The Latest New Haven Two Update
The headline says “Flour-sprinkling joggers out of trouble,” but they hardly get off scot free. According to the article, “. . . charges were dropped Thursday after Daniel Salchow agreed he and his sister would donate $4,000 to local charities. Prosecutors could reopen the case if the Salchows do the same thing again in the next 13 months.”
It could be that whoever wrote the article was confused: Dr. Gonad (Daniel Salchow) announced his intent to donate money to charity over a month ago, and it was a factor in the city of New Haven agreeing to drop charges. But this round of charges was being pressed by the state, not the city. After reading a more detailed article in the New Haven Register (link below), it appears that the city and state view the $4,000 donation as a payoff, and that it was indeed a deciding factor in the city and state agreeing to dismiss charges. The article should have read: “. . . charges were only dropped Thursday after Daniel Salchow agreed he and his sister would donate $4,000 to local charities.”
And have the charges really been dismissed? Connecticut says it’ll reopen the case if Dr. Gonad or his sister (would that also include anyone else from the New Haven HHH?) frightens another citizen between now and January 2009. That’s a significant threat. As a hasher, I take the threat seriously, and so should you. If it’s happening in New Haven, it could just as easily happen in San Diego, Chicago, Tampa, or Las Vegas.
We were hoping for a clean dismissal of charges. What we got isn’t clean at all. It cost Dr. Gonad $4,000 – some of which was donated by hashers from across the USA – to get a dismissal that can be rescinded at the drop of a handful of flour.
If the authorities continue to treat hashers as terrorists, I hope you’ll join me in alerting police to the hundreds of potential acts of terrorism committed daily by the very same bedwetters who call the cops on us.
Update: here’s a more detailed article from the New Haven Register.
Index of New Haven Two entries, from earliest to latest:
- Connecticut Yankees & Mysterious White Powder
- Mysterious White Powder Hits the Blogosphere
- In Which We Petition the Connecticut Yankee
- Free the New Haven Two!
- Another New Haven Two Update
- Hash House Harriers for Equal Enforcement
- Busy Busy Busy
- Yet Another New Haven Two Update
- Another in a Series of New Haven Two Updates
- The Latest New Haven Two Update
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