tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post1355068343229217499..comments2023-10-22T09:32:13.417-04:00Comments on Big Trial | Philadelphia Trial Blog: Beth Grossman, GOP Candidate For D.A., Calls Larry Krasner's George Soros-Financed Campaign A "Grand Social Experiment"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116104602505815614noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-81772742080492286792017-05-29T18:13:20.394-04:002017-05-29T18:13:20.394-04:00Settlements paid by the city has no reflection on ...Settlements paid by the city has no reflection on the behavior of an officer. Every lawyer knows that the city pays. It's just cheaper than the legal fees associated with fighting it. Sadly, being a criminal really does pay in the City of Brotherly Love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-85373332969677547382017-05-27T22:13:54.651-04:002017-05-27T22:13:54.651-04:00Isn't it true that the city played out $777,00...Isn't it true that the city played out $777,000.00 in lawsuits from narcotic officers by 2009?That was a few years before the officers were arrested. <br /><br />This would show that the city knew about the actions of these officers. But still allowed them to remain in the narcotic division.In turn is signs of neglect by the city for allowing them to continue to arrest people for drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-91589495971219849172017-05-27T21:16:13.708-04:002017-05-27T21:16:13.708-04:00If you don't want to be a public servant don&#...If you don't want to be a public servant don't do it, makes sense, most people have no interest in being in office or living their lives in the public eye or just don't care to be involved. But someone has to be elected to hold office, it's how our government is set up. Those that care enough to want to fight for what they believe in and to help their communities become better places to live, do expect scrutiny. <br /><br />What they don't expect to be treated unjustly by their fellow citizens for no reason other than the job they hold. As Abraham Lincoln said " You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time".<br /><br /> Giving your all is never good enough, working tirelessly is never good enough, as is trying to be fair which is never good enough.<br /><br />Politician do not have a corner on going to jail, jails are filled with lawyers, doctors and business people. What politicians should expect is respect and support for doing a thankless job, and yes if you sell your office you should be in jail , sounds real simple to me as well, just as a business person who cheats the public or a lawyer who steals from a client or a doctor who defrauds the government or any other endless possibilities.<br /><br /> Corruption is a crime, but acting like it's second nature for politicians is an unjust statement to make. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-63940196002888176942017-05-26T23:54:36.910-04:002017-05-26T23:54:36.910-04:00You'll have to forgive us for not thinking hig...You'll have to forgive us for not thinking highly of politicians, considering how many are, were, or will be in jail. Geez. <br /><br />If you don't want to be a public servant, don't. If you do, expect scrutiny. And if you want to sell your office, expect jail. Real simple. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-16564038836019878982017-05-26T15:01:56.157-04:002017-05-26T15:01:56.157-04:00There is a difference here, politicians as a whole...There is a difference here, politicians as a whole are treated like self serving pariah by society,they are subjected to insults, accusations, and scorn daily.They come in somewhere below used car salesmen ( sorry used car salesman). <br /><br /> They live under constant scrutiny, every minute of every day is occupied by constituents concerns,as it should be, but when you do your best it's still not good enough. Politicians are never given enough credit for their efforts. <br /><br />People think nothing of interrupting family time to complain about a situation that you may not have any control over. Most citizen would not survive in a politician's skin, or the microscope their families have to live under.<br /><br />My comment focused on the way politicians are perceived, not many people think highly of them, there are those that deserve the scorn, not all or not most, but they all face the same discrimination as if they committed a crime or were responsible for all the ills of society. <br /><br />Seth Williams deserved everything that is coming his way, not sure the media did much to highlight his failures, I agree, also not sure who was responsible for bringing it to our attention. If not for this blog,we would not know what went on, his inability to run the DA's office with integrity should have been made public long before his finances were the talk of the day. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-18836090976080865072017-05-26T11:48:30.511-04:002017-05-26T11:48:30.511-04:00I don't think "daily bashing of politicia...I don't think "daily bashing of politicians" by the press is the problem at all. I think the press is generally lazy, showing up late to the party. They should have been questioning and bashing Seth Williams in 2009 when he was in court explaining his campaign finance problems instead of endorsing him. <br /><br />Whether you like Krasner or not, the failure of the press to act as a check on government is what opened the door for him. <br /><br />Daily bashing of Seth Williams (before he attained lame duck status) might actually have led to reforms or a challenger in 2013.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-79973688960755317422017-05-25T16:41:45.994-04:002017-05-25T16:41:45.994-04:00I agree, if for instance the bank story was run in...I agree, if for instance the bank story was run in the Inky,there would have been public outrage. Unless they were not aware of the story soon after it happened which would make the paper look bad for not reporting in a timely fashion, though being caught red handed is hard to discount and should have been brought to our attention. <br /><br />The only two reasons that I can surmise, is that the Inky do not believe the police and will not print anything that makes them look successful or that they were taking instructions from Seth Williams, the prosecution. <br /><br />If the Inky does not want to show the police in a favorable light at any cost, then we are all in deep trouble, must we be subjected to the feds and Inky still reeling from the loss of the narc trial. <br /><br />Too bad when it comes to crime they do not, as I have suggested before, use a disclaimer above an article given to them by the prosecution saying as we see in so many publications, these are not the views of the Inky but the prosecution's views. This would make it possible for the Inky to report facts as they unfold, actual facts not the prosecution's"facts".<br /><br /> Then do some research into a story before an article is written, if they feel the need to comment, not just jump on the prosecution band wagon.<br /><br /> The public is not that starved for a instant reaction from the Inky, we want the facts from both sides to be based on actual facts not accusations by the prosecution.<br /><br />The most serious ill I see in the press is the daily bashing of politicians, the media has made them the enemy of the people, we have to find common ground between legislators and the press and the justice department and the press. We are so far off center that's it's damaging our national views as well as our moral compass. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-71710008939820178532017-05-25T14:25:54.808-04:002017-05-25T14:25:54.808-04:00And the rest of the media in this town takes their...And the rest of the media in this town takes their cues from the Inky. And exhibits little independent thought, certainly when it comes to the unpublicized events I listed above.<br />bigtrial.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188557653424544411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-27420944370090809732017-05-25T14:24:36.007-04:002017-05-25T14:24:36.007-04:00And therein lies the problem. The Inquirer and the...And therein lies the problem. The Inquirer and the rest of the media are not covering any of this stuff. Only I am.<br /><br />They have not covered the complete unraveling the Billy Doe case, and have not written one word about Detective Joe Walsh coming forward to detail prosecutorial misconduct in the DA's office in his recent 12-page affidavit. <br /><br />They did not cover the DA failing to charge the bank robbery suspect caught inside the bank. They didn't cover the DA failing to charge domestic violence cases and they failed to cover the memo where the DA reversed course.<br /><br />They did not care that the DA had no evidence to accuse those narcotics officers of misconduct. They did not cover the lottery awarded the drug dealers, nor Larry Krasner's involvement in it.<br /><br />Seth didn't take orders from Larry, but he apparently, according to Larry, bought his idea to start dismissing cases wholesale.<br /><br />If the media was all over this stuff, it wouldn't be happening. But the Inquirer sticks to what the prosecutors feed them. So that's why they continued to trash those narcotics officers in the news columns and on the editorial page, even after a jury had acquitted them on all 47 charges on all 26 counts of that RICO indictment.<br /><br />The Inquirer is completely biased in favor of prosecutors. Unless they get indicted by other prosecutors.bigtrial.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188557653424544411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-20311175737163887072017-05-25T13:51:42.695-04:002017-05-25T13:51:42.695-04:00Ralph, How did things get so out of hand at the DA... Ralph, How did things get so out of hand at the DA's office, why was Seth Williams not charging criminals, was it racial or just that he did not want the police to look like they were doing their jobs, did he need to do what he did to make the feds narc case look stronger? Or was it that his office looked weaker ? <br /><br /> Is there no safety net set up that prosecutors in the DA's office can voice concerns with the DA instead of making the entire office look like they were part of the problem as it does to the public right now. <br /><br /> Are you saying that Kasner and Williams have the same agenda and both handled problems similarly even though one was a prosecutor and one a defense attorney ?<br /><br /> As a faithful reader of your blog, I feel as though this is not making sense to me, what am I missing? How could a defense attorney influence the DA, I am only asking because I don't understand how Williams would take orders from anyone. <br /><br />I have never had an issue with a police officer but I am sure there are others that can say they have and I am sure others that can say it was because of race ,which we should not minimize their struggles. Nor am I a drug user or dealer and feel the release of the 800 drug offenders has already takens its toll on society and will continue to do so but taking the side of the police at every instance is the same as taking the prosecution side in all cases. <br /><br />Each case needed to be weighed individually not the complete dismissal of all the cases, which I think was not the correct way to handle it as drug dealers that committed crimes did hit the lottery. <br /><br />My fear also is that a prosecutor would not be able change their mindset as well and we will see more Monsignor Lynn cases where truth was hidden and innocents are sent to jail. I fear as well that prosecutors are not seekers of truth but seekers of a conviction at all costs, no free society can tolerate the actions Williams and Sorensen took to portray the four defendants in this case as villains. <br /><br />Williams indictment helped shape this election,people want reform or at best, change. I did not vote for Kasner but I can see how he was elected. Everyone needs to be fearful of a DA that does not prosecute crimes the way Williams obviously instructed his office to do but I am equally as frightened of a DA who invents crimes for his own advancement. We have all suffered under William's reign. <br /><br />What is the remedy as the office is set up for prosecutors to win at all costs as they seem to hold more sway over public opinion, if a prosecutor says a crime was committed we had previously believed them without question, now its hard to have any faith in anything they say as it would appear to be self serving. Having trust in the office has been diminished for me by the actions of overzealous prosecutors which now seems now to be the on the way to undermining the office. <br /><br />Make no mistake,criminals need to be caught and punished and I would not underestimate the danger policing entails, I could not do their jobs but am extremely grateful that there are men and women that put their lives on the line everyday for our safety. Doing a good job in the judicial sector means going after the bad guys, taking them off the streets to insure public protection whether you are a police officer or a prosecutor. <br /><br />People are influenced to vote by their life experiences or what they read and agree with in the media. Kasners election is telling us something , I do not think it's so much his views,but the corruption we feel exists in the justice departments nationwide, how many more innocents can we read about being released from prison after serving almost a lifetime for a crime they did not commit. Restoring integrity and justice for all has to be a earned, we can see how Williams actions and inactions impacted our city adversely . <br /><br />Thanks for the article, thanks for helping us all to make informed decisions, and thanks for shedding light on articles we would never read anywhere else. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876661997317409023.post-89843906287973656142017-05-24T15:45:24.629-04:002017-05-24T15:45:24.629-04:00Larry is bought and paid for ....Larry is bought and paid for ....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193619284930459519noreply@blogger.com