Fresno Famous

This is my version of a rant - not at ANYONE, but at a system that sort of propels itself along with little thought or intervention from human beings.

In Fresno county, the Sherrif's Department went to the wrong house and surprised an old guy in the night who came out of his house with a gun presumably aimed at the officers. They felt threatened and shot him. That is understandable and forgivable. They took him to the hospital and handcuffed him unconscious to his bed. That is over the top. Then they charged him with gun possession and assaulting officers (who he assumed were robbers). The gun charges make sense. The assault charges are posturing or perhaps, posterior covering.

The victim should also drop the suit - and get rid of his guns. The County should drop most of its charges. They should all dismiss their lawyers and get a table at the Radisson, sit around it with coffee and try to learn from their mistakes. Let reasonable people work this out.

Everyone was essentially wrong about something here and it would serve the community and justice as well to call it a draw. Of course, that would require a level of maturity that is not intrinsic to government or the legal profession.

I suppose this will be settled like most legal disputes - through posturing and chest-beating by lawyers and politicians. Not to worry because the tax payer will foot the bill. They may also try to blame some poor front line officer who was just doing his job and fearing for his life.

Folks just need to learn to move on.

By the way, I know that guns don't kill, that people kill. Specifically, people WITH GUNS kill. This dude didn't need them and demonstrated how dangerous it is to have them. now let him have some peace.

Now, there is probably a lot more to this than meets my eye and I could very well be wrong. so, in the next few seconds, i have a choice to hit the SUBMIT button or delete the page.

I think I'll post it and let all of you straighten me out.

Rant Out.