User talk:Micatxpaca

Warren Moon
Hi, could you please explain why you keep removing "Despite Felicia's refusal to press charges,"? And do you have a source for this removal of content?  Eagles   24/7   (C)  01:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Replying to your edit summary: Yes, but she could file criminal charges against him if she wanted to.  Eagles   24/7   (C)  01:08, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Quite simply, you are stating and perpetuating a falsehood. Felicia never had any power to press or not press charges. No citizen does. That power resides exclusively with law enforcement, i.e., "the State." The notion that a citizen can press charges is a common misunderstanding perpetuated by the media in television and movies. A citizen cannot 'press charges' or 'file charges.' A citizen can only ever file a 'complaint' with law enforcement. After that, it is purely at the discretion of law enforcement whether 'charges' are filed. Your insistence on repeating this falsehood, is not true to history--or the facts. Anyone with a decent understanding of Civics--or anyone asking a police officer, a prosecutor, or a criminal defense attorney would know that this is correct. A more accurate thing for you to state in this section would be: "Despite Felicia's desire that the police not press charges, Warren was ..."Micatxpaca (talk)


 * Thanks for clarifying that for me. I wasn't sure if you were correct or not so I brought the discussion here. Thanks,  Eagles   24/7   (C)  01:38, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

This has been interesting. I'm new to "editing" Wikipedia entries, so this was a learning experience for me. I still have a lot to learn about how to use all the Wiki tools properly. I'm glad we were able to work this out. Best, K.Micatxpaca (talk) 03:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, and if you need any help, you can contact me on my talk page or add the template to this page for assistance. Happy editing!  Eagles   24/7   (C)  03:22, 3 December 2009 (UTC)