If it was your daughter who had made some very bad choices, what would you want done? Bail is supposed to be to guarantee you’ll come back for your trial – it isn’t a form of punishment – that’s in the constitution. People who are drunk or high are not necessarily criminally liable for acts done “under the influence” – she should be taken off to sober up (come down from whatever she was on), then tried. Bringing someone not in their right mind was unfair. Where were her parents? “
I meant to address this post as well. If my daughter chas v’sholom ever acted with such complete contempt for someone in authority who had the power to send her to jail, I would applaud him for doing so, while cringing at the thought of my child being in worse trouble. But sometimes tough love is necessary, even as we cry for the pain we will see our children go through as a result.
This girl in the video seems to have parents who are very absent, or have little control over her, and while that is very sad for her, she should have been smart enough to not come to court appearing high or buzzed, both of which are conscious choices that she made, if in fact she was high or drunk. I feel no pity for her for that. And btw, people who are drunk or under the influence are most CERTAINLY criminally liable for their actions committed under those influences, unless they were under the influence through no fault of their own, which does not typically happen that way.