Dismissed: In the interest of justice
. . . was the outcome for my case of "CRIMINAL trespassing," (i.e. sleeping in a hospital waiting room chair).
Apparently, the judge felt that even security guards, who are hired to protect and serve a private interest, should have better professional and civil discretion than to roll up (three deep: two to stand guard while I'm handcuffed and one to call the police) on a homeless female and have her thrown in jail basically for sleeping. The whole thing, actually, would have been quite comical, had it not been so ridiculously and shamefully wasteful.
I must admit, my indignation grew as I sat in the court room during the two separate days that it took to try my case. I...