Have you ever had dealings with a dishonest, immoral attorney? What about an electrician? A building contractor? A physician? The list of professional "jobs" that require a certification or license of some kind should always be considered when forced to deal with these people in some way.
For example, what do you do if you hired an electrician to wire your house only to find out that he wasn't certified? What if said electrician was certified but was clearly incompetent, neglectful or otherwise was dishonest in his profession? What can you do about it?
What if you paid a $1,500 retainer to an attorney only to find out at court he was totally unprepared, incompetent and spent your money on drugs, what then? The judge throws you in jail because the attorney you retained was actually addicted to drugs, lazy, didn't care or whatever the reason may be, but in the end YOU suffer for it. Do you simply do as the law allows or encourages you to do and go out and retain another lawyer to file pleadings in court in hopes of getting your jail time conviction overturned due to "ineffective counsel"? Good luck getting one bird to go against another as that old saying is direct on point, "birds of a feather flock together".
So, what do you do?
In the case of an attorney, could you not contact the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and report the incompetent lawyer? Sure you can, but what good would it do?
For one, you will bring official attention to the very people that oversee the attorney's LAW LICENSE. By submitting a written complaint (easily done by the way) you force the lawyer to not explain himself to you, but to explain himself to a Board that can censure him, suspend him or disbar him completely from the profession of law and he can then go get a real job selling cars or something else. The bottom line is that YOU exercised your right to not have to bend over and take a ram rod up the (_*_) just because some jack leg went to school, was a son of a sheriff, a nephew of a city manager or whatever the case may be. Also, in all this remember that other old saying of "the squeaky wheel gets the grease". So in that regard, make some noise when you feel that you have been screwed over by anyone.
In the case of police conduct, which is the gist of this short discussion, as you read along and follow this short preamble to another link you can follow to read more, you will learn that you have much more control over a rogue police officer than you think. Sure, a cop will want you to think that "he is the law", or that "the law doesn't apply to him" and any other of that bullshit they will try to scare you with. My suggestion is, sit back, be nice, say yes sir, no sir and anything else for that particular instance while dealing with them. They write you the ticket, make you feel scared or any other thing a typical person who more than likely has less education than you, much less self esteem than you who draws what esteem he can from the authority of a badge and a gun and a host of court decisions, you now get all your ducks in order and go after this bully just as you would any other bully.
Remember back in school how we all used to have bullies that wanted to push us around, take our lunch money or just wanted a cheap laugh at our expense? I do.
I remember many, many years ago there were several different types of bullies at the elementary school I attended. I went to Spivey-Garrison elementary school which was one of those community schools we had in place back then. Needless to say, we had dudes that were in the 5th and 6th grade that were almost old enough to join the military as they failed so many times. In any event, these BIG kids routinely beat up us little kids. As for me, I had a big brother who was much bigger than them, older than them who would skip school from Rhea Central High School and walk out to Spivey school and hide and watch us at recess. When he saw the big bullies messing with me he would come out from hiding and approach the bullies. You know what? The bullies were now the ones afraid of being beat up. That was a great learning experience for me.
Well, needless to say, I took my new found outlook on bullies and getting beat up by them out for a test ride. I remember one instance as if it was yesterday. If he is reading this he will know exactly who he is and what I'm talking about too. Anyways, it was recess and we were out playing near the top of a steep long embankment that the janitor used to dump the ashes of the school boiler heating system. Well sure enough, here come this BIG kid and started his shit with me and I was afraid of him because of his size and reputation in school. So as he got up in my face trying to intimidate me I found myself backing up. As I backed up he slowly kept advancing on me making my fear level rise even more. As I stepped back and back and back in an attempt to not get punched or beat up by this BIG boy, I found that I was standing on the very top of this large, steep black ash embankment. One more step then I would have rolled down the hill and been covered with black ash which, I'm certain would have given the bully and his little cronies that followed him around a great big laugh at my expense.
Rather instinctively, I found myself looking around for my big brother to bolt from the brush and save the day but he wasn't there. I even looked onto my friends hoping deep down that maybe they might help me in my dilemma yet it seemed that they were content knowing that it was me in this shitty situation instead of them. Ahhh, who could blame 'em I guess...
So as I looked behind me realizing that one more step back was my last one I had some sort of revelation. Inside my mind I knew that I could go ahead and basically walk off the side of this black, ash covered embankment and allow bullies to have their cheap laugh or I could stand my ground. Well, as scared as I felt, I placed my right foot firmly at the top of the embankment and allowed the bully as he laughed and heckled me to continue advancing. When this over sized gorilla got within striking distance I hauled off and swung my fist as hard as I could aiming nowhere really, just throwing the punch that I knew would be my one and only punch thrown before I got beat up real bad.
Well, I let go of that punch and it connected squarely on his mouth! I can still hear the sound of the POP it made. Wow!
Following the loud "pop", his lip busted wide open, and blood started to gush from his bottom lip. Then to my amazement the BIG BULLY didn't hit me back but instead grabbed his mouth and immediately started to cry. He cried and cried like a baby and you know what? Those that were around watching all of this laughed at him. From that day on the BIG BULLY never bothered me again. It was then that I realized that maybe I can't beat up ALL bullies, but if every time a bully tried to bully me around then he could MAYBE beat me up or not, but one thing for SURE is that I was going to at least bust his damn mouth, nose, pull out a clump of hair or anything I could do to NOT be a victim of a bully. I have since used the same analogy my whole life. I suppose it helped me form my opinion of the "shit business". My new found position was that "I didn't give no shit, I didn't take no shit as I was NOT in the shit business:"!
As time went by I grew up. I grew up to be strong and much smarter than even I thought I would ever be. I suppose one can consider themselves "smart" by learning not to do the stupid things that harm us in some way. As the years went by I remember standing in the check out line of the old Red Food Store (Bi-Lo now) and guess who I saw? You guessed it. I saw one of those bullies that used to try to bully me years ago. I'm sure the easiest thing to do at the time was to ignore the dude, but something inside me just wouldn't let me ignore a gloating opportunity. So I walked up to him as he was a bag boy placing my food items in a bag for ME. I walked up to this fellow, who by the way, was like six inches shorter than me, much smaller than me. Apparently he stopped growing and I kept right on sprouting up in to a FULL size man. I got directly in his face and looked down at him and said, "Hey, I'm all grown up now, would you like to try and bully me now?"
The response was priceless. He stood there with a total look of fear on his face and said absolutely nothing. Nothing at all. The once upon a time, full of himself "big guy of the playground" had nothing at all to utter. So in the end, what I am trying to say is, I guess in a way that if we do face our fears we can defeat them and by not being afraid of a "fear" then logically the fear has been defeated. After all, it isn't "fear" if we don't "fear' it, right?
When you find yourself feeling inferior to someone else just try to remember that one day you will die, just as we all do. In that regard it is just too damn stupid to sit and worry about what some idiot may or may not do to you. If they hold some sort of authority, fine. It is they who have something to lose not you, right? In any event, whatever authority they have was given to them by someone else. They didn't fall out of the ass of an angel nor were they molded from some sort of special mold from God to reign over us. They are just exactly like me and you. Anything special about them is more than likely is their "special education" or GED. Think about it folks, I know of a police chief who attained a 1.96 Grade Point Average in school. I could say his name but there is no need in advising you that a chief of police in charge of a million dollar budget is borderline stupid when he hires high school dropouts that did not even have the motivation or DISCIPLINE to attend school. This isn't me being cruel, pissed off, or just running my mouth. This shit is fact. If not, then we can all sit down face to face and see what is what can't we.
The gist of my writing this section is to simply show people that no matter how poor you may be, how frail or scared you may be, there is always a way around it. Always. Other than their way.
So what do you do if a lawyer screws you? I suggest you attack his law license and keep on and on until you put him out of work. What about a judge? Do the same thing to them as well. Remember, they first must be an attorney in good standing BEFORE they can be a judge. What about a scam contractor? You complain and attack his license as well. What about a cop that enjoys pulling you over or otherwise shoving his authority down your throat? You take it straight to the source. The source being their credentials, such as their certification. Folks, this stuff isn't rocket science and can easily be done IF you take the time to do it. It is for YOU to choose whether or not that you will stand up and protect yourself or not. How many people will get all pissed off at someone for "messing with their kids". I get a big laugh out of most of them. Most people around here will say, "you better not mess with my kid" or "do you know who you're messin' with?", as if they will pounce on your ass if you messed with their "kids". Bullshit.
If people truly are that protective of their kids then they first need to be protective of themselves. My God, if I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, "sure, I'll vote for you but I can't put your sign in my yard because they might bother my kids" then I'd have lots of dollars. But hey, if you guys want to run around being all scared then fine. Just don't act all tough to other people or speak out against them or even speak up for something but are too damn scared to place your name on it. Really, truthfully you know how silly it is to have all these opinions and ramble them off anonymously. Then again, maybe there is a difference between fear and the illusion of fear. Hell, I don't know. All I know is that if something does something to me, I respond. I suffer, they suffer. They try to scare me I try to scare them. They respect me, I respect them. I just figure anything short of that then next thing you know I'll be washing their drawers for them. As for your "kids" teach them to stand up for themselves and to face their own battles but realistically, in order to teach them that degree of confidence and independence then you must first know it before you can teach it. Therefore, EDUCATE YOUR MIND. From knowledge also comes confidence.
By educating your mind you will find that "bullies", no matter what shape or form they are, will know who they can and can't bully around. If you let bullies take your lunch money in school and never stand up against it then you will grow up letting those same bullies who may have some sort of new found authority bully you in different ways. Hey, it's YOUR call, not mine.
I invite yo to follow the link at the bottom of this page. It is sort of a basic, short discussion about how you can stand your ground with over zealous police and win. I will soon be posting a complete record of how I beat a city police officer and did it without an attorney. In fact, I even got his high dollar attorney scolded by a federal judge for PLAGIARISM. Imagine that. A "trained" licensed attorney resorting to plagiarism (cheating) in order to try to go against me, a non-attorney. This was totally laughable to me yet embarrassing to him. Will I send a complaint to Lance Bracy at the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and push for censureship or suspension? Who knows. I guess it depends on my mood. Remember, as i said earlier, these dudes with their degrees, licenses, authority and everything else stand to lose all they have. As for people like me who basically don't have much then we don't have much to lose, do we?
Now, with that all said, below is an excerpt of an interesting web page. The link to the page is below it. I suggest that you read it, take notes and learn the there are many administrative procedures in place that can slap bullies with authority back down to reality. Check back every now and then for updates to this site IF you want to. If not, it really doesn't matter to me. I write most of this stuff to have a hobby. Like one of my many motto's, "I do this to entertain me, not you".
EXCERPT:
Police conduct that has led to successful damage suits by victims for violations of due process under 42 U.S.C. 1983 has also been grounds for revocation of the officer’s certificate. For example, in Rogers v. City of Little Rock, an officer stopped the plaintiff’s car, offered to follow her home to get her insurance papers, and coerced her into having sex. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a $100,000 judgment against the officer, as well as the district court’s finding that his conduct “shocked the conscience” in violation of substantive due process.
Similarly, a nine-year member of the St. Louis, Missouri Police Department stopped a woman for a routine traffic violation and discovered she was wanted by authorities in connection with a child custody case. The officer also found marijuana in the car, and he told the woman he could help her avoid criminal charges if she agreed to have sex with him in his personal car. She [*545] did so, but subsequently reported the incident. This officer was fired by the Department and his certificate was revoked by the Missouri POST in 1999.
Officers have also been decertified for intentional violations of suspects’ constitutional rights. For example, an Arizona deputy arrested a suspect on a charge of interfering with a judicial proceeding. When the deputy read the suspect the Miranda rights and the arrestee invoked his right to counsel, the deputy turned off the tape recorder and an hour later had a full confession that was ultimately suppressed. At the suspect’s criminal trial, upon direct testimony, the deputy testified that he had arrived at the suspect’s residence at 10:15 a.m., interviewed him for approximately one hour, and the suspect had made incriminating statements that established his guilt. All of this testimony was false. A felony complaint was issued against the deputy charging him with two counts of perjury, a class four felony. He later accepted a plea agreement, which found him guilty of the class one misdemeanor of committing false swearing by making a sworn statement that he believed to be false. He was subsequently decertified.