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David Mayo, longtime Grand Rapids Press Sports columnist, pleads guilty to a felony after the coppers were tipped off by reading shipping manifests from a company advertising in High Times magazine. According to the article, there was questions about the Constitutionality of the search. Why weren't these pursued by the defence? Simple. Earlier this week, Gaydou issued a statement that said, in part: "David has been suspended with paid medical benefits for several months. ... He was given a firm deadline to return to work at The Press by June 30 with his legal matters appropriately resolved. Regretfully, if he has not returned by the end of the month, we will have no choice but to terminate his employment."
Smell the justice. Meanwhile, Derek Copp -- the unarmed college student shot in the chest during a different drug search -- likewise pleads guilty to a felony. He could be sentenced to up to four years in prison on Aug. 10. As a first-time offender, Copp may be sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Training Act, which allows criminal records to be expunged after successfully completing sentencing terms.
Perhaps you're one of those softies who thinks that being wrongly shot in the chest would entitle you to avoid prison for what is frankly a very minor crime (selling a narcotic to a willing adult). If you are, you find clearly you haven't met the first person to leave a comment under the story, someone who probably thinks that Aunty Entity had a novel approach to enforcing laws. On the other hand, if you're one of those softies, you might also think that maybe spending thousands of dollars putting these two through the criminal justice system for no discernable benefit to society was maybe a poor allocation of resources at a time when we're laying off state troopers, and talking about chopping apart early education programs and financial aid for prospective college students. All four of those things, you know, eventually come out of the same pot of money. |
