[einpoklum]

Too bad you could not bring that judge up on charges of judicial misconduct - if he indeed told you that the charge against you had no merit, but decided to punish you anyway because he did not approve of your demeanor.

... or otherwise, that people in your community could not apply any counter-pressure to such judicial behavior, in the media and public fora.

[matwood]

To be fair to the judge we all had broken an ordinance about surfing in a certain area. It was enacted to protect swimmers in the summer. With that said, there was a storm with wind, rain, and currents that had pushed us into the area. Obviously there were also no swimmers out.

The ordinance was removed a few years later. This cop was also known to hate surfers. All the small beach town BS you hear about.

[dijit]

at some point you just take your lumps.

Most people don’t have boundless time or energy and just want things to go away.

… ironically this fact is used a lot in gaining confessions by police.