ACORN Watch: The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office warped priorities
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office issued a statement tonight indicating that it may prosecute the Big Government undercover team that conducted one of its ACORN/prostitution stings in B’more.
The young reporters could face up to five years in jail for violating Maryland’s wiretap laws.
Reader John Muraro notes that the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office was responsible for handling the Zachary Sowers murder case, which I blogged about last year. He was pummeled into a coma by a gang of teenage thugs and later died of his massive injuries. Three of the four remorseless attackers were allowed to plea bargain down to eight years each in jail.
John sums up the warped priorities:
So:
· undercover investigation by the conservative reporter = reporters may serve 5 years in jail
· the animalistic beating of a young man by 4 thugs, resulting in 9 months of suffering and his death = plea bargained to 8 years in jail
That’s a rather peculiar sense of justice.
Yes, yes it is.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy can be reached at mail@stattorney.org or (410) 396-4001.
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Allahpundit looks at the statute the ACORN-protecting officials in Maryland want to use and notes:
You’ll find exception after exception provided for law enforcement to shield them from liability when they tape criminals surreptitiously to serve the public interest. Kind of like how O’Keefe did here.
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I would consider giving him protection under the whistle blower laws at the very least.
What a great public service by the reporters!
I know those laws do not directly apply, but surely our ‘public servants’ could have leniency for a citizen who has exposed such extreme corruption involving taxpayer funds.
No surprise here. Baltimore is the home of Nancy Pelosi and her criminal politician family.
The DA is black. ACORN is basically a black organization.The perps are black. The investigators are white.
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Hmmmmm
For the record, a search of contributions on the FEC website shows that this Baltimore City State’s Attorney gave Obama $1000 last year.
CP on September 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Borrowed this/plagarized? from CP over at Hotair.
“Follow the money” is the best adage out there to find out a person’s motive for what they do.
it would seem the baltimore city state’s attorney is as corrupt as acorn, if they bring charges against the reporters, that office needs to be shut down for lacking credibility and ethics. they pose as attorneys when all they are, are common crooks.
I sent the following to Ms. Patricia Jessamy:
Excuse me…what about that tv show where the guy lured those child sex predators to meetings and then exposed them?? Argh. Who can keep up with these criminals.
(allow me to add some context: I mean to say that if the tv show wasn’t committing a crime, why should THESE reporters stand accused?).
It is time to Nifong these creeps.
Pat Jessamy is no stranger to the backwards manner of justice in the city of Baltimore.
At one time the mayor designated that Baltimore should be referred to as “The city that reads.”
We Baltimoreans actually call it “The city that bleeds.”
Also famous for the family that chose to stand up to the drug-dealing gangs. They were told, after several death threats, that the city had no funds for witness protection. If they were afraid, they would have to move, on their own dime.
Their house was fire-bombed in the middle of the night and all perished. The stop-snitching video was produced by the drug-dealers shortly after this tragedy.
The perpetrators have never been brought to justice.
This is the Baltimore that we know.
Do these guys remember a prosecutor named Nifong?
While the wiretap law should have merit with regard to private citizens, it should not apply to investigations of government entities or entities heavily supported by (especially illegal, as in this case) government funding.
If the government can legally investigate private citizens in this fashion, then there should be no problem with private citizens investigating the government in this fashion.
This isn’t any different from the Rodney King case, from a wiretapping standpoint.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
According to Google, John Stossel and Linda Tripp were both charged under this law.
They should just leave Maryland and never go back.
They are jsut iritated over two amatetuers that made their invstigative abilities look like CRAP!
A caller on (I think) Roger Hedgecock’s show predicted this the day the story came out.
Think about how incredibly STUPID this DA is. He first had to have this moronic thought. He then probably discussed it with some other morons; he thinks it is a good idea. He then lets the public know about his most moronic moment, and he STILL thinks this is a good idea. Mind numbingly STUPID. Mark Sanford STUPID. Mike Nifong STUPID. Nancy Pelosi STUPID.
Actually, I dare them to go through with their threat. I double dare you.
This is my reaction as well. It may be that this DA (officer of the court?) may have ignored this activity in the past, heck; he may even be on ACORN’s payroll.
Whatever the situation, pray for our country, it seems we have fallen through the looking glass; everything is backwards in the Age of Obama.
Whaddya expect? Its the State of Maryland/Baltimore City!
let the scumbags prosecute and they’ll see the same fate as Nifong. Start the defense fund and let’s fill the coffers.
too bad stupidity can’t be prosecuted and the prosecutor be on trial….
More evidence of the need to stand as a nation and take our country back from these crooks.
We are fighting a war with insidious opponents. They have invaded every nook and cranny of our political system. These young people were doing the job that our State Run Media should be doing. The media is complicit in the moral, ethical and illegal corruption that is in our government.
I’d hate to predict that some judge or jury would exonerate a charge against these courageous kids. My fear is that they will get the book thrown at them.
What worries me is when the state protects criminals and prosecutes their victims. Left unchecked, that leads to revolution. Given the mood in the country right now, I view this statement as highly inflammatory and against common sense. If they want to discourage freelance investigative reporting, they could simply say the evidence would not be admissible in court and be done with it. If, as noted above, the state’s attorney is black, I suspect this is just a sophisticated way of playing the race card. Sort of like her saying, “You go after us, and we’ll go after you.”
Not ’sort of’, it is.
One more thought. If charges are ever brought, can you imagine the size of the legal defense fund that we could set up? And a full-blown trial could lead to opportunities for further investigation, not only of Acorn but of the state’s attorney as well. For instance, what led her to issue this statement, and who was involved in that decision? Did Acorn ask for the statement? My prediction: look for Acorn to try to sue these investigators, which again would be reason to form a legal defense fund.
Great post, and my sentiments exactly! I knew this would happen. And I also know that there are thousands (millions?) of folks who would contribute to the defense fund. There is no way they can prosecute these people for what they did. As Glenn Beck said on Friday, our top priority is to get rid of the incredible corruption that has permeated every fiber of this country. Until we do, nothing else will be possible. We must not allow any more corrupt bills to be passed until the cockroaches have all been stomped out. Everything they touch in DC right now is corrupt. Drain the swamp first…then just hope there are enough handcuffs to secure all the crooks. Start with Rangel…continue on down…Dodd, Murtha, Reid, Pelosi, OBAMA…etc. They are all evil.
So….I guess we are stuck with this numbering system, huh? It really sucks because I can never tell what number I am on and it is hard to go back and find a previous post. I wish Michelle would tell us why this new system is necessary.
Generally speaking, black Americans are the most racist group of the late 20th/21st century. Until people come to accept that and knock off the equally pathetic white guilt, get used to stuff like this. Sheesh, all those poor Yankees lying in those Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania fields for all this….
So true…and this entire administration, starting with Obama, is all about reparations. Time for whitey to pay back. We saw this coming. And, the Constitution means nothing to the President because it was written by rich white slave owners. The entire document is meaningless to them.
So are we to understand that no news organization has ever in the history of maryland went undercover and taped anyone unknowingly
that in the history of maryland every kid who videoed and stuck on you tube something they did to anyone else unknowingly was prosecuted
Take it to court, i’m ready to pledge some money every month for their defense
I believe Landmark Legal Foundation would be chomping on the bit to cross-examine ACORN officials under oath. So I say BRING IT ON!
OUCH! That’s gotta hurt to be THAT stupid!
black racists protecting black criminal enterprises. holder, this clown, it happens all over the u.s. i’m sure it happens that white prosecuters don’t do their job against white friends, oh yeah, alberto gonzalez fired a bunch of those guys and is now facing legal problems for doing it. hypocrites.
Thug Nation?
We have 4 more years of this junk coming down the pike? V.T.A.O is my battle cry—-VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
Yea, go ahead and start the process. The only traction this will ever get is from the Black community.
Oops, I made a racist comment.
Here she is, in all her glory:
http://www.stattorney.org/about.html
And vids of her praising the One:
http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/09/states-attorney-in-baltimore-who-would.html
Yes.
We must vote them all out.
Starting at the top, somewhere, anywhere.
Remember me?
http://danielmcandrew.com
simply assinine
Beyond belief! O’Keefe is a national hero!
Because of their own corruption, they are being used by the communists (Obama, Unions, ACORN, George Soros, etc.) and do not even realize it!
blacks hating white people = social justice
whites objecting to this tactic = racism
Aren’t there laws against malicious prosecution? Does anyone have any history on the number of “gotcha” journalism situations (using hidden cameras) that she ignored or endorsed after the fact?
In her bio, she seems to be proud of protecting the victims…NEWS FLASH…the victims here are the taxpayers who are funding this behavior.
One day, it would be refreshing to actually see those attorneys sworn to uphold and enforce the law do so rather than play the political game.
That wiretap law is used selectively, i.e. against anyone who busts a corrupt Democrat: John Stossel, Linda Tripp, etc..
Keep the heat on the Baltimore DA’s office.
I believe once it’s been determined that no telephone conversations were recorded and no wires were tapped, this issue will pass. Unless there’s wording in that law we’re not aware of. But I don’t think so…
I may be wrong, but I believe Judge Napalotiano(?) said the same thing on FOX.
Actually some enterprising citizens should get the grand jury to convene and examine
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy.
They could charge her with aiding and abetting a felony and conspiracy to allow under age prostitution and kidnapping.
Mike Nifong thought he was above the law too.
Yet we can’t prosecute the NY Times for publishing classified material.
so, the black DA goes after the white reporters, that should help the boiling racism in the country…thanks mainly to that racist, affirmative action, Marxist we have for a president.
RACISTS BASTARDS!!
My bet is that someone in Washington gave the AG a phone call, sort of like what happened to Joe the Plumber.
I think this is an intimidation tactic. I dare them to follow through. It would lead to so much citizen outrage (and probably uncover layers of corruption) that a lot more than the ACORN problem is likely to surface. That might be a little inconvenient to these slugs.
Likely an upgrade of Wordpress…with some bugs…like the error when logging out.
Unless you are trying to find another post somewhere, just note the time of your quote, and you can find your place.
Glenn Beck seemed to vet this through Judge Napolitano on his show. I’m curious as to why the Judge didn’t see this potential problem on the horizen when he was calculating the sentences that could be brought against the ACORN workers.
Ms. Jessamy,
Do you really think it wise to investigate the two journalists who uncovered the criminal operations at ACORN, when you probably should have been doing it yourself? It might make the citizens of Maryland wonder if you are capable of doing the job these two 20-somethings did with excellence. When are you up for re-election, anyway?
After all, your first priority is finding criminal behavior, isn’t it?
Sincerely,
ACORN thug Patricia Jessamy is mentioned in a book called ‘Snitch”:
Jessamy… said that the DVD proved that legislation needed to be passed in Maryland increasing the punishment for witness intimidation from five years to twenty.
I assume that Patricia Jessamy won’t be prosecuting herself.
I just use EDIT – FIND – WATERBOYZ (using FF) to locate my previous postings.
The high numbers of the postings is likely the true number of posts posted overall. Will there be a prize for # 1,000,000 ? ?
Do they enforce this law on a regular basis or are they only planning on doing so in this particular case?
It seems to me that if you live in Maryland and videotape your child’s birthday party, you cannot post it on Youtube or Facebook without having the permission of everyone shown.
What about a business’s surveilance video? Can a criminal claim that the owner did not have their permission to record them and get charges pressed?
If this is the law, it must be enforced regardless of the circumstances unless the exemption is specifically stated. So, forget the undercover reporters, private individuals, businesses, or anyone else for that matter.
Nothing but a little racism on the part of MD.
Sounds like you two have major problems, and I doubt Blacks have done anything to you. Yes some Blacks are racist, some Latinos are too – I qualify sometimes – and, quite obviously, some Whites are.
Painting a group with a broad brush is prejudice, and you two qualify.