I wish to comment on posts related to pedestrian being hit by a car on upper Albany Street. That pedestrian is my sister and the driver of the vehicle is Teresa Dagostino, a 76 year old Rotterdam resident and piano teacher. I wish to ascertain her connections both in the Schenectady County Legislature as well as the Sheriff's Department. I know that Judith Dagostino is the mother of Dominick Dagostino, but is Teresa the little old lady piano teacher the mother of Judith?
The only witness to the accident is the driver of the vehicle who has a bit of a conflict of interest. My sister was not walking down the middle of Albany Street and is not a "streetwalker" in whichever way the Schenectady Gazette wishes to define the term. This is not over yet. I am doing my own investigation to determine what happened as the Schenectady PD Public Information Officer McCracken and the Traffic Division Sgt. Morris appear to be in somebody's pocket.
THAT IS TERRIBLE......here's something about our leaders
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Tyranny and the Rule of Prosecutors by William L. Anderson
Recently by William L. Anderson: Linda Kelly’s Inferno
Several years ago, James Bovard wrote that large numbers of Americans working in government positions simply are not subject to obeying laws that other Americans must follow – or go to prison. Lest anyone doubt what he says, the recent recommendation by a special prosecutor investigating misconduct by the U.S. Department of Justice in the trial of the late Ted Stevens should provide ample proof that if one is a government lawyer, then one is not subject to the law.
The Stevens trial two years ago in which the then-Alaska U.S. Senator was tried and convicted on corruption charges turned out to be a farce. While it is true that Stevens really was the very symbol of "crony capitalism" and pork-barrel spending, nonetheless what federal prosecutors did was reprehensible in gaining the conviction.
According to the report, prosecutors knowingly lied, withheld exculpatory evidence, and managed to make sure that the Republican would be tried in D.C. and judged by a jury of Democrats. In other words, the trial was a farce from the beginning, as often is the case in federal criminal law.
In his investigation of the government’s conduct (which resulted in the guilty verdict being thrown out), Special Prosecutor Henry F. Schuelke III wrote that the very prosecution was "permeated by systematic concealment of significant exculpatory evidence which would have independently corroborated his defense and his testimony, and seriously damaged the testimony and credibility of the government’s key witness." In other words, prosecutors knew exactly what they were doing: breaking the law.
However, despite the fact that these government agents knowingly and systematically defied the law, the special prosecutor has declared that they should not face any criminal charges because…the trial judge "did not issue a clear order telling them to properly handle evidence and witnesses." That is correct: because the judge did not remind officers of the court that they were to obey the law, and especially the law as interpreted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1963 Brady v. Maryland ruling, people who already knew the law and had been trained in the law but deliberately chose to disobey it will not be punished.
Furthermore, the courts have ruled on a number of occasions that police and prosecutors cannot be held liable when they are ignorant of the law but they make wrongful arrests. (That is, arrest someone who police thought was violating a law, but it turns out the police were wrong about the law.) In other words, for police and prosecutor, ignorance of the law IS an excuse, a get-out-of-jail-for-free card.
Contrast this recommendation with how everyone else in American is treated when it comes to alleged breaking of the law. It turns out that the standard line "ignorance of the law is no excuse" only applies to people who would be most likely not to know the law or even know a particular law or regulation existed. Furthermore, the courts have ruled on a number of occasions that the doctrine of mens rea, once the bedrock of Anglo-American criminal law, no longer applies, as intent now is irrelevant, at least for people who are not employed in the "criminal justice" system.
Take the federal prosecutors in the Stevens case, for example. All of them are law school graduates, and Brady is taught in every class on criminal law. Furthermore, they are required to take regular classes throughout the years, and Brady is a staple of that training.
I will go further. Each prosecutor in the Stevens case knew the Brady requirements and knew them better than the typical layperson or journalist, and I will guarantee that when they were violating Brady during the evidence-gathering stage and during the trial, they knew down to their socks they were violating the law and did it anyway. To make matters worse, they had strong evidence in their possession that their key witness had serious credibility problems, which is a nice way to say that the prosecutors knowingly suborned perjury, which is a felony.
Lest one thinks I exaggerate, Schuelke’s report declared that his investigators "found evidence of concealment and serious misconduct that was previously unknown and almost certainly would never have been revealed — at least to the court and to the public — but for their exhaustive investigation." In other words, prosecutors did not just fail to turn over the evidence; they made specific efforts to hide it, which violates statues against obstruction of justice, another felony.
Yet, the government investigator then declares that all should be ignored because the trial judge did not specifically tell prosecutors that they are supposed to both know the law and then obey it. That is not a privilege given to the rest of us.
No, the readers of this article, according to U.S. courts, are supposed to know literally every law that Congress and various state legislatures, not to mention local governments, pass every year, as well as every other law that ever has been placed on the books anywhere in the USA. Forget that we are dealing with hundreds of thousands of statutes; you, dear reader, are supposed to be intimately familiar with the law.
If you wish to find a way out of this predicament, however, the solution is before you: find employment as a police officer, a prosecutor, or a judge and you can wallow in lawbreaking and legal ignorance to your heart’s content, and the courts will back you.
The irony is that Schuelke’s investigation and report is being heralded as a triumph of the "ethics" of those who enforce the laws of this country. You see, we are told, no one is above the law. Well, almost no one. The people who more than anyone else should be held to the highest standards of the law are the ones who really are above it.
Tyranny exists when certain people are permitted to act in a lawless manner while forcing others to obey ridiculous and oppressive laws. Lest anyone believe that such a situation exists only in faraway countries where soldiers goose-step and dictators have funny moustaches, think again. What Schuelke has done is not to destroy tyranny, but to expand it, giving prosecutors literally a free pass to lie and eviscerate the very laws they claim to enforce, all in the name of "justice."
November 24, 2011
William L. Anderson, Ph.D. [send him mail], teaches economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland, and is an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He also is a consultant with American Economic Services. Visit his blog.
Patsy, how is your sister doing, if I may ask? Prayers from our family will be said for her. This is just terrible. And although the driver of the car probably didn't see your sister....for whatever reason .....it is just terrible! The only thing I find questionableis this tid bit that was in the gazetto or other media outlets and never followed up on..............
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Hymes said the accident report indicates the driver, whose name has not been publicly released, is a 76-year-old Rotterdam woman..
My only question is 'why' hasn't the name ever been released?
In either case Patsy, I hope your sister recovers 100%!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
In the meantime Warden Norton gets another notch in his belt.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I am very sorry for the ordeal that your sister and your family are enduring and I pray that she makes a quick recovery.
If you believe that something is being mishandled by law enforcement, local government and/or the media, I suggest that you call both Paul Vandenburg and Al Roney on WGDJ Talk 1300 and speak with them on air about the accident and the handling of the accident by the police and by the reportedly co-opted media. Mr. Vandenburg and Mr. Roney do not cower. These radio programs are listened to by many in government. The issue will receive the attention that it deserves. Paul is on the air from 5 am to 10 am each weekday and Saturdays from 7 am to 8 am. Al Roney is on each week day from 2 pm to 6 pm. They can be called at (518 )476-1300. Paul's e-mail address is paulv@talk1300.com. Al's e-mail address is alr@talk1300.com.
I hope that justice is done and that your sister receives vindication from the accusations and just compensation from those who have wronged her.
The Nayboobs want to make an issue out of something that is a tragedy and is no real big deal.......Streetwalkers get mowed down every day for erratic behavior in large and small cities.. Trying to impugn great Democratic Party leaders with slander will get you no where --- so lets move on.
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society." ---Angela Davis
"When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses." ---Andrew Sullivan
The Nayboobs want to make an issue out of something that is a tragedy and is no real big deal.......Streetwalkers get mowed down every day for erratic behavior in large and small cities.. Trying to impugn great Democratic Party leaders with slander will get you no where --- so lets move on.
Hey, DV aka Hamburg. Can you tell us WHERE someone is supposed to walk in that section of Albany ST??????????
Tell us DV aka Hamburg, why does the city spend tax dollars by GIVING it to PRIVATE businesses, well-heeled developers, and exempt millionaires from paying taxes but YOUR DEM SOCIALIST won't put a side walk on a very very very BUSY section of Albany St????????????? Why is that DV???????
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
The Dagostinos are the finest family in Rotterdam IF not the entire County of Schenectady.. To impugn them in any way makes me want to call you out as the swine that you are. In days of yore it would have called for a duel between two men and I myself would have NO problem with that had society not long ago ended the practice...... This unfortunate streetwalker was obviously not in a proper state of mind as she ventured out into the path of oncoming traffic --- STOP blaming Mrs. Dagostino for this rather unfortunate accident which could ONLY have been prevented by the streetwalker who was bumped by the vehicle. STOP blaming our First Responders and STOP blaming the driver who is obviously NOT guilty of anything.... The slander committed by the Nattering Nayboobs of Negativity and the GOP/NNTP is mind - boggling.
There's DV.....brown nosing, sucking up to the dem socialists who REFUSE to put in a sidewalk on a very very busy street in a NEIGHBORHOOD but they mis-use the tax dollars buy giving multimillions to millionaires and exempting them from taxes.
He is the most deparate person on the face of the earth to resort to claiming that a person walking on a busy street with no sidewalk was "walking in traffic"
This is the lowest of the low that DV has ever gone and this should indeed be reported to his church, let his church know what he's really like. The dem socialists ignore the neighbrohoods (DV cheers for that), the dems tax the hell out of the financially struggling homeowners by making them pay the taxes of the millionaires downtown (DV cheres for that), the dems don't put in a sidewalk on a very very very busy major thoroughfare and pedestrian who had no place else to walk to get from point A to point B and DV has the nerve to call the woman a streetwalker, and then has the nerve to say she merely got "bumped" by the vehicle. Not to mention how DV tell others to GFY and calls others "p****rheads" - very becoming of someone who calls himself Catholic.
Obviously the city is not coming out with all the facts. Like I said before, was the pedestrian in the process of crossing the street---there are no crosswalks unless one goees quite a bit out of his/her way. Or was the pedestrian walking within two feet of the front lawn of the houses which would be indicative of the driver being not paying attention.
DV, would you support the city taking away the tax exemptions from the millionaires downtown in order to build a sidewalk on a busy RESIDENTIAL Albany Street? Ron, would Jesus prefer tax dollars to be spent on sidewalks in the neighborhoods to protect peoples' lives or woud He want money be spent to exempt millionaires from paying taxes.
DV won't answer these questions
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
There goes the old Ham-burglar DV shooting off his mouth when he doesn't have all the facts. How do you know that there is no cover up going on with this accident. How do you know that this poor woman was in the middle of the road when the only witness to the accident was the driver of the car? A speedy recovery is wished for your sister Patsy and I hope that the truth will come out on how this accident really happened.
Anyone who believes there is a cover up also believes that there are funny green men flying in saucers above Town Hall..... I say to those who are complaining -- Go screw a goat.
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society." ---Angela Davis
"When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses." ---Andrew Sullivan
Anyone who believes there is a cover up also believes that there are funny green men flying in saucers above Town Hall..... I say to those who are complaining -- Go screw a goat.
You never replied to my comment. You keyboard hero . You called for a duel I accepted your challenge . Whens it gonna be . Remember I do work so it has to be after hours. Just you and me no aunts involved. You might call out women but real men dont.
The Nayboobs want to make an issue out of something that is a tragedy and is no real big deal.......Streetwalkers get mowed down every day for erratic behavior in large and small cities.. Trying to impugn great Democratic Party leaders with slander will get you no where --- so lets move on.
oh....you're right there....you better wear a reflective vest whilst you are romping around town/city/county.........
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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.....it is just terrible! The only thing I find questionableis this tid bit that was in the gazetto or other media outlets and never followed up on..............
