Bloomfield 48th District Court

The entrance to 48th District Court

So, I'm having trouble with getting my car registered. I have told that story in another blog, "LIENS, LIES and SOS". You can read that and find out how I got here. I am driving without a registration, because the Secretary of State claims I don't have insurance. I was stopped by Bloomfield Police Officer Simon in the early morning hours of November 24, 2019. I had just left Beaumont Hospital in a huff and was driving down Woodward, on my way home. I was not speeding, despite being angry, but going a steady 50 MPH. You know the lights on Woodward, you go steady 50 MPH and you catch every one. Somewhere between that second light, before you get to Square Lake and Woodward and the light at Square Lake and Woodward, he got me. I quickly change my mood from angry to cooperative. Before Steve became my victim, he was my friend, and used to give me advice. One thing he said to me one day is, "If you don't have anything to hide, why do you get so upset? You get an attitude, I get an attitude, too. Who do you think is going to win?" Even though I was mad with the people at the hospital, this cop was not the people at the hospital. So, I rolled down my window and put my hand back on my steering wheel and said, "Yes, officer." It went smoothly and he didn't even say anything about my tinted windows. I was happy about that. He said, "Now, you be safe, okay?" I politely said, "Yes, sir," and drove away. Pleased with myself for making it through a horrible experience after the two horrible experiences I had that night.

Officer Simon had lied, however, during our encounter. He claimed that police officers could not tell if you have insurance by running your license plate. He said that he has been a cop for over 15-years and had never heard of such a thing. A lie they obviously tell often, because a woman sat next to me yesterday and said a Bloomfield Hills officer told her husband the same thing. That can get them lots of money from people who don't feel like being bothered with the court system and who will just pay the ticket. They don't write it as "DRIVING WITHOUT INSURANCE", but "NO PROOF OF INSURANCE". Why that is still against the law, when the police can tell if you have insurance is beyond me. Municipalities like Bloomfield Hills are cleaning up. It is not a "moving violation" and doesn't add points to your driving record. So, you pay the ticket and it just goes away, unlike "DRIVING WITHOUT INSURANCE" that is a citation that can get you vehicle towed and cost you a lot of money and time. Bloomfield Hills has all the latest technology, because you can pay on-line with a credit or debit card or pay with a credit or debit card or check in person. People that work and make over $100K a year, will just jump on line and pay the ticket. They don't know that the officer that stop them knew they had insurance, by running a LIEN on their plate. Insurance companies have to report to the LIEN company every 16-days and verify that you are still insured. By playing dumb, Bloomfield Hills is racking up on civil infraction fees.'

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I had missed my first court-date, because of car trouble. Lights in my car were flashing like a Christmas Tree. My "Cruise" light was also flashing and my car was speeding up and slowing down at will. I had to write a letter to the Magistrate to set another date and she did. They set the date for yesterday. I get dressed and go to the 48th District Court on time. A sheriff's deputy pointed me to the basement where a clerk and Prosecutor were set up with a room. I was confused when the woman said she was a Prosecutor. Prosecutors are usually used in criminal cases. All of us had simple civil infractions. Not "moving violations" that carry points, but are still civil infractions. This lady sat there and told me, "If you would just take care of it, I would dismiss it". She gave me more time to deal with it. I was glad for the help, but went away confused.

Kelly

I met Kelly in 2011, in the Oakland County Jail (OCJ). She was over-weight and had long brown hair, brown eyes and freckles. She was bad looking at all. She came to my door once after returning from court, and asked me to come talk to her. "Court" was code for she was in the clinic being sold all day. I always hated when they did that, because I was thinking they would ask to move into my cell. When I came out for my walk, I went to her cell. We talked and she told me how Bloomfield Hills Police would come to her father's house on his word and drag her back to jail.  She spoke to me with as much sense as she could muster, I guess, because the next day she went "to court" and acted a fool when she got back. "High-Pockets" a deputy who was given this name, because he wore his pants high at the ankles and tight on his balls. He was a tall and thin man and had long legs. In order to get pants that fit right on him he had to pay more and didn't want to. So, his pants flooded and his pockets were high on his hips, thus the nickname, High-Pockets. He would come down and talk to Kelly sometimes. Kelly just became harder and harder to live with. Recently diagnosed Bi-Polar, she was typical. She was angry, difficult and quick to become hard to handle. No one was too hard for High-Pockets, however, and she would get dragged out of one of the observation rooms (Bam-Bam) often and given a shot. Then she was put in a gown naked. 

At the time, I had no idea these women were being forced into prostitution. After a week or so of her antics, she was moved to the other side and given as many pills as she needed to feel "normal". She became known as the "Pill Girl" in Max. The women they wanted to move Max, were rarely maximum security inmates. Due to women not being violent offenders it was always practically empty. Women like Kelly would be moved there from General Population to be pimped. They knew what to do, and would start fights with one another. This way they can get in "Bam-Bam" with Beane, and after a their punishment was served, instead of going back to General Population they went to Max, across the hall. When she left, Jessica came to my door and told me Kelly's story. Kelly had been in a relationship with a Sergeant at the jail. Jessica said that when she lived across the hall he would come and sit on their desk and talk to her his entire shift. She also said that Kelly had moved from Max into a Trustee Pod, without being down-graded to General Population. That's where she had been when she left the last time in December. She was what they called a regular. This time, however, the Sergeant had gotten another woman and Kelly couldn't go to the Trustee Pod. 

That's why she acted out so badly and kicked on her door in the "Bam-Bam" cell all day. I mean she would lie on the floor and kick constantly, all day. Those cells I later found out were for instant gratification. Deputies would come in the middle of the night and stick their appendage in the food-slot and get satisfied, while we all slept. I can only guess that they paid the night-shift deputies for the experience. Kelly had been moved from being a mistress to what was the equivalent of a street walker. I suddenly understood her frustration. Instead of being pampered and fed "hot food" three times a week, she was giving hand-jobs and blow-jobs through a food slot. That could get to be really frustrating. She was used to the good life, but this time she had gotten there a little to late and her Sergeant had gotten himself another girl. She had to come to grips with it and when she did, High-Pockets moved her and got her comfortable and even gave her a hustle that would make her popular and safe in Max.

Minorities

It seems that Bloomfield also has a problem with minorities. It looks to me that they are not only trying to scare women with civil infractions into prostitution, but they are also targeting minority drivers. Back 20-years ago, a man was giving a ticket in Waterford. The man was Black and discouraged about the ticket and wanted to do something about it. He somehow got a study of how Waterford P.D. wrote tickets. He wanted to know where they wrote tickets and to whom the gave tickets to. Because not only were the people at 48th District Court women, but they were all minority women. When I got there, there was a Black woman and an Asian woman there. As I sat there, two Middle Eastern women sat down. There was no White people there at all. Bloomfield Hills is predominately White. Why were there only minorities there, yesterday? It seems that they are writing civil infraction at a disproportional rate than those that live in West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township. I want one of those studies done, because it will let us know if we are being discriminated against and given tickets instead of Whites that live in the area. I know the study that man got in Waterford found out that they wrote tickets in areas of Waterford where Blacks were prone to be found. They wrote tickets on Elizabeth Lake Road, Telegraph and Huron more than streets where Whites drove deep into Waterford. The area of Elizabeth Lake and Telegraph is where the Summit Place Mall was located and Blacks frequented the mall. I bet the Bloomfield police right tickets on their end of Telegraph, Woodward and Square Lake where I was stopped and that strip of Square Lake. I bet it's mostly Black people, too.

They aren't only trying to get women to sell, but Black people who are just passing through. I remember a friend of mine at Sears telling me a story about Waterford Police. He is a bowler and frequented the 200 Bowling Lanes down at Elizabeth Lake Road and M-59. He and some friends, all of who had jobs and did not sell drugs, were riding five deep. All Black men, but all in a car in Waterford driving home at night. He said they started following them at the Wendy's that used to be across from the Mickey D's on Elizabeth Lake Road. They followed them across Telegraph and finally stopped them at Oakland Point. They forced them all out the car and made them sit with their legs crossed on the side of the road, and spoke to the driver. My friend said that he was so disgusted, but he is a big man and didn't want to make waves. They didn't find drugs, no man had warrants and they were free to go. Just another day in the life of a Black man. I suffer both as a Black person and a woman. When I drove my brothers '77 Cutlass, I was stopped three times in Bloomfield Hills. Each time they searched my car, but did not impound it like Waterford. I was scared for the Asian woman at court yesterday. She paid her fine, which probably wasn't fair. After Lisa, I know how valuable Asian women are in the Oakland County Prostitution Ring. That woman from "Full Metal Jacket" made it every man's dream to "Party", and get, "Anyting you want". A Bloomfield cop was talking with the two Oakland County Sheriff's that work the scanning machine. He probably hoped that she would opt out of paying the ticket and go out to his car...Who knows?