As some of you probably remember, a while back I got into a little trouble with the law for punching a douche-bag who thought it would be fun to rub his crotch on my girlfriend, as well as his friend who didn't like me beating on perverts.
In my endless quest to make the prosecution and police on scene look as stupid as possible (I go to court on the 15th), I pulled up the criminal history of the two assholes. I was trying to find information on them being known gang members; unfortunately this is privileged information which isn't shown on a background check and the police refuse to share. Anyway, check this garbage out:
Rene Esparza (the pervert):
3-27-2010
Poss marijuana < 2 oz
Prob-term + fine
Okay, so the guy had a little grass; no big deal. According to the report he got his probation extended, probably for pissing dirty (but who knows). Obviously a real rocket surgeon. Less than two months after completing his probation we have this:
6/3/2010
Theft prop >= $1500 <$20k
$1000 fine
3 yrs probation
That's right. They guy stole something. Something really BIG. He was on probation for three years, lapsing the time he committed the offense against my GF, is a known gang member (as mentioned by a cop on scene) and still wasn't arrested.
Here's his buddy:
Derrick Fidel Varela
5/19/2011
Driving while intoxicated (eventually plead down to obstructing public highway if I am reading this vague report correctly)
Fine $500
Probation 1 yr
WTF?! I hear of people spending $20K to fight a DUI and still getting fucked over hard, and this known thug gets a slap on the wrist! Seriously- I got more punishment for telling a cop I wanted his name and badge number!
This pisses me off for several reasons:
1.) Rene Esparza shouldn't have even been on the streets that night. He should have been in county jail serving time for his theft.
2.) The fact he wasn't arrested while on probation and being a known gang member is just extremely poor police work.
3.) Both of them are getting slaps on the wrist for everything they do, despite being on the radar for gang activity.
On the plus side, they are going to look like scumbags when I examine them in court, and the two cops are going to look like Detective Dipshits. I'm thinking it won't be too tricky to get a jury to see things my way. But this never should have happened in the first place.
Next time I punch someone I'm not going to use the minimal amount of force to stop the attack, which always puts me a step behind. Next time I'm going to go all out and try to hospitalize the asshole. If I'm going to get punished for it and they are going to get away with their crime anyway, why not?
*RANT OVER*
In my endless quest to make the prosecution and police on scene look as stupid as possible (I go to court on the 15th), I pulled up the criminal history of the two assholes. I was trying to find information on them being known gang members; unfortunately this is privileged information which isn't shown on a background check and the police refuse to share. Anyway, check this garbage out:
Rene Esparza (the pervert):
3-27-2010
Poss marijuana < 2 oz
Prob-term + fine
Okay, so the guy had a little grass; no big deal. According to the report he got his probation extended, probably for pissing dirty (but who knows). Obviously a real rocket surgeon. Less than two months after completing his probation we have this:
6/3/2010
Theft prop >= $1500 <$20k
$1000 fine
3 yrs probation
That's right. They guy stole something. Something really BIG. He was on probation for three years, lapsing the time he committed the offense against my GF, is a known gang member (as mentioned by a cop on scene) and still wasn't arrested.
Here's his buddy:
Derrick Fidel Varela
5/19/2011
Driving while intoxicated (eventually plead down to obstructing public highway if I am reading this vague report correctly)
Fine $500
Probation 1 yr
WTF?! I hear of people spending $20K to fight a DUI and still getting fucked over hard, and this known thug gets a slap on the wrist! Seriously- I got more punishment for telling a cop I wanted his name and badge number!
This pisses me off for several reasons:
1.) Rene Esparza shouldn't have even been on the streets that night. He should have been in county jail serving time for his theft.
2.) The fact he wasn't arrested while on probation and being a known gang member is just extremely poor police work.
3.) Both of them are getting slaps on the wrist for everything they do, despite being on the radar for gang activity.
On the plus side, they are going to look like scumbags when I examine them in court, and the two cops are going to look like Detective Dipshits. I'm thinking it won't be too tricky to get a jury to see things my way. But this never should have happened in the first place.
Next time I punch someone I'm not going to use the minimal amount of force to stop the attack, which always puts me a step behind. Next time I'm going to go all out and try to hospitalize the asshole. If I'm going to get punished for it and they are going to get away with their crime anyway, why not?
*RANT OVER*
