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Oh, please. Charges get dropped all the time for reasons that have nothing to do with the legitimacy of the charges. Things like knowing an illegal strip search happened in conjunction with the arrest or knowing any verdict will be throw out due to police error, such as failing to notify the arrested person that they have a right to call their consulate, are certainly reasonable explanations why a legitimate charge would be dropped. Aside from which, again if this is the case I remember, part of the deal for the charges being dropped was that she HAD to leave to country.
Her settlement, which was significantly less than she oringinally sued for, shows the police took actions that were either illegal or unconstitutional, not whether she was innocent or not.
In the article posted in the original post, it says the charges were dropped because she agreed to leave the country.
The strip search thing was odd, but it doesn't say why they strip searched her. She sounds like she was being very difficult with folks in the restaurant and the police.
In the article posted in the original post, it says the charges were dropped because she agreed to leave the country.
The strip search thing was odd, but it doesn't say why they strip searched her. She sounds like she was being very difficult with folks in the restaurant and the police.
That was during the time the NYC police were strip searching pretty much all females, regardless of the charges. They should have charged most of those jackasses with assault.
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Yeah, no sympathy from me. I never would have done it for certain anywhere.
She should have realized, or someone should have told her, that NYC is a much more dangerous place than anywhere in Denmark, so not safe to leave a baby out of your direct protection.
I'm afraid that ignorance of the law is never considered a defense. So she had to get some sort of citation...surprised she was actually arrested, though.
I'm afraid that ignorance of the law is never considered a defense. So she had to get some sort of citation...surprised she was actually arrested, though.
what law? what sort of citation could they have issued?
In the article posted in the original post, it says the charges were dropped because she agreed to leave the country.
The strip search thing was odd, but it doesn't say why they strip searched her. She sounds like she was being very difficult with folks in the restaurant and the police.
she was frightened.
The charges were dropped because she had not broken any law.
"In much abbreviated form, the basic facts are as follows: Sorensen, a citizen of Denmark, brought this action against the City of New York and various police officers, arising out of her arrest on charges of recklessly endangering her child. Sorensen had left her baby in a baby carriage on the sidewalk outside the window of an East Village restaurant, while she and Exavier Wardlaw, the father of the child, ate in the restaurant, surveilling the carriage through the restaurant window, a practice Sorensen asserted was commonplace where she lived in Denmark. The police responded to a 911 call about an unattended baby in a carriage on the street. After Wardlaw argued with the police, he was arrested for disorderly conduct and endangering the welfare of a child. Sorensen was then also arrested for endangering the welfare of her child. The police did not advise Sorensen of any right to seek assistance from Danish consular authorities, as required by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, opened for signature April 24, 1963, art. 36, 21 U.S.T. 77, 596 U.N.T.S. 261 (ratified Nov. 24, 1969) [hereinafter "Vienna Convention"]. Following her arrest, Sorensen was held in custody for almost forty-two hours, until her arraignment. A few days later, the case against her was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, and subsequently lapsed without prosecution."
People who would equate the streets of NYC to downtown Aleppo ought to have their heads examined. Something of the same might be meted out to meddling prudes and moralizing do-gooder wannabes.
It's been 20 years, so she's had plenty of time to revise her story, while other people who knew about it then, are long gone or don't remember.
America does not have to follow the laws or customs of Denmark, or any other country.
Yeah, but you should see the conniption American citizens have when they are arrested at the Canadian border trying to bring their handguns in.
You're correct, a citizen's right stops at the border of it's country. Then they have to abide by the laws of the country they enter, and never mind what you think your Constitution allows.
I already posted what she was charged with. The article tells you all of the answers to your questions.
"The charges against the tourist, Annette Sorensen, were dropped at the request of the Manhattan District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, and prosecutors noted that the dismissal was not opposed by the City Administration for Children's Services."
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"''No purpose would be served by the prosecution of this case at this time,'' said David Austen, the assistant district attorney prosecuting the case.
Judge Michael Gross of Criminal Court told Ms. Sorensen, 30, that charges would be dropped and that the record of the charges would be sealed if she remained out of trouble for six months. The judge said that Ms. Sorensen would not have to remain in the United States or return to court at the end of the six months." Charges Against Danish Mother Are Dropped - The New York Times
There is no mention that the charges were dropped if she left the country.
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