Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Extreme make-over for gang banger
By
Wing Chun Geologist
on July 24, 2009 at 03:40 pm
Imagine that you’re a lawyer with a client who was kicked by a police officer at the end of a televised high speed pursuit. You’d like to sue the LAPD for $5 Million, but there’s just one problem.
Your client is covered in gang tattoos. He’s got a gang tattoo on his neck, and the name of his gang tattooed on his upper lip.
What do you do? How about an extreme make-over to make your client look like a respectable member of society.
Check out the before and after pictures at the LA Times.
P.S. The lawyer who wants to make the city of Los Angeles hand over $5 Million to a violent thug just happens to be a former city councilman. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elmonte24-2009jul24,0,431133.story
Your client is covered in gang tattoos. He’s got a gang tattoo on his neck, and the name of his gang tattooed on his upper lip.
What do you do? How about an extreme make-over to make your client look like a respectable member of society.
the attorney said his heavily tattooed client will be getting an extreme makeover in time for a trial, complete with a thick Tom Selleck mustache—think “Magnum P.I.”—to cover the name of his street gang, which is inked on his upper lip. Richard Rodriguez will also grow hair to cover the tattoos on his shaved head. And he’ll wear a nice, conservative suit.
To make his point, Pacheco used Photoshop to show the difference.
In the booking photo, Rodriguez’s head is shaved, and the name of his gang hangs over his lip. Tattoos climb his neck. In the “after” rendition, he’s wearing a black suit with a metallic gray tie, neatly combed hair and a lush mustache.
“People get past looks when you put on a suit and your hair is grown,” Pacheco said.
Check out the before and after pictures at the LA Times.
P.S. The lawyer who wants to make the city of Los Angeles hand over $5 Million to a violent thug just happens to be a former city councilman. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elmonte24-2009jul24,0,431133.story
