Spiga

Working Through the Pain and Anger

I know I'm beating a dead horse here by now, but I really feel I have no options but to post what I can here in order to hopefully work through my anger, frustration, confusion, and pain, as well as leave a permanent and irrefutable record of what the police, DA, and Decatur County, TN, in general, has done - and is doing - to me. I realize by now that I cannot fight them; even though it is obvious to all I have spoken to that it is a blatant abuse of the system and flat-out corruption, I do not have the money to afford an attorney that will be able to really put the screws to them - not to mention that I'm pretty sure the lawyers I have spoken with realize that these cats are not going to be dissuaded from railroading me.

Probation

Well, I am appealing the case. The judge gave me the maximum fine and since I already spent 7 days in jail on the Disorderly Conduct charge and the new charge (they changed it when I got to court and deceived me into thinking it was still a DC charge) is a class C misdemeanor, they may rule for a maximum 30-day sentence and say the 7 days I already spent do not count. But today, I file the appeal and will appear at the probation officer's place. Even though they said I didn't have to if I appeal, I am going to, just to be on the safe side because they only put me on probation in order to violate me, so I want to make sure I do everything right - even though none of that matters in Decatur County, TN...