The "I Hate My Job" Thread

[dplank]

Yikes, you guys have some real shit to deal with. Hats off to you, gotta be hard seeing all the nastiest parts of our society and not let it affect you personally.

[Otis Day]

Met with the Judge along with the State's Attorney. Informed the Judge that it is my judge to present the state with recommendations on the referrals. Told him that the SA presented more evidence than she needed to regarding the petition that was filed. He agreed with me and stated she cannot go back on what she testified to in court. He basically told her she "talked too much." He cannot "unhear" what she said. She present evidence of a new crime that she didn't charge. Thus, hearing that, he was sticking to not taking the recommendation based off of her diarrhea of the mouth. He said he would have been happy to go along with the recommendations of the charged offense, but, she could not shut up in court.

I also pointed out that hearings should have been scheduled weekly after the kid was detained due to him being a flight risk. That was a wash because the kid committed 2 felonies (Agg Battery and CDTP) while in detention. Now he is on the criminal clock and not the DCFS clock.

[mmmc_35]

Yikes, you guys have some real shit to deal with. Hats off to you, gotta be hard seeing all the nastiest parts of our society and not let it affect you personally.

Honestly my current position is fun. I'm not great at it yet but it's a different world. Also day shift is nice. It makes it easy to laugh at the idiocracy. A lot of people don't see what happens in some parts of the world. We recently had a felon shoot some rounds at us. Not me my buddies. He got arrested for a slew of charges. Most got dropped by the DA. The felon in possession of 5 firearms and shooting rounds into the ceiling and wall were my buddies were standing went to trial. He got found not guilty. He possessed the gun by shooting it. Still not guilty. The jury said they didnt think he was trying to hurt anyone. Which has nothing to do with the statute. Now hes sueing and I bet gets paid. Its comedic.

Otis gets to see a very frustrating side. I've never done p&p work but the system seems painful to me. Atleast here people break the rules, commit crimes, and the agent will fight the good fight to get kicked squarely in the nuts.

[Otis Day]

We have had 2 similar shooting cases recently. Both "shooters" had fairly decent records of past criminal history. Both "shooters" shot the victim unprovoked. Both victims survived. Neither victim was armed. One shooter got 40 yrs. The other got 5. Kind of tough to explain the disparity when in actuality, IMO, both should have been up for attempted murder (neither were). They were felons in possession of a firearm and the other offense was reckless discharge of a firearm (you thing?).

Gun violence has become far too prevalent. No one fights anymore. Someone gets called out, the other produces a firearm and starts shooting.