What does an innocent man have to do to go free? Plead guilty
I often think there should be a superhero archangel comic character that is a ruthless defender of justice.  I don&#x27;t understand the mentality of prosecutors, nor the judges, public defenders and others who are also complacent in an evil system.<p>I have had three encounters with law enforcement, the first ended in similar fashion to this story.  I was charged with a crime I didn&#x27;t commit which happened to occur on video.<p>After 18-months, and threats of serious felony charges, I refused to accept a plea.  I asked my lawyer if it was illegal to plead guilty to a crime I didn&#x27;t commit and he said it was.<p>The prosecutor then says, &quot;the state moves to drop the case citing lack of evidence&quot;.  Again, the crime (theft) was recorded on videotape and two other guys I didn&#x27;t know clearly stole the items involved.  I won but the court wouldn&#x27;t actually let me win.<p>Another time I was caught in an unfortunate incident where a security guard pushed me into a street.  I was tackled, tasered, later choked, threatened to be killed and then powerslammed head first on concrete by Detective of the Year, Glenn A. Ritchie, of the Broward County Sheriff&#x27;s Office.<p>Ritchie charged me with non-violent misdemeanors and then a day later, alleged felonies in a contradictory and clearly false 2nd police report.  I spent 34-days in jail until the charges were non-filed but not until the felony was refiled as a misdemeanor, sent to the wrong address, resulting in a still standing capias warrant for my arrest.<p>The system is flawed.  People who work in the courts, especially in major cities, are not to be celebreated but derided.  It&#x27;s an insane system of high bails, boilerplate plea deals and cold indifference.