How awful this is. Is it common in US to put a jaildress on a suspect, and a chain!!?? He iooks as a heavy criminal and is not yet found guilty of anything.
that is awful.
I am sure he is being treated like any other drunken supsect found driving a stolen car. Do you think he should be kept in a four star hotel with room service because he is a skater?
a small village like Lake Placid is not used to this type of behavior and typically the law enforcement team tries to do everything by the book.
Where do you think this type of behavior goes on? It's in small towns all the time, especially tourist destinations like Lake Placid.
Where do you think this type of behavior goes on? It's in small towns all the time, especially tourist destinations like Lake Placid.
Poor Andre, and all that publicity. What do those letters mean on the prison garb? I can't figure them out for anything in English.
they stand for the Essex County correctional Facility of Essex County Department of corrections....I can only get the EC and not sure what the last two letters are. That's pretty common for prison outfits!
But my advice to anybody is don't steal or drive drunk if you don't want to suffer a degree of public humiliation.
Last I checked, we have a presumption of innocence in this country. I can see how you can argue for public humiliation for a convicted felon, but in our system until he IS convicted, it is as if he were innocent.But my advice to anybody is don't steal or drive drunk if you don't want to suffer a degree of public humiliation.
Last I checked, we have a presumption of innocence in this country. I can see how you can argue for public humiliation for a convicted felon, but in our system until he IS convicted, it is as if he were innocent.
Since Lutai had to have a bobsled coach interpret for him, it's not surprising that the press has not been able to get to him for quotes. And a good thing that is!
But my advice to anybody is don't steal or drive drunk if you don't want to suffer a degree of public humiliation.
Sometimes it is more difficulty public (media's) the humiliation, than a prison sentence, or chains itself...
I wonder, if they would display on the same way and some American skater (or any other USA public figure)? :scratch: ... ie - would be and SHOULD be allowed cameras in the courtroom, by American law?!
That's true. Any more misunderstanding at this point would probably cause more press frenzy and be absolutely disastrous for him!
Does the US press always give so much attention to all drunk drivers? They've photographed Lutai in prison clothes, written lots of articles etc. Or is it just because Lutai is kind of famous?