70 Year Old Grandma Accused of Looting

Chia

I think this is ridiculous. I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks about this.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050915202209990025&ncid=NWS00010000000001

Gerard

Police say the grandmother from New Orleans took $63.50 in goods from a looted deli the day after Katrina struck.

I'd like to see what they are doing about the police officers looting Walmart.

kwintestal

What's up with the judge setting bail at $50,000 when the maximum bail permitted was $500? What a prick, trying to make an example of a little old lady.

Kwin

talesin

Here's what really got me about the story ,,,

Then, hours after her plight was featured in an Associated Press story, a local judge on Thursday ordered Maten freed on her own recognizance,

Yes, after the press got ahold of it. The family tried for 16 days to get her released, and then, when the story is exposed for all to read, she is set free. This is what comes of having judges elected. There is no justice for the poor unless they get their story into the press.

tal

melmac

"God knows I'm good", by David Bowie (from "Space Oddity")

I was walking through the counters of a national concern
And a cash machine was spitting by my shoulder
And I saw the multitude of faces, honest, rich and clean
As the merchandise exchanged and money roared
And a woman hot with worry slyly slipped a tin of stewing steak
Into the paper bag at her side
And her face was white with fear in case her actions
Were observed
So she closed her eyes to keep her conscience blind

Crying
God knows I'm good
God knows I'm good
God knows I'm good
God may look the other way today

Then she moved toward the exit clutching tightly at her paper bag
Perspiration trickled down her forehead
And her heart it leapt inside her as the hand laid on her shoulder
She was led away bewildered and amazed
Through her deafened ears the cash machines were shrieking on the counter
As her escort asked her softly for her name
And a crowd of honest people rushed to help a tired old lady
Who had fainted to the whirling wooden floor

Crying
God knows I'm good
God knows I'm good
God knows I'm good
Surely God won't look the other way