r/BeAmazed • u/girlysunshinehihi • Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/TomDestry Feb 27 '25

Nope.

The whole point of having judges and juries is to weigh the individual case and circumstances against the law and make a determination that considers both.

In this case he heard evidence from the defendant, that the charge was wrong, that he wasn't driving fast and he weighed both sides.

Following your argument we could replace the judge with a flow chart.

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u/TheEngine26 Feb 27 '25

He did not hear evidence. He heard an old guy say he didn't do it and then tell him why he was out driving.

I'm sure there's testimony by the police officer that says different.

Following your argument, we could replace the judge with a gameshow called "Who Has the Saddest Story?".

This is a shitty situation because capitalism puts people in shitty situations, but this has nothing to do with the rule of law or the interpretation of those laws.

This is the typical fake wholesome "look at people briefly coming together to overcome a small part of late stage capitalism" that gets crapped out on local news and this subreddit.

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u/1104L Feb 27 '25

This video is obviously edited. You genuinely think this was the extent of the proceedings and the judge heard or saw nothing before dismissing the case?

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u/TheSnozzwangler Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

Here's the source video; They cut out a bit about the judge introducing his own son, but there wasn't any review of video evidence or officer testimony in there. Not sure if the original video is uncut though.