1.11.2020

.#2 A Small Sampling of Bourgeois, Negligent, Nonchalance


        This post will be a fairly short post & it will be out of sequence from what I initially promised to deliver in my intro post … But this latest ,seemingly trivial, debacle illustrates my point all too well … It serves to illustrate what the common man of little means & few connections to speak of face over & over again in the Family Courts of Delaware … I suspect it’s the same all over but I can only speak from the circle of my own experience …
 
The best term I can think of to describe a lot of what I experienced is “negligent nonchalance “. Lets unpack the words a little bit …
 
negligent

“neg·li·gent
/ˈneɡləjənt/
 
adjective
1. failing to take proper care in doing something.
“directors have been negligent in the performance of their duties”

synonyms for nonchalance :
• apathy
• complacency
• disregard
• indifference
• torpor
• unconcern
Now oddly enough , the more we depart from the concrete world & head into the realm of abstracts , the larger the impact of negligent nonchalance can have on your life…
 
The impact of nonchalance on your life demonstrated by a guy on the boardwalk handing you some delicious Thrasher’s Fries is just about negligible…
The hipster mangling your Verizon bill & giving you some convoluted reasoning on why you’ve run out of data with an unlimited data is another proposition…  He can cause you a little bit of sustained grief & cost you some coin if you miss a sweet trade on ROBO… (I’m in ROBO because I believe in the industry, not blazing profits). But it’s not going to be life altering… A failure to follow the evidence , analyze it, & draw reasonable conclusions from it with lines of logic isn’t going to land you in jail, break your bank, make people question your integrity , or impact you on any ongoing sense …
 
Enter the Family Court System of Delaware… The Family Court can claim jurisdiction over just about every criminal & civil matter … In this magic realm , they become interchangeable & things aren’t always what they seem …
Now, I can understand special provisions being made when children are involved & the Delaware Family Court may well do some meaningful , positive, work in that area …  But …….. when it comes to two adults & criminal accusations  that put liberty, finances, & livelihoods at stake , I’d like to see some oversight , some accountability , some adherence to rules of logic (like that amazing burden of proof construct we’re taught in 5th grade) , & Great Caesar’s Ghost ,a little adherence to your own rules …
 
Below is small, seemingly innocuous , of “negligent nonchalance…  I recieved this notice on the 3rd of January… You’ll note the trial date is set for January 2nd …

 
But hey, it says it was sent out on Dec. 23rd !!! No chance … A court appointed  attorney acting on my behalf was on vacation … I called his office on New Year’s Eve …The event was still listed as scheduled on VineLink the day of the 2nd… And I was still receiving multiple  harassing, calls from VineLink/ DELGIS informing me of “an upcoming court event” on New Year’s Eve …
This letter is a lie conjured after the fact … Now, that’s a claim … It’s a logical conclusion that’s supported by evidence … And I would absolutely be overjoyed if anyone was willing to step forth with a counter argument of the same structure …
 
So, who covers the $600 in lost wages, wasted time , & travel expenses ??? What if witnesses were called who couldn’t make another date …
 
And I’m currently tracking an invalid continuance that disappeared from the record from Oct 25th … I was literally 5 minutes away from the courthouse …
The issue here is IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME … When these faux pas begin to multiply  it stops looking like negligence & starts looking like malice with intent … Don’t put up with it … Hold them accountable anyway you can …
See ya soon & Shout out to Clarksville…xoxo
T. Jones


“White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I’m gonna wave my freak flag high. “
– Jimi Hendrix

1.08.2020

.#1 The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall ...

     
       I recently became a law student in the state of Delaware. Not by choice & not through conventional means. I was charged with Offensive Touching & Terroristic Threats by a woman in the throes of delusions that arise from severe depression with psychotic features & a very real fear that that an ongoing fraud was about to be exposed.
        For now, we'll start with her claim , the subsequent arrest ,& the ongoing legal mess ,as our starting point. Mind you, I hadn't been involved with this person for well over a year. We were borders with seperate rooms in the same dwelling. 

          When it became more & more clear I was leaving , this woman became more & more irate, agitated, & vindictive. Her pleas fell on deaf ears. Being told no was simply intolerable. She dug her nails into my arm & disappeared into her room.

     I knew what was coming.  Everyone knew what was coming. Everyone had seen it before. Everyone of this woman's relationships, from various family members to work acquaintances, has a police report,  to go along with it. A high school friend of hers had warned to get away , it had to be loud , dramatic, & public.

      The local State Police have a pretty extensive list of incidences from hysterical accusing her father-in-law of infidelity during a drunken stupor (He was on the phone with her sister. So when the initial premise of stumbling onto infidelity fell through , she turned like a Massersti to accusations of assault made against the father-in-law.
            Anyway, it wrapped up that night with her being taken into custody due to her mother reporting her for threatening to OD on anxiety medication & NyQuil.) When I met this person she was on the wrong end of a domestic abuse case & within 6 months of beginning her campaign of harassment, stalking, slanders, libels, & threats, (in which she hilariously invokes the Biden family) she caught a few felony charges for ............
                    ... domestic abuse ...


So  it didn't matter how long I had nothing to do with this person,  her delusions persisted.  Some incident was inevitable... And I knew what was coming. 
           
            Well, I had finally seen my opportunity to hit the road, send her packing, & I was taking it. I merely wanted to sleep my last night away in the residence we shared , go to work the next day, & begin anew.

         This was not to be. This was to turn into an ongoing campaign of harassment, stalking, threats, criminal mischief , theft , malicious prosecutions, childish slanders ,& false charges with the main actor manipulating the nature of the courts & law enforcement as her main instrument of assault.

          So, the focus here isn't & won't be on the sad individual whom everyone around her had failed by allowing her to degenerate into petulant, spoiled  child in their mid-40s. This one desperately needs treatment but, for someone so bereft of even a concept of morality or ethics that late in life, it's unlikely it would take. The focus will be on an entity that does just as much damage , causes as much chaos, acts as dishonestly to cover itself, & whose agents act with just as much malicious intent albeit under the guise of righteousness ... 

         This ongoing ordeal now encompasses multiple counties , multiple charges , in multiple jurisdictions, multiple arrests ,& a short incarceration all stemming from unfounded claims & malicious intent by the driver & the incompetence, apathy ,& negligence of law enforcement & Delaware's Family Court system.

      This series will be about asserting, fighting for, maintaining ,& regaining , basic rights & an equality of justice afforded to us by the Constitution, & a rudimentary understanding of ethics & morality ,in the face of those in power who seemingly see them with apathy , disregard, & some , even with contempt ...” 

       To this day, not a single person in law enforcement, the courts , nor elected officials has taken a meta-view of the situation, nor listened to my defense, nor even bothered looking at the evidence save a ONE person. My favorite Republican. We'll see a bit more on her in another installment. And I'll be naming names. This is the government. People need to know who they're paying with their tax dollars , what they're paying for , & what they're actually getting. The meta-view is important because the events simply don't happen in a vacuum. The lack of a meta-view allows for conflicting statements & falsehoods to creep in. No one is keeping track. Judges look at what's in front of them for about 2 minutes. True justice requires knowledge of history , insights into a person, & context. This not the way judges operate today. Every judge in Delaware can safely be replaced by an entry level AI program. Your Honor, please don't take offense , fallaciously conflate yourself with the Court, & make the mistake of seeing this as contempt. There's nothing wrong with the Cadillac , it's the drunk or reckless driver that causes problems ...
     They operate in such a way that  allows for multiple continuances ,against their own rules, designed to deplete resources & jeopardize  employment to be deployed as weapons. 

      Now , the reasons why this is important are many. First & foremost it should be disturbing to anyone , most of all judges , commissioners, & law enforcement, at how easy it is for an unlettered, unschooled , profoundly bereft of intellect, malicious actor, to manipulate their biases, apathy, failure to communicate, prevailing political notions, & their egos to drive their system for nefarious purposes without any understanding or knowledge of what's actually taking place. This is a massive issue I've just become aware of & I'll be covering my steps & efforts to bring this to light & seek remedies . As you might guess , there's a lot of resistance by those who hold great & terrible power to being told : "You're doing it wrong." & "And you're aiding in a miscarriage of justice & a crime by doing it wrong. I understand why this is problematic to the ego & troublesome in their social circles ...Those dinners, lunches, & articles where everyone gets a pat on the back for doing a great job could get uncomfortable...
Acknowledging the reality means having to act. Acting means pointing out the mistakes & missteps of those around you. Acknowledging those missteps is an admission of infallibility & even worse "liability". A few people might lose their jobs or heaven forbid be forced to do them. So, the focus here will be the state, its production line culture , how its agents conduct, themselves & how someone with no resources, legal knowledge, represents themselves, doing their own research, faces off with multiple jurisdictions , multiple charges, bad actors in positions of authority , & time constraints ,will be the primary focus of this blog, seeing that the initial malicious actor, just isn't that interesting ...
Money , resources , & who you know are crucial factors in how things play out for you in these courts. A poor gentleman going into this is not coming out whole regardless of guilt or innocence. The forces aligned against him (& make no mistake ,they are against him) are formidable by virtue of their power. Their resources are seemingly limitless. And most importantly, they make the rules. 
I'll start by covering my initial arrest based on false charges with no corroborating evidence & the descent into a system of a rubber stamp production line that can't help itself, next week. I came into this with no legal knowledge, no resources to speak of , & no inside track with people in positions of power. I plan to win the long game. I plan on achieving justice & I plan on those who stood in the way of it to be held accountable. I started with a single guiding principle: If you tells lies about me , I'll tell the truth about you ... I will operate using the tools of logic , incisive research , & the notion that an innocent man need not give up his dignity or integrity.If you have information I don't have, tell me ... Hot tips ??? Fill me in ... Resources open to me ??? Point the way ...
This series will be about asserting, fighting for, maintaining ,& regaining , basic rights & an equality of justice afforded to us by the Constitution, & a rudimentary understanding of ethics & morality ,in the face of those in power who seemingly see them with apathy , disregard, & some , even with contempt ...

Hold on to the courage of your convictions , 
                      T.D. Jones 

Disarray & Indifference Pimped as Professionalism