ninjanail said:
Lacey how in the hell can you say that being arrested or going to prison is less horrible for someone who is rich than someone who is poor?
Because you pay, you done
depends on the offense but think of it like this, and FUCK your reputation BTW
Arrested. gave summons. car took to the police yard. pay the tow guy, get it back. listen to family bitch. go to court, get your sentence. go to the bank, get out the money, pay your fines. do your probation. one year, case closed.
Now lets see it from somebody else point of view
Arrested. gave summons. spend a couple days tryina get your car back cuz u aint got the $$ at the time. lose days of work for not bein able to come in cuz u cant drive. in this world 3 days pay matters. almost get kicked out for gettin arrested. go to court, get your sentence. cant pay the fines @ once so set up the monthly program.
uh oh, lost your job cuz your boss didnt like those 3 days you were gone, even tho u had good reason. whoops cant pay your fines now can you. miss a payment. get summons in the mail. you still cant pay. get a warrant on yo ass. now you gotta pay that too. cant leave the house cuz if you do the pigs will see you and cart u off to jail. now you cant go out to try and find a new job cuz you gotta do everythign on the DL.
Mom gets her SS check and you get a couple 100 outta it (that means u goin hungry for a few weeks nothin new) but that aint enough for your fines. so take it and put it into some prodda, hussle up the money for that month. risk your safety all over again by sellin drugs to get by. 1/12th down, 11/12ths to go.
next month came up, still no job openings, car broke down and you cant afford to fix it cuz u used all the extra $$ u had on court shit. Now u can only work in town or somewhere u can walk to. everybody in town dont need help, cuz lots of other ppl in the same situation as you.
fine time again, your little brother broke his arm and you aint got insurance. momma dukes aint got anything to give u. letters from court sayin pay up. *knock knock* is Ms./Mr _____________ at home? Handcuffs, off to county. 30 days.
miss that months payment cause youre in jail. sit in there while your moms, girl/boyfriend tries to come up with the loot to get you out. ahhhh we dont really need this necklace. didnt ned that CD player anyway. we can go without TV for a while.
get out and find out you had a court date in another towns court for a traffic ticket. u missed cuz u were locked up. now u got another warrant. now what u gonna pay, your fines or your warrant?
pay the fines w/money u borrowed from your girl. avoid town for a few mos and never answer the door less its the special knock al your peps know.
uh oh, moms couldnt come up with all the bills this month, phone service gets cut off for a week or so.
court was supposed to contact u for comm service that was part of your sentence but they couldnt get ahold of u cuz the phone was turned off. u get another warrant. now u got 2 in 2 different towns and this months fine
and enough in ya pocket for a pack of newports.
DO I NEED TO FUCKIN CONTINUE
its a fuckin cycle that done end
its years and yrs of notifications, anxious, ''another letter from court came today'', 30-day stints in the joint, threats of 6-12 month lockup over your head, warrants, and endless stream of bullshit,
and all of it coulda been done a week after u got arrested if u just had the money to get that shit wrapped up
u end up locked up and in the system not even for the crime u committed bnut for not being able to fill the municipal courts wallets
:shakin my head: