J--'s Trivia 'n' Tidbits ... Part 10 ...

"Did you see the article in today's paper about the woman who was caught with over 10 kilos of cocaine, and now is claiming that the crimestoppers tip that lead the police to her was a violation of her constitutional rights?" J-- asked as he approached the table against the wall, where a group of regulars was already sitting. In one hand he held the morning paper, while in the other he was holding his coffee.

"That So?" offered one of the regulars sitting there.

“Absolutely,” answered J-- as he sat down, “check it out ..." He opened the paper and pointed to the small article on an inside page, "It says here the officers picked the woman up at the bus depot in Winnipeg when they had recieved a tip from the Crome Stoppers line from another passenger on the bus who overheard the supect saying she was carrying coke to Winnipeg."

"So the police were waiting for her when she got off the bus?" asked one of the regulars.

"Yup," answered J--, "but the suspect's beef isn't being picked up, she's saying that her rights were violated by the tip, and that when the police arrested her saying 'it was a tip from Crime Stoppers' they were lying."

"The woman had 10 kilos of coke," said one of the regulars, "and she is saying the police were lying?"

"Yeah," replied J--, "the woman had $800 000 worth of drugs, and she maintains that it was the police who were in the wrong."

"Unbelievable," said another regular, "and this made it to court?"

"Yeah, the judge was asked to rule on the admissibility of the crime stoppers tip," said J--, "the woman maintained that there was no tip, and the police had violated her constitutional rights."

"There's what's wrong with our country," said one of the regulars, "when did they start letting the inmates run the asylum? Why don't they just tell the woman she had broken the law and hand out the punishment she deserves? Why are they wasting the court's time with nonsense like this?"

"Easy there pal," laughed J--, "it's a newspaper story. I didn't write it or cause it, I'm only telling you about."

"It just ticks me off," said the regular apologetically, "I get worked up a bit with stuff like this."

"No kidding," agreed J--, "ticks me off too. But what are ya gonna do?"

"Call Toews," said one of the other regulars, "he's a law and order guy."

"I'm sure he already knows," said one of the other regulars, "he keeps on top of stuff like this."

"Yeah, Toews doesn't like it when criminals have more rights then their victims," said J--, "and this is one of those moments."

"Ah, I bet the woman is just mad because she's out 800 000 bucks," laughed one of the regulars.

"Oh, she's not out the 800 000 dollars," laughed another regular, "the people waiting for the shipment are the ones out the money, and they won't be happy wiht her."

"And that's the real issue in this," said J--, "the woman is only concerned about her hide."

"Who isn't?" agreed the first regular.

Heads nodded around the table as J-- folded up the paper and turned his attention to the coffee as he spoke, "the sad thing is, around the table we understand the way things should be, but where those decisions are actually being made, they just don't seem to get it ..."

"Ain't that the truth?" said one of the regulars.

Heads nodded again in agreement.