Only if you’re an illegal alien of course. In today’s increasingly sissified world when it comes to illegals the new reaction to a terroristic death threat against a county D.A. is a lawsuit, which is certainly much less scary and offensive than actually arresting the stone-age savages.
Report: Gang’s Classified Ad Threatens D.A.
The oldest, largest and most violent gang in Riverside County [CA] was under investigation Sunday for allegedly placing a yard-sale ad in the Riverside Press-Enterprise that police said was a public threat against county District Attorney Rod Pacheco, according to newspaper reports.
The threatening ad was seen by police as a response to the injunction sought by the district attorney’s office against the gang, which would prohibit East Side Riva members from gathering, wearing gang colors, carrying weapons and other activities in a specified zone of the city’s east side, according to the Press-Enterprise…
The listing in the classified section was printed under the location heading “East Riverside” and advertised a weeklong “Big Blowout — Going Out of Business” event, adding that “Proceeds benefits Rod Pacheco Memorial Fund.” The ad also supplied personal information about the district attorney, according to the Press-Enterprise…
The prosecutor’s office filed a lawsuit Wednesday and ran a full-page advertisement Friday in the Press-Enterprise announcing legal action against the East Side Riva gang. That same day, officers served about 89 of the gang’s members with notices of the lawsuit, according to the newspaper.
“We are not going anywhere,” he said. “Our office is not going to disband and dry up. The police are not going to go away. Our office is not going to continue to let them victimize people. Those days are over,” he told the Press-Enterprise.
Being served with notices. Yeah, that’ll get them shaking in their jackboots and sombreros.
ONLY, only if the ACLU does not get involved in the defense of these otherwise law-abiding individuals, only excercising their (government)given 1st Amendment Right of freedom of speech.
The doctrine of “well, a crime hasn’t been committed yet,” is well established in California State law.
Such impotence! What ever shall we do?
I am convinced we are living within a 50’s Sci Fi movie and the White House/Congress, heck all government offices are filled with pod chambers!!! ARGHHHHHHHH..
I’m afraid this story isn’t quite accurate (What??? MSM getting a story wrong?? Shocking!) I’m not a legal expert, but I don’t think “Permanent Injunction” is the same as a lawsuit between one or more parties. In fact in the actual Press-Enterprise article (guess I should have copied a link for that) the world “lawsuit” isn’t mentioned. But I do have a copy of the papers served that basically say to the 100 or so defendants if you are caught doing anything listed within, we get to cart you off to jail, period, end of story. Weather or not said “Injunction” will have any teeth to it remains to be seen. And here it is for you to read:
http://www.pe.com/multimedia/pdf/2007/20070825_gang.pdf
As a prosecutor, I’m not going to say everything’s peachy in this scenario, but I have to point out that lawsuit doesn’t prevent criminal prosecution as well. And sometimes civil litigation is more effective: it is often broader, the burden of proof is lower, and especially in states like California where rules of criminal procedure allow for only fairly limited discovery, it can be an effective investigative tool to uncover evidence that might later be used on the criminal side.