dragonoflife | (no subject)

Thanks to those of you who posted kind words. I'm glad to have people who still know I'm not the sort of person who randomly beats up women for no reason, despite the fact that apparently I will soon be that person in the eyes of the law and the nation at large.

I managed to get my stuff back today, somehow, though it wasn't easy. I also confirmed my address. Now I just have to deal with the two big things: finding a lawyer, and paying for one.

Don't know how I'm going to manage those. My mother used to be a legal secretary, so she's looking in to things for me. It's really heartbreaking, though. I don't know how I can do it. I just don't.

I *hurt*. I hurt like hell. From the handcuffs, to the leg restraints, to walking all over DC, I really hurt, and I feel sick. I'm only at work today because I had to come to DC anyway to deal with all this. Emotionally, I am a thick candy shell of calm and acceptance over a chewy caramel center of bleak despair and nigh-madness.

I wonder if some of you are still expecting this to be an April Fool's joke. Don't I wish.

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That assumes I can proven innocent, can afford to, and can find adequate grounds for a lawsuit in return.

Remember that there are still three people who have convinced themselves that I shoved her (and I have studied groupthink; they will believe they saw something they didn't), and lied by omission by refusing to relate her assault on me. Against that sort of "evidence" proving myself innocent or establishing reasonable doubt will be very difficult.

It looked like there were several procedural problems with how the officer dealt with the situation that could be grounds for dismissal (though I am not a lawyer).

As near as I can tell, nothing that happened was actually grounds for dismissal. It may provide some basis for challenging the testimony given by the witnesses at best.