Monday, May 19, 2008

People are stupid...

I had jury duty today. People are just stupid. Just down right NOT intelligent! I mean, I was embarrassed for some of these people. Here is my list of stupid people of the day:
  1. the guy who was "allegedly" in possession of a baggie of heroin and a firearm.
  2. the same guy as above because he was out "walking to meet a friend half-way" at 3 o'clock in the morning. 
  3. the police (or whom ever should have this job) that didn't test the gun or baggie of heroin for fingerprints. 
  4. the defense attorney that so skillfully mentioned the lack of fingerprints or DNA in his closing argument so that that would be the last thing upon which the stupid jurors would focus. 
  5. my fellow jurors that were asked if they lived in the vicinity of the address where the incident occurred. They didn't raise their hand, but upon deliberation 3 of them said that they "stay over there". What does that even mean?!
  6. my other fellow juror that said, "Usually when a man is holding his gun at his house he's not wearing gloves. Well, all the men that I know that deal with guns." REALLY?!  You know, and are willing to admit, that you know men that deal with guns?! Maybe I am naive, but TODAY was the first day in my 29 years of life on this Earth that I have even seen a gun up close. 
  7. And I will end on this one....the same juror as mentioned in #6 that said, "People get busted there all of the time. Prostitutes get Johns there right on that porch. In fact, Rocketman has been busted there plenty of times." I say, "Who is Rocketman?" (I ask because I don't live in the VICINITY of where this all occurred--you dumbasses!) "Oh, Rocketman is a 'he-she' prostitute that works over there." WHAT. THE. FUCK?!

1 comment:

Jenn said...

Wow.....I guess when they say "jury of your peers" they mean it. Wow.

Glad you made it out to tell the tale.