NEWS: Thank God for Daylight Saving Time!

A woman was locked for four days in a tiny holding cell in a northern Arkansas courthouse, forgotten by the authorities and left without food or water, the local Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.

The woman, Adriana Torres-Flores, 38, a longtime illegal immigrant from Mexico, slept on the floor with only a shoe for a pillow, and with nothing to drink except her own urine, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. There was no bathroom in the cell.

A bailiff had apparently forgotten that he placed Ms. Torres-Flores, a mother of three, in the cell last Thursday, and simply left her in the empty courthouse, in Fayetteville, over the weekend, said the chief deputy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Jay Cantrell. A snowstorm meant that there were far fewer people than usual working at the courthouse on Friday.

“He just flat forgot about her,” Mr. Cantrell said, adding that the bailiff, Jarrod Hankins, had been placed on administrative leave, having been on the job a few months. “It was just a horrible mistake,” Mr. Cantrell said.

... she had been among numerous people arrested at a flea market on charges related to the sale of pirated DVDs and CDs.

In Little Rock, Rita Sklar, executive director of the A.C.L.U. of Arkansas, said the organization was very concerned.

“There certainly have been a lot of problems in that corner of the state, in terms of police treatment of Latinos and bigoted statements by government officials,” Ms. Sklar said. “We’re looking into the general problem in northwest Arkansas of racial profiling and abuse of power.”

crispy said:
Hopefully, they'll also drop the charges against her.
She's already done her time.

Gringo said:
Oh, Crispy, I think it's Daylight Savings Time and not Saving Time.

crispy said:

Nope. That's a common mistake, though.

MrCrisp said:

but what does this have to do with DST?

crispy said:

The weekend was shortened by an hour!

MrCrisp said:

ooooooooooooooooooooh. i guess one hour really makes a difference when you're wrongfully abandoned and forced to drink your own urine.

TheFuckOffKid said:

I knew that Daylight Saving was a liberal conspiracy.

Next thing you know, we'll be giving terrorists one less hour of waterboarding.

MrCrisp said:

but what does this have to do with DST?

unravled said:

I read that and thought to myself, "dick sucking time?"

MrCrisp said:
it's always dick sucking time.

Gringo said:

Not according to my girlfriend's watch.

MrCrisp said:

time to buy her a new watch.

unravled said:
If she had spent more DST and less time pirating DVDs she wouldn't be in this situation.

unravled said:

Or buy yourself a new girlfriend.

unravled said:

Or buy yourself a new girlfriend.

Kindle said:
Either one would be acceptable. Get on it Gringo.

Gringo said:

Kindle.

Remember the audio fun we had last time when I had a date? She was actually pretty turned on to find out you and Retardo were listening.

It's on again tomorrow if you're down. This time with webcam?

Luxt said:
When i was serving my eight grade year in Arkansas, my history teacher taught us that Arkansas was the only state in the US that produced enough resources to completely close itself off from the rest of the country and still care for its residents' basic needs.

my question is why the surrounding states have not called their bluff.

mydogfarted said:

No one wants a flag with an odd number of stars again.

Luxt said:
When i was serving my eight grade year in Arkansas, my history teacher taught us that Arkansas was the only state in the US that produced enough resources to completely close itself off from the rest of the country and still care for its residents' basic needs.

my question is why the surrounding states have not called their bluff.