Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Massachusetts

File charges?

I was arrested last year in a domestic situation, long

story, but I was ''set up'' by ex fiance

to have me arrested and removed from my residence because I

tried to intervene in her over-use of prescription meds (have proof of this). I can also prove that I was arrested not because of ''probable cause'', but only because it is the policy of the p.d. that ''someone has to go'', and ''someone has to be charged'' rather than any crime having been commited (we heard that excuse at Nuremburg). I went to court, (where they shamefully tried to use my military service against me, as they had nothing else), eventually a & b charge dropped, 209A dropped, a judge saw it was all nonsense. I'd like to file a lawsuit against the p.d. for the violation of my 4th Amend rights of ''unlawful seizure''. Since when is someone arrested because of a ''someone has to go'' policy? Do I have a case? Or should I just forget it?

I'm a former soldier, with a flawless record up till then, and I resent that they tried to make me look like a criminal with thier ''policy''.

It's nonsense, it's unconstitutional, it's wrong, and the way they treated me is a slap in the face to everyone who's

served in the military.


Asked on 6/01/06, 1:55 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Barbara C. Johnson Law Office of Barbara C. Johnson

Re: File charges?

You were arrested in accordance with a policy developed by the Dept of Justice. It is overseen by the Office of Violence Against Women.

The grant is: Grant to Encourage Arrest-Preferred Policies and the Enforcement of Protection Order programs. Com. of Mass. in 2002 got $147,000,000 for 411 grants. The following year the Com applied for 430 grants. Your DA's office likely has, as Suffolk DA has, grant writers, the police depts, the women's shelters, Jane Dow, Inc., the batterer programs, etc., etc., etc.

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Answered on 6/01/06, 4:23 pm


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