able to do it. The whole preying on the weak thing I really haven't noticed personally, some public servants actually seemed to have my interests in mind.

There are lots of great public servants and police officers out there. When one generalises about all of them, the naming and shaming of the rotten ones is rendered impossible. I am a bit too refined not to understand this.

Nobody in his right mind means everybody involved in a legal system when talking about government abuse, nor does anybody in his right mind understand criticism of abuse of power as some sort of personal attack on all.

My republican values compel me to beat into submission cops and other government employees who don't understand that they serve us, and not the other way round. Compels me to beat the notion into government employees that in a free society government abuse will never be tolerated, nor that criticism of government abuse will ever be censored.
You are all of course welcome to defend censorship of criticism of governmental power as much as you please.

I hate it when the weak and downtrodden get crushed.

Never be weak or vulnerable near police officers and public prosecuters. An alarming amount of them - whether German judges or American cops or French functionaries of state - are frustrated little men, who like a predator go into a feeding frenzy when finally confronted with a completely vulnerable victim. They love the absolute power. It is dangerous to be a drug addict, or to be dirt poor, or to be severely physically handicapped. The police and the justice system prey on you, both are full of nasty little men who will go berserk when they discover they can have absolute power over you.

**Husar** · 09-15-2011, 11:00

And the internets are full of nasty little men who will annoy you every chance they get, power hungry little trolls without a life who will take every weakness you show to take shots at you, pour salt into your wounds, put words in your mouth and kick you when you're down.
Don't ever tell an honest story on the internet because these despicable, unwashed, smelly cellar dwellers will be all over you like a pack of drooling, sweaty hyenas.

On that note, can you show some statistics or have you experienced enough german judges react to completely helpless people yourself to know that your statement isn't full of hyperbole?