I also hate the way they charge a suspect with every crime under the sun. If a person assault someone, why add the fact that he was screaming obscenities, prejudicial slurs, spitting, carrying a sharpened comb, had a gun in the car with bullets in his jacket, was found to be nearly drunk in public, was out after midnight on a school night, or illegal discharge of a weapon, illegal discharge of a weapon while in the act of robbing a guy. You get my drift though, if they have very slim evidence, they can always throw the kitchen sink at you, then the jury is easily persuaded to convict on something. Once that happens, your rights as a human are terminated. There is a web site, threefeloniesaday...check it out, there is nobody that could withstand scrutiny of the law if they want to get you.
Much too true. I can understand why they use a tactic like that on a career criminal that they have a hard time getting evidence on. But it seems like LE tends to extend the practice across the board. Any contact becomes an excuse to go fishing.
I doubt anyone including all LEOs would come out clean if all the laws and statutes and ordinances were thrown at them.
“I also hate the way they charge a suspect with every crime under the sun.”
And don’t forget that he wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, was talking on his cell phone, and had no proof of insurance.
It's called "overcharging", and is done so that the person being arrested will eventually plead guilty to one of the lesser charges in case they can't fabricate enough evidence to make the big one stick.