[Mpls] 160 county attornies

[Louise Bouta]

From: "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh at mninter.net>

the Strib mentioned in passing that there were 160 attorneys in the=20
[Hennepin County Attorney] Department=85 =85.Just whatever do you =
imagine=20
that they do all day long?

LB here:  Some time ago, Amy Klobuchar, HC Attorney, addressed a small=20=

group at Maria=92s Caf=E9. She started: =93Guess how many attorneys work =
for=20
Hennepin County. I sat in front and raised my hand. =93All of them,=94 I=20=

said. I think she said there are 300 County Attorneys.

	Some of them are assigned to defend people whom one person wants=20=

labeled =93mentally ill.=94  Another attorney is assigned to defend the=20=

person under siege.  No matter.  In a few years of court-watching, only=20=

one time have I seen an attorney mount a proper defense. That attorney=20=

was fired by Hennepin County and left the State.
	Sometimes it takes (3) three county attorneys to keep one person =
in=20
the drugged-up, disabled state if that person happens to have a=20
public-minded or family Conservator who acts in the best interest of=20
his/her client.

Each of the Conservators are supposed to have an attorney, why, I don=92t=20=

know.  Some Conservators actually want their charges to be kept=20
over-drugged on heart and liver-destroying drugs that cause them to=20
gain 60 pounds and start diabetes in many of them. Attorneys are=20
necessary to maintain this system and to take the Conservatorship away=20=

from anyone who objects to the over-drugging. Sometimes, they get=20
thousands of dollars extra above their legitimate rate.

From: "Ray Marshall" again:
I'm afraid to inquire as to how many attorneys are employed by=20
Minneapolis.
LB here:
Many city attorneys are needed to defend the City for the work of the=20
police.  I watched the court last week in a case that I had watched=20
about three years earlier where cops in punk outfits had severely=20
injured a family in their own home minding their own business. In this=20=

case, the young man was forced to plead guilty to crimes the police=20
charged him with in  order to make it more difficult for him to charge=20=

them with abuse.

This kind of thing keeps many attorneys busy. We can=92t let justice =
take=20
its course, now can we?

The people with whom I watched the court told me that many times,=20
people  in the black or disadvantaged white community are charged with=20=

crimes the police know they didn=92t do.  They are forced to plead =
guilty=20
to avoid fines they can=92t afford and jail terms they can=92t serve=20
because they are working. This gives them a criminal record. This is=20
always a disadvantage in many ways as they go through life.  If you=20
wonder how come some populations have a high number of criminal records=20=

among them, wonder no longer.  This is Minnesota justice.

Louise Bouta
Kingfield
Well Mind Association of Minnesota
4003 Pillsbury Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55409
612-823-8249
wellmindmn at earthlink.net
www.wellmindminnesota.org=