{"id":1425,"date":"2009-02-05T17:56:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T00:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2009-02-05T19:02:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T02:02:06","slug":"poetic-justice-fighting-bureaucracy-with-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/poetic-justice-fighting-bureaucracy-with-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetic Justice: Fighting Bureaucracy with Bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

While munching on my post-lunch cup of ice in the Hub today, I saw a set of posters I have seen many times before. The posters look similar to the following:<\/p>\n

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Along with the images go catch phrases like “Too Fast and Furious — Need Legal Help.” The posters are advertisements for “Student Legal Services,” one of many underutilized (I am sure) services paid for by Washington State Taxpayers and UW students. Normally I don’t pay much attention to these posters, but now I am in legal trouble<\/a>, so this time I did.<\/p>\n

It turns out the the office is not far from where the posters are, so I paid them a visit. I filled out a green sheet with the information about my legal troubles, and I now have an appointment to meet with Devin and Ivy, two student lawyers (I believe) tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I plan to ask them about:<\/p>\n

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  1. Advice on challenging the ticket<\/li>\n
  2. Whether the police officer issuing the ticket acted appropriately in “kind of” demanding my license (his intent was clear, even if he was trying to dance around the question legally)<\/li>\n
  3. What, in general, the law requires of police and myself during this kind of stop and other kinds of common police-civilian interactions. For example, can IDs be demanded? What if I refuse to give identification?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It will be interesting to see how it goes.<\/p>\n

    Oh, by the way, Washington State taxpayers: this and many other departments like it all around the UW and throughout the state government would be a great place to get back a good chunk of the 5.7 billion dollar deficit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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