Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:07:40 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

I am basing my conclusion more on my knowledge of how corrupt most police
departments these days are.
Guess you didn't notice that the jury (or the judge trying the case) who
heard all of the witnesses and whose job it was to decide who was telling
the truth found beyond a reasonable doubt that it was the insurance
company's insured that was at fault. You got a jaywalking ticket once, and
you're never gonna believe any cop again.

All I want from you is an admission that you were completely wrong with
respect to this case when it gets overturned upon appeal. It's VERY obvious
that it's an attempted railroad job by the local authorities looking after
one of their own. When it gets out of the local jurisdiction things will be
looked at objectively and justice will be done. The guy is clearly not to
blame sitting there at the helm of that sailboat going all of five miles an
hour being struck from behind by a speed boat driving recklessly and at way
too high a speed for the visibility. The cop broke any number of COLREG
rules. The ONLY rule the sailboat owner (note I said owner and not helmsman)
may have broken is not having his nav lights turned on but there were
witnesses ashore that said they WERE turned on. I even question the validity
of the breath test results for the helmsman as he didn't have enough to
drink to get those results. Could it be that they rigged the breath tester
and that's why they didn't want to use it on the cop? Very possible.

You tell me how a speed boat can strike a sailboat from behind in such a way
that it carried its
way forward and sheered the mast off can not be overtaking.

You tell me why the cop wasn't given a breath test on the spot like the
helmsman of the sailboat.

You tell me why the cop's blood test was totally mishandled with NO chain of
custody. It could be anybody's blood that got sent to the lab. Give me a
break. I wasn't born yesterday.

The whole thing is a farce. Take it to any impartial jury and the helmsman
will walk. Make book on it, dude! The insurance company is smart to take it
public. They are clearly getting screwed just because they have deep
pockets. Typical lawyer-approved/crooked local politics smarmy tricks.

Wilbur Hubbard



Actually, Wilbur, it's even worse than what you said. The sailboat was
going nowhere near 5 mph. It was in drifting conditions.


--AG