Man charged with battery for farting near cop

[coffeeseven]

The show's info box says "Our asses are now al-Qaeda biological chemical weapons."

[ColdSoul]

Thats a bunch of bs. Anything can be a chemical weapon according to the law if they can prove that the person dispensed a chemical into another person's eyes/face/body to cause harm. I would like youthem to show me how farting near someone can cause harm!

If a cop said he was charging me with battery for farting, I think I would knock the f-kers teeth in, atleast I would get a charge for actually DOING something!

Edit for my miss-stating "you" when I was refering to "them".

[coffeeseven]

I'm just going to post all of the ridiculous arrest stories I find on this thread.

[coffeeseven]

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/23/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/doc495137f69ecad373799461.txt

Traffic stop left driver scared


Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | 39 comment(s)


I became alarmed and frightened when I was blinded by a troopers car spotlight. He seemed over anxious and jumpy while searching my car.

Knowing that it was not the speed I was traveling, I asked to see his radar detector. Irritated, he yelled if I looked he would arrest me, claiming it was for his safety. What did he think I was going to do? Stare him to death? Female of 60 years, sitting perfectly still, yet asking permission, certainly is no shape to be a threat, besides he was the one with the gun. Planning to ask a fellow officer about my rights made the trooper angry. He started shaking while pacing and yelling, "That officer was not there!" These actions frightened me more.

A child rode by on his bike. When the trooper yelled to him to get his lights on or "I will arrest you." The child, not realizing he was referring to him, stopped to cross the street. Acting angry, the trooper continued screaming to "get your lights on or I will arrest you" and he started toward the child. Then realizing the trooper was yelling at him, the child looked frightened. The trooper yelled, "go home now or I will arrest you." The child left speechless.

What has happened to our protector, the policemen, one can turn to for help if needed? This scare tactic will probably haunt this child forever, sending a message police are the last people to turn to. He could have chosen kindness while being stern for the child's safety by taking time to explain. Where is the honor, respect and trust in his actions? I feel he is a time bomb waiting to explode when the right moment appears.

This trooper's actions proved he either dislikes his job or likes his job, but dislikes the people he has sworn to protect. To be accused when one knows he is innocent is bad enough, but what bothers me more is the hostile treatment we had to endure. He revealed, by his body language, he will react however he feels to fit the occasion, or whomever he thinks is watching and will continue to get away with whatever he chooses, by his proven power of out-of-control behavior, of anything goes, with no repercussion to him.

Sherry Eisenbarth

Coos Bay

[doobie]

Man, that really stinks. 

Assault:

Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force

Battery:

A term used by the common law jurisdictions, which involves an injury or other contact upon the person of another in a manner likely to cause bodily harm.

[coffeeseven]

http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/story/Man-claims-Phoenix-officer-wouldnt-let-him-rescue/uSDXo0vALEiuKVsvSvFUfA.cspx

"This guy comes barreling out of his house, flashed his gun and his badge, and started screaming and freaking out."

Hit the link for the whole STUPID story. It's a cat in a tree for god sake.

[Raineyrocks]

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/23/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/doc495137f69ecad373799461.txt

Traffic stop left driver scared


Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | 39 comment(s)


I became alarmed and frightened when I was blinded by a troopers car spotlight. He seemed over anxious and jumpy while searching my car.

Knowing that it was not the speed I was traveling, I asked to see his radar detector. Irritated, he yelled if I looked he would arrest me, claiming it was for his safety. What did he think I was going to do? Stare him to death? Female of 60 years, sitting perfectly still, yet asking permission, certainly is no shape to be a threat, besides he was the one with the gun. Planning to ask a fellow officer about my rights made the trooper angry. He started shaking while pacing and yelling, "That officer was not there!" These actions frightened me more.

A child rode by on his bike. When the trooper yelled to him to get his lights on or "I will arrest you." The child, not realizing he was referring to him, stopped to cross the street. Acting angry, the trooper continued screaming to "get your lights on or I will arrest you" and he started toward the child. Then realizing the trooper was yelling at him, the child looked frightened. The trooper yelled, "go home now or I will arrest you." The child left speechless.

What has happened to our protector, the policemen, one can turn to for help if needed? This scare tactic will probably haunt this child forever, sending a message police are the last people to turn to. He could have chosen kindness while being stern for the child's safety by taking time to explain. Where is the honor, respect and trust in his actions? I feel he is a time bomb waiting to explode when the right moment appears.

This trooper's actions proved he either dislikes his job or likes his job, but dislikes the people he has sworn to protect. To be accused when one knows he is innocent is bad enough, but what bothers me more is the hostile treatment we had to endure. He revealed, by his body language, he will react however he feels to fit the occasion, or whomever he thinks is watching and will continue to get away with whatever he chooses, by his proven power of out-of-control behavior, of anything goes, with no repercussion to him.

Sherry Eisenbarth

Coos Bay

Wow, it's like reading a Stephen King book, so surreal!   It's time to fire buttheads like this and he definitely is a ticking time bomb.  I wonder if there are trials going on with cops like mind control stuff that is making them this aggressive?   If it is just naturally coming about, why?