Why the Rich and Famous Are Different From You and Me
Because they get preferential treatment from the police, that's why. First billionaire Jeffrey Epstein gets offered a sweetheart plea bargain, then he's arrested on the relatively minor count of soliciting a prostitute when cops (as opposed to prosecutors) feel that he's been hiring minors for sex.
Now there's the suggestion that the LAPD tried to cover up for Mel Gibson after his arrest for drunk driving prompted Gibson to go on an anti-Semitic verbal rampage.
According to the Los Angeles Times,
On Friday, a Sheriff's Department spokesman told reporters that Gibson had been arrested that day in Malibu "without incident." But [TMZ.com] alleged that evening that supervisors at the Malibu-Lost Hills sheriff's station tried to downplay the actor's behavior by omitting his most offensive actions in an abridged version of the arresting deputy's report, which has yet to be made public.
Just to clarify...the cop who arrested Gibson was actually
ordered to re-write his report, eliminating all references to anti-Semitic remarks.
Now TMZ.com has learned that Gibson was twice before stopped for drunk driving...and the cops allowed him to leave the scene without a ticket or arrest.
(These guys are beating the MSM on this story pretty badly, by the way.)
According to the website,
We're also told that deputies at the Sheriff's station were star struck by Gibson and a number of them went to Gibson's holding cell to get a look of the star. The problem for the Sheriff's department -- there's a mounted camera in the station and the deputies can be seen fawning over the actor. Sheriff's officials have called some of the officers who were caught on tape in and warned them they might be subject to discipline.
Of course, it's no surprise that there are two different systems of justice in this country, one for the rich and famous and one for the rest of us. But it's never a bad thing to be reminded of that.
