I guess if you call the local police department ghetto and Nazi they let you off jury duty. Did you know that?
My husband ever the funny guy had the entire court cracking up when he spoke about his dislike for the local police.
Case in point 1 - one week after moving here, we pulled out of a convenience store and were instantly pulled over. They guy asked if we knew why he pulled us over, we said no. He said drag racing. Yeah, us with the two car seats in the back driving a 4 cylinder Taurus, drag racing. He asked for the drivers license, proof of insurance, and registration. Before I could get the registration out of the glove box, he took off, leaving us there wondering what the fuck.
Case in point 2 - after being broadsided by a Mexican woman, who drove through a red light. The cop asked what happened and suddenly the Mexican who could speak enough English to say “not my fault, I had green light, you had red” could no longer speak ANY english, the police officer told my husband to just deal with it, cause there are too many of “them” to deal with.
Case in point 3 - husband who NEVER speeds gets pulled over on his way to work. Cop asks him how fast he was going, husband answers 4 below speed limit. Cops says, no you weren’t, you are lying. Here is your ticket. Oh and this isnt a ticket its just a citation. Then finding out about 30 other people got the same ticket within the next hour, including 3 of your own employees. Can you say, speed trap?
So they let him go at noon. But not before telling him, he was the funniest juror they’ve ever had and they can’t wait to call him back in. Lovely. The bailiff even had a slight crush on the husband and yes the bailiff was a male and it wasn’t a “I wanna hump you crush” but more like I wanna be your new best friend forever crush.
Poor bailiff, husband broke his heart.
Now he’s off to get Chinese food for us. My Mom is coming over to eat with us since she’d never splurge on herself with any type of food, no matter how much she loved it. So I’m off to shower and get the kids ready before she comes over.
Sigh. I want to be a juror. I want to get on some obnoxious case where I can vote opposite of everyone and be that pain in the ass juror everyone hates. But in the end, I’d totally Columbo or even Quincy the whole thing and solve the case in the end. … Maybe I’m watching too much Murder She Wrote…
Comment by Ing — Thursday, July 20, 2006 @ 1:14 pm
To Funny! Scott was once called to serve on a federal murder trial. When he was asked about his view of the death penalty, he quickly said “I believe in an eye for an eye, if you take someones rights away from them, what rights do you have to live”…He was quickly dismissed. I really enjoyed serving jury duty, and was so pissed the second time I was called and picked, when the damn criminal took the plea bargin, dismissing the need for a jury trial.
Comment by Jams — Friday, July 21, 2006 @ 10:36 am