The Retired Cop

Case #23 re The People vs the D.A. #1 (ya gots ta articulate cho sef)      Judge Mountain was hearing a rape case.  The Judge and victim were Black, the District Attorney was white.  The D.A. was questioning the victim, trying to establish the elements of the crime of rape.   Judge Mountain listened, with the right right side of his face propped against the palm of his right hand, and his left arm sprawled across his desk, tapping his gavel handle with his index finger. “Miss Johnson, did the Defendant penetrate your vagina with his penis?”, the D.A. asked. The victim's mouth dropped open slightly and she stared at the D.A. in silence for a couple of seconds, as if he were an alien life form, “The Deewhaaat?”, she replied. “Did the Defendant penetrate your vagina with his penis?”, the D.A. repeated, slowly enunciating his syllables. (The judge slowly closed his eyes and exhaled) the victim hesitated again, before replying, “...Pene…whaaat? The D.A. repeated his question.

Case #22 – The People vs Jeff Fleming and Luis Nunez (so two cops, a crackhead and the Devil are walking down the street....)       Before I get into this story, I'm going to explain something about the L.A. Sheriff's department.  People often ask, "What's the difference between sheriff's and police?"  I usually say, the county, any county, is divided up into incorporated areas called cities, and unincorporated areas.  Cities have a city council, and a mayor and are responsible for providing certain things to their citizens like law enforcement services (The City Police Department) and fire services (the City Fire Department).  In the unincorporated areas, decisions are made by the Board of Supervisors and they provide fire (the County Fire Department) and law enforcement services (the County Sheriff's Office or Department) to the inhabitants of the unincorporated areas of the county.  In Los Angeles and Orange Counties incorporated cities have the optio