December 10, 2001
From the desk of Jane Galt:They Got Al Capone for
They Got Al Capone for Tax Evasion. . .
All those threatening late night TV commercials were telling you the truth about the dangers of cable theft: they're going after O.J. Simpson for stealing cable. Okay, I think the man's guilty as sin, but this smacks a little too much of impotent law enforcement officials lashing out. Turns out they were actually trying to arrest him for participation in an illegal ecstasy ring -- and I suspect they wouldn't have gone after that had it not been for the murder. Failing both (no evidence of his participation turned up during the search), they're going after him for illegally receiving satellite TV.On the other hand, I always applaud when they use tactics like this on Law and Order, plus maybe they're just trying to hold him on the lesser charge while they build a case on the drug thing. But it makes me wonder if we aren't going to see this man bouncing in and out of court for the rest of his life on any stupid charge anyone can drum up. Instead of holding him without bail to prevent his fleeing the country, the judge can just shorten one leg on his walker. But if it does come to this, at least we can take comfort in the fact that it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Posted by Jane Galt at December 10, 2001 10:48 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links