Woman lies to officers about Confederate Flag incident now may be sentenced to 5 years in prison

[DigitalDrifter]

Placing the image of the Confederate Flag on black coworkers desk was despicable, but then lying about it has destroyed this woman's life. Very chilling.

FLORIDA WOMAN FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN JAIL AFTER PLACING CONFEDERATE FLAG ON BLACK CO-WORKER’S DESK

http://www.newsweek.com/florida-wom...fter-placing-confederate-flag-black-co-408297

 

[ABikerSailor]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Stupid decision on her part. She says she was mad, but it wasn't racially motivated. If that's true, then why did she have to get a Confederate flag? Couldn't she have just written a nasty note, or done something else?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

We need to legalize lying to the police. They, of course, are allowed to lie to you and do it all the time.

 

[bucs90]

Once again....a hoax hate crime.

 

[bucs90]

We need to legalize lying to the police. They, of course, are allowed to lie to you and do it all the time.

She lied to the Feds. Not the local police.

You can lie to police and it's legal as long as you aren't filing a false crime report.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Lesson learned:

Lie to a federal prosecutor (Clinton) and nothing happens.

Lie to police about placing a photocopy of a Con flag on a desk, and you do five years in a federal slammer.

 

[Dot Com]

We need to legalize lying to the police. They, of course, are allowed to lie to you and do it all the time.

You channeling Polly paulitician or Don't Taz Me Bro???

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[MikeK]

She lied to the Feds. Not the local police.

You can lie to police and it's legal as long as you aren't filing a false crime report.

Even so, the fact that one can be imprisoned for lying to federal cops without having a formal oath administered has always seemed un-American to me. It indirectly implies the power of the Soviet KGB, the East German STASI, or the Haitian Macoute.

And for five years is utterly Draconian. That is one hell of a chunk to tear out of this woman's life. It imparts a menacingly fascistic semblance to the federal law enforcement syndicate.

 

[Dot Com]

Daisy Duke shoulda thought of the consequences before doing her hateful deed

 

[DarkFury]

She lied to the Feds. Not the local police.

You can lie to police and it's legal as long as you aren't filing a false crime report.

Even so, the fact that one can be imprisoned for lying to federal cops without having a formal oath administered has always seemed un-American to me. It indirectly implies the power of the Soviet KGB, the East German STASI, or the Haitian Macoute.

And for five years is utterly Draconian. That is one hell of a chunk to tear out of this woman's life. It imparts a menacingly fascistic semblance to the federal law enforcement syndicate.

You bring up two damn good points. So she was convicted on no more then a he said/she said.

 

[WildBillKelsoe]

Ok...and why did the police become involved?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Ok...and why did the police become involved?

Thompson's (black) coworker found the image and inspectors from the Federal Protective Service were notified and opened an investigation into whether or not there'd been a break-in at the facility, officials said.

Authorities wanted to know if there was a threat of violence against the facility and were trying to discover if any federal crimes had been committed.

Thompson was interviewed twice and lied to investigators both times - denying that she'd placed the image on the coworker's desk.

That employee and Thompson had a bad working relationship and had previous yelling matches in their office, officials said.

Eventually, Thompson admitted she was angry at her coworker and had placed the image of the flag on the desk. Authorities let her resign rather than fire her.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I highly doubt she will get five years

 

[reconmark]

We need to legalize lying to the police. They, of course, are allowed to lie to you and do it all the time.

I don't need to lie about things I am proud of or have done...perhaps racists should learn the same.

 

[reconmark]

Once again....a hoax hate crime.

Lady admits to her actions...butts called it a hoax...lol.
Maybe he stupidly assumed she has multiple personalities and #4 placed the symbol of intimidation.

 

[pwjohn]

I highly doubt she will get five years

I doubt she'll get 5 minutes.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I highly doubt she will get five years

You're probably right, but in this climate she's likely to have her life torn apart permanently.

 

[Dot Com]

We need to legalize lying to the police. They, of course, are allowed to lie to you and do it all the time.

I don't need to lie about things I am proud of or have done...perhaps racists should learn the same.

^ that

 

[Dot Com]

I highly doubt she will get five years

You're probably right, but in this climate she's likely to have her life torn apart permanently.

We can only hope

 

[Muhammed]

She lied to the Feds. Not the local police.

You can lie to police and it's legal as long as you aren't filing a false crime report.

Even so, the fact that one can be imprisoned for lying to federal cops without having a formal oath administered has always seemed un-American to me. It indirectly implies the power of the Soviet KGB, the East German STASI, or the Haitian Macoute.

And for five years is utterly Draconian. That is one hell of a chunk to tear out of this woman's life. It imparts a menacingly fascistic semblance to the federal law enforcement syndicate.

You bring up two damn good points. So she was convicted on no more then a he said/she said.

I seriously doubt that.

They always work in pairs for a reason. The reason being that the feds do not want it to ever be a "he said/she said" situation in front of the judge.

So they always make it a "they said/you said" situation. 2 witnesses vs. 1.

The big mistake people make when confronted by the feds is talk to them without counsel in the first place.