Mentally Retarded Man Almost Fell into Murder Conviction!
Apr 28, 2015 8:58:39 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 8:58:39 GMT -6
Now they use the term "cognitively disabled", but this is getting absurd. The man was 18, and still attending 9th grade with no ability to read or write at a functional level. I call that mentally retarded as a simple, accurate, descriptive statement of fact. The cops knew it, and they saw it, as the story indicates. They used it to twist this poor kid into giving a confession to something he saw, but didn't DO.
This kind of thing is sick ...and the cops who were involved should be facing prison time of their own. Eye for an eye...and a cell for a cell. Enough with calling corruption that destroys lives anything BUT what it is. Thuggery and Corruption. Period.
...and there was his first and perhaps last fork in the road, where things could have turned out right for the kid. He chose poorly...and went to police to report what he thought he saw. (They wonder why no one in their right MIND wants to be a witness to ANYTHING?? Read on, what happened to this one.)
Eddie couldn't keep his story straight, being the genius and witty thinker that I'm sure he obviously was, so the police arrested him, on the spot. So began his journey into learning how innocence can damn near turn into a murder conviction in America today.
Read that last line carefully, and yes, it does say what you may first THINK it says, but can't imagine it actually means. They set him up and played on his simple minded approach to trick him into waiving his rights and legal counsel. 'OH? You want a Polygraph! Well, we can do that for ya! You just can't have one with that pesky lawyer guy...sign this...and we'll have one set up for ya!'.....or something very much like that, apparently.
I never use the word retarded lightly. In the wrong tone or context, it's a cruel description often used to make others feel worse than they already do. However....it FITS this case. As it rarely actually DOES fit a real world situation? It fits here ...and those cops used it against the guy in every way they COULD. The fact guilt may not be a factor for how hard they had to work to trick a mentally challenged boy, didn't bother or slow them down!
By the way, I started this by saying he was innocent. This isn't a guess...or assumption...or wishful thinking. These corrupt criminals with badges had it proven to them directly.
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Are there good cops? Damn right there are. 10's of thousands of them. The good cops really DO feel a purpose and satisfaction in the work, as I've known a few in my time to form an opinion about.
Unfortunately.......the bad cops don't have to outnumber the good ones, to totally overpower any GOOD others may do. The nature of police work makes 'minor corruption' into life changing outcomes to innocent people the criminal with a badge may encounter. Lives change, and lives are radically altered, when lives aren't outright ended by such corrupt police. If we don't remove this kind of disgusting corruption from the system? We're all doomed in a very serious way, as it only tends to get WORSE from this point, IMO.
This kind of thing is sick ...and the cops who were involved should be facing prison time of their own. Eye for an eye...and a cell for a cell. Enough with calling corruption that destroys lives anything BUT what it is. Thuggery and Corruption. Period.
Eddie Gill says he was an 18-year-old ninth grader when someone began shooting into a crowd of 30 to 50 people outside the Futuristic Lounge at about 2:17 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2013, the night the bar was set to close permanently.
With one man injured and another dead, Gill allegedly went to the Milwaukee police station voluntarily on Feb. 12 to give his account, according to the complaint filed Friday in circuit court.
With one man injured and another dead, Gill allegedly went to the Milwaukee police station voluntarily on Feb. 12 to give his account, according to the complaint filed Friday in circuit court.
...and there was his first and perhaps last fork in the road, where things could have turned out right for the kid. He chose poorly...and went to police to report what he thought he saw. (They wonder why no one in their right MIND wants to be a witness to ANYTHING?? Read on, what happened to this one.)
Eddie couldn't keep his story straight, being the genius and witty thinker that I'm sure he obviously was, so the police arrested him, on the spot. So began his journey into learning how innocence can damn near turn into a murder conviction in America today.
"In sum, Eddie Gill endured 40 hours of isolation and four interrogations by five separate detectives, while confined in either a small jail cell or in a small interrogation room, before Milwaukee homicide detectives finally coerced his confession," the complaint states.
There were problems with the interrogation from the start, Gill says, noting that he was told that he could not have a polygraph he requested without a lawyer, unless he waived his right to one
There were problems with the interrogation from the start, Gill says, noting that he was told that he could not have a polygraph he requested without a lawyer, unless he waived his right to one
Read that last line carefully, and yes, it does say what you may first THINK it says, but can't imagine it actually means. They set him up and played on his simple minded approach to trick him into waiving his rights and legal counsel. 'OH? You want a Polygraph! Well, we can do that for ya! You just can't have one with that pesky lawyer guy...sign this...and we'll have one set up for ya!'.....or something very much like that, apparently.
All the while maintaining his innocence, Gill says he could not read or write, was directed to state he understood his Miranda rights when he did not, and showed signs of struggling to maintain focus and comprehend the detective's instructions.
I never use the word retarded lightly. In the wrong tone or context, it's a cruel description often used to make others feel worse than they already do. However....it FITS this case. As it rarely actually DOES fit a real world situation? It fits here ...and those cops used it against the guy in every way they COULD. The fact guilt may not be a factor for how hard they had to work to trick a mentally challenged boy, didn't bother or slow them down!
By the way, I started this by saying he was innocent. This isn't a guess...or assumption...or wishful thinking. These corrupt criminals with badges had it proven to them directly.
Gill says he was in jail awaiting trial more than a year later when two detectives filed reports on Feb. 20, 2014, of eyewitness interviews that indicated Gill was not the shooter.
When Judge Stephanie Rothstein asked the detectives in a hearing the next day whether they were blaming their "own negligence ... for writing such a terrible report," the detectives blamed "human error," according to the complaint.
When Judge Stephanie Rothstein asked the detectives in a hearing the next day whether they were blaming their "own negligence ... for writing such a terrible report," the detectives blamed "human error," according to the complaint.
Are there good cops? Damn right there are. 10's of thousands of them. The good cops really DO feel a purpose and satisfaction in the work, as I've known a few in my time to form an opinion about.
Unfortunately.......the bad cops don't have to outnumber the good ones, to totally overpower any GOOD others may do. The nature of police work makes 'minor corruption' into life changing outcomes to innocent people the criminal with a badge may encounter. Lives change, and lives are radically altered, when lives aren't outright ended by such corrupt police. If we don't remove this kind of disgusting corruption from the system? We're all doomed in a very serious way, as it only tends to get WORSE from this point, IMO.