But officer… it was just a misunderstanding!

It’s true. Every now and then some of us have scrapes with the law. Wrong place, wrong time. That kind of thing.

My brother is a different story. He claims these events in his life have all been misunderstandings. If you consider the statistics, the only way this many scrapes could all be misunderstandings is if, a) Law enforcement doesn’t understand that the rules of society weren’t intended for my brother or, b) My brother misunderstands concepts that most 2 year olds seem to be able to grasp.

In the last 20 years, there have been 10 arrests that we KNOW about — and I may have UNDER-counted. That’s one every two years (that we know about). Most of the arrests include more than one charge. For example, one arrest is for possession of marijuana, driving while impaired (marijuana), DUI (alcohol), reckless driving, no proof of insurance and failure to maintain a local address. He also has a probation violation, bail skip and failures to appear, as well as a disorderly conduct. Of the countless charges, there have been guilty pleas on at least 4 charges. Should I say ONLY 4 charges? I know of 4 felony arrests that resulted in no action. The hit & run was dismissed after it took him SEVEN years to return to that jurisdiction to face the charges (after failing to appear 7 years prior). What’s WRONG with this picture?

~ by dysfunctionalfamily on January 1, 2008.