By Elmer Whittaker
This incident
was clearly the so dreaded “Domestic Violence” as interpreted by the laws of
most States, which automatically should or would file charges against Solange for
Domestic Violence, Battery and Disorderly Conduct. In some States Solange would
be subject to arrest and prosecuted with or without the consent, desire or
intention of her victim Jay-Z.
Depending on the time and circumstances when the local law enforcement found out about this case of Domestic Violence and again depending on the State an immediate arrest warrant would have been issued and considerable search efforts would have been initiated to apprehend the fleeing suspect.
In some
States or Counties, Law Enforcement is required to make an arrest whenever they
are called on a Domestic Violence or Disturbance case. I know this is the case
in Mohave County, Arizona. In other States or Counties, Law Enforcement is
required to arrest both, the suspect and the alleged victim. I believe in Clark
County, Nevada LVMPD is required to arrest both, the suspect and the alleged
victim.
If the
situation and roles in the Solange vs Jay-Z case were reversed and Jay-Z would
have been the alleged suspect, the question if he should be prosecuted, would
have never been ask, and Jay-Z had better found him a good lawyer.
Over the
years, I could not help but seeing a strong bias against men, especially in
alleged Domestic Violence cases which are not as clearly documented as the
Jay-Z vs. Solange case.
I personally
believe mandatory arrest laws in cases of suspected Domestic Violence to be as unconstitutional
and as unfair as the prosecution of alleged suspects without the charge,
consent or desire of the alleged victim.
Unfortunately
often, corrupt Law Enforcement and Judicial Branches are abusing Domestic
Violence prosecution as easy to use way to extort and coerce false guilty pleas
from the all too often helpless victim of malicious prosecution, just as they
do with many other charges and “offenses”.
In the
current Clark County Sheriff’s race there seems to be hardly a candidate found
who himself is not in one form or another accused of this dreaded “Domestic
Violence”.
I see a definite
need to repeal current “Domestic Violence” laws.
