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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: YAX on July 12, 2019, 11:15:13 AM

Title: Kdoo guy asked for "a lawyer, dawg" and court won't take his appeal.
Post by: YAX on July 12, 2019, 11:15:13 AM

So police was questioning this black guy and he asked for a lawyer but because he says "a lawyer, dawg" they construed it to mean he said he wanted "a lawyer dog" so they used his line against him and the court ruled in the Police's favor.  Guess which state this happened in?  Yup, one of them southern states again.

article:
https://www.theroot.com/la-court-rules-that-man-who-said-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-1820157543 (https://www.theroot.com/la-court-rules-that-man-who-said-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-1820157543)

Title: Re: Kdoo guy asked for "a lawyer, dawg" and court won't take his appeal.
Post by: Reporter on July 12, 2019, 02:09:20 PM

Everything in court has to be serious.

Title: Re: Kdoo guy asked for "a lawyer, dawg" and court won't take his appeal.
Post by: YAX on July 12, 2019, 02:55:38 PM

I think its more of a language barrier.  Just think, if a judge decided Hmong people can't have lawyers because cops said they didn't ask for one in proper english.