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post #16 of 30
9/5/09 at 2:06pm
Sorry I thought this thread was for the appreciation of 3.14159...
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post #17 of 30
9/5/09 at 8:47pm
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also, it turns out that our local newspaper prints all arrests that show up on a police report from the previous night. my name and a 25 word description appeared. i called the paper to demand a follow up piece about how my name was cleared but the refused, saying that they only print what is sent from the station. i know my next step

is printing arrests from the previous day common? it really rubbed me the wrong way when i found out about it

Good luck getting the paper to print that the charges were dropped. I also don't think there is anything you can do about it because the arrest record is public information.

Many places publish the arrest records for their town as form of social control. They hope that the shame of appearing in the local paper will keep people from committing a crime. I've mostly seen it used for people who were arrested for prostitution.
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post #18 of 30
9/6/09 at 11:02pm
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Sorry I thought this thread was for the appreciation of 3.14159...

Ditto. Nerd crew represent.
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post #19 of 30
9/6/09 at 11:31pm
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bit of an update on this...spoke to a lawyer, friend of a prof that im quite close to, and he suggested speaking with the judge. i told him the usual bs about how i was celebrating my 21st and being out of character. he took it off my record and cut the fine entirely. I just cant have another alcohol related charge in 18 months. also, it turns out that our local newspaper prints all arrests that show up on a police report from the previous night. my name and a 25 word description appeared. i called the paper to demand a follow up piece about how my name was cleared but the refused, saying that they only print what is sent from the station. i know my next step is printing arrests from the previous day common? it really rubbed me the wrong way when i found out about it
Sue them for slander then use the winnings to get piss drunk and restart the cycle
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post #20 of 30
9/7/09 at 1:43am
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Sue them for slander then use the winnings to get piss drunk and restart the cycle

Truth is a defense to slander.
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post #21 of 30
9/7/09 at 10:59am
Having the charges dropped doesn't mean you didn't do it. So they don't need to issue a 'correction.' There's nothing to correct. On the bright side, most newspapers now require paid subscription to search their electronic archives after a month or two, so it may stop appearing in random Google searches within the year. A friend of a friend of the family was once in the paper for refusing to stop for a police officer -- she pulled over, then took off again. As she sped down the road, police in pursuit, she started taking off her clothes and tossing them out the window at the cop. Now that's not something you want to be in the paper for, I suppose. ~ H
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post #22 of 30
9/7/09 at 1:53pm
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Having the charges dropped doesn't mean you didn't do it. So they don't need to issue a 'correction.' There's nothing to correct. On the bright side, most newspapers now require paid subscription to search their electronic archives after a month or two, so it may stop appearing in random Google searches within the year.

A friend of a friend of the family was once in the paper for refusing to stop for a police officer -- she pulled over, then took off again. As she sped down the road, police in pursuit, she started taking off her clothes and tossing them out the window at the cop. Now that's not something you want to be in the paper for, I suppose.

~ H

Even if he didn't do it, the fact that he got cited for it is still true.
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post #23 of 30
9/7/09 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by odoreater View Post
Even if he didn't do it, the fact that he got cited for it is still true.
Of course. I kindof had the notion that he did, though. Now I wonder if he had been falsely cited, and say, went to court and proved this, yet lost a job opportunity specifically for the citation in the paper -- who might he have a cause of action against?
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post #24 of 30
9/7/09 at 4:36pm
If you're really anal about this take an ad in the paper w. the correction. Of course this might only bring more attention to yourself.
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post #25 of 30
9/7/09 at 4:41pm
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Ask here.

damn, the outlook is not so good that she'll ever go out on a date with me.

-Jeff
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post #26 of 30
9/7/09 at 4:57pm
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Of course this might only bring more attention to yourself.
exactly y i have decided not to pursue
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post #27 of 30
9/7/09 at 5:37pm
where do you live that the paper does that? pleasantville with a population of 60?
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post #28 of 30
9/7/09 at 6:01pm
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huntsville, TX its like 60 miles north of houston, pop. 35k so yea...basically
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post #29 of 30
9/7/09 at 6:13pm
i cant believe the paper does that. seems so backwards. i can understand for drunk driving etc. but public intoxication on a 21 year old. what comes out of printing that? its so stupid.
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post #30 of 30
9/7/09 at 6:22pm
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i cant believe the paper does that. seems so backwards. i can understand for drunk driving etc. but public intoxication on a 21 year old. what comes out of printing that? its so stupid.
moral shaming comes out of it, rather productive i would guess people read about laugh about and realize they better be good or they will be there someday. no offense to the op, but look tthe lenght people want o avoid showing up on that page.
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