Lets face it while the Constitution guarantees you the right to a fair trial that right is pretty much as worthless as the paper its written on. Sadly the only people that have a right to a fair trial are rich people who have access to a whole staff of lawyers. Like OJ Simpson. But the criminal injustice system bankrupted OJ after the trial in LA. And OJ didnt get a fair trial in Nevada. And on top of needing to be rich to get a fair trial the system is corrupt to the core. The police commit perjury so often they have a special slang word for cops who commit perjury, its called testilying. And dont count on judges treating you fairly. They are frequently ex-prosecutors who think you are guilty simply because the police arrested you. I suspect the only reason ASU professor Ersula Ore copped a plea and plead guilty was because 1) she would have been bankrupted if she had to hire lawyers to pay for a fair trial and 2) because is she had been convicted she would have received a draconian prison sentence compared to the 9 months probation she received. Some people in the media say ASU professor Ersula Ore behaved like an *sshole in the video. That may be true, but that didnt justify what the outrageous criminal behavior of the cop. Last most of the media accounts didnt mention that the street she was arrested on was under construction and blocked off to most traffic. She was arrested on College Avenue in the area of 6th and 7th Streets. That area was under construction for a new ASU building and generally closed off to cars. I find it hard to believe that a person can be arrested for jay walking in an area that is closed off to cars. azcentral/story/news/local/tempe/2014/08/01/asu-professor-sentenced-9-months-probation-abrk/13439073/ ASU professor sentenced to 9 months of probation Catherine Calderon, The Republic | azcentral 7:38 p.m. MST August 1, 2014 Arizona State University English professor Ersula Ore, who was arrested for alleged assault after a confrontation with an ASU police officer, has been sentenced to 9 months probation after a hearing on Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Ore pleaded guilty to resisting arrest earlier this month and her attorney said at the time that the plea deal did nothing to change their view that the arrest was unlawful. Personally Im wondering what about me seemed to be a threat, so much so that it warranted an officer touching me and violating me, Ore said before Superior Court Commissioner Julie Mata. I am hurt, upset, angry and humiliated. I deal with fears on a regularly hourly basis –they wake me up at night. Ore said she had a moment of weakness questioning the arrest, but felt that she could no longer trust whether those in uniform were there to help or hurt her. Ore was arrested May 20 after she refused to provide her identification to an ASU police officer who stopped her for walking in the middle of the street in Tempe, according to police documents. Ore said she believes she was wrongfully arrested and that her arresting officer used excessive force during the incident, which sparked national news coverage. Ore struggled with ASU Police Officer Stewart Ferrin during the arrest and kicked him in the shin during the process. Ferrin warned Ore that he would slam her onto his vehicle if she did not comply, according to footage from the dashcam video. Eyewitnesses expressed concerned while the arrest was made, with one calling 911 to report the officer pulling Ore to the ground aggressively. I never once saw a single solitary individual get pulled over by a cop for walking across a street ... in a campus location, Ore says in the video. Some of Ores supporters have said she was racially profiled for jaywalking. Defense attorney Alane Roby stressed repeatedly that Ore did resist arrest by asking Ferrin why she was being apprehended, though should be granted leniency given she has no criminal history and that extended probation time would be an unnecessary drain on state resources. Roby asked Mata specifically for one day of supervised probation. Ores supporters packed the courtroom and included many ASU faculty and friends. Among those was English Professor Keith Miller, who has known Ore for the last several years and took over the summer school course she was slated to teach prior to the incident. Shes a good professional, shes a good person and shes not a danger to anyone, Miller said in court. Deputy County Attorney Doug Mangum told Mata he believed there had been positive and negative aspects for both parties involved in the incident, however that the state felt 9 to 12 months was a sufficient amount of time to accomplish the goal of probation. The state fully recognizes she has a lot of support from the community but we are here for the sentencing of a criminal case, he said. We certainly hope that is not lost. ASU police administrators, in their preliminary review of the incident, said they did not believe Ferrin had racially profiled her or used excessive force. Ferrin was later put on paid administrative leave and the schools police department asked for an outside review of the incident. Ore was visibly upset following the sentencing, with Roby thanking supporters outside the courtroom on her behalf. She said she was disappointed the proposed one day of supervised probation was not granted. I would have liked to see that but the reality is nine months of probation--as long as someone is successful--can very easily turn into four, Roby said. We do believe that her constitutional civil rights were violated and were not going to let that go.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:04:07 +0000
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