It was last Monday morning when I was just a-walkin' down the street, singing, "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do," when— all the sudden —the cops show up and arrest me per a bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a scheduled hearing. The problem is (aside from the obvious), there was no hearing, there was no criminal case, and therefore should have been no warrant; and, seeing as I wasn't suspected of committing a crime at the time of my arrest—nor was I subsequently charged with one—and seeing that I was not supposed to be on probation (that terminated on September 1st, 2015), I shouldn't have been stopped or searched or arrested at all. But, I was... My jail-issued wristband ...as you can see from the booking sheet detailing the circumstances of my arrest: Booking Sheet for 9/12/2015 Arrest by James Alan Bush Arresting officers wrote 5 in the Booking Type box, which is the code for local bench warrant : Booking Sheet Codes by Ja
My inevitable demise, daily.