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Got arrested yesterday!
« on: August 05, 2010, 10:02:40 PM »
Some asshole followed me into a parking lot and started yelling obscenities at me and saying he was kick to my ass. I got of my car and walked out of my way to avoid him and he continued. I started to yell back over my shoulder, continuing to walk away and into the store and he pulled out in his can to get parallel with me again and kept threatening. I yelled to "Fuck off and leave me alone!" ad continued to walk towards the entrance of the store. All of a sudden a cop car pulls up, nearly hitting me in the crosswalk and a cop gets out and steps in front of me, telling me to hold it right there. The other guy takes off in his van, but was chased down by the cop still in the car. I was charged with "Curse and Abuse" a Class 3 Misdemeanor.

It's bullshit as I tried to avoid the guy and hi threats and never stopped walking away. Just because I finally had enough and yelled back at him, I had to get arrested and now must go to court. I could lose my clearance and thus my job.
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 10:27:47 PM »
Have you talked to a lawyer yet?  You definitely need a lawyer because although this is bullshit that you got arrested, if you could lose your clearance over a  misdemeanor conviction, you need all the help you can get.

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 10:29:10 PM »
"Curse and Abuse"   WTF

You did the right thing avoiding a fight only to be charged with this.  I hope they charged the other guy with fight on top of what you got. Time to move back north
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 10:42:16 PM »
"Curse and Abuse"  ::)

I'd like to see them enforce something that stupid around here. :laugh:

I would definately pursue legal help though, too much at stake. :P

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2010, 10:42:55 PM »
I don't know what to say except, WTF?  I don't really understand not being able to curse in public.  Isn't there freedom of speech or something like that in our Constitution (being facetious now)? 

Definitely get some legal advice and hopefully you can get it quashed before trial.
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2010, 10:47:43 PM »
Something stupid like that the ACLU might even be interested
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 12:59:16 AM »
Something stupid like that the ACLU might even be interested

The ACLU doesn't usually (if ever) get involved in cases outside the US, and I can't imagine their being a "Curse and abuse" law on the books anywhere in the US.

The right to tell someone to fuck off is one of the founding principals of the USA and is protected by the constitution.

The right to kick someone's ass isn't protected, but that wouldn't stop me if I were in that situation.
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 01:20:58 AM »
As much as it sounds like something like that could never happen in America, Trigger lives in the US.

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2010, 07:59:19 AM »
Shit Trigger, hope you get out of this OK. Getting a lawyer seems like a good idea indeed.
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2010, 12:24:58 PM »
I'm sure your constant need to drive at 10mph pissed him off.

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2010, 01:19:23 PM »
That's terrible. Good luck.

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2010, 03:23:54 PM »
I hope it works out. Incredibly stupid law if it holds water.
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2010, 07:32:25 PM »
That is a gay fucking charge. The cop must have been having a shitty day, or he may be one of those "God died and left me in charge" kind of full time fucktards.

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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2010, 07:57:34 PM »
Maybe there is a journalist in your community who would be interested in this story.  :chin:
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Re: Got arrested yesterday!
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2010, 07:58:18 PM »
Something stupid like that the ACLU might even be interested

The right to tell someone to fuck off is one of the founding principals of the USA and is protected by the constitution.


Hilarious. I lol'd  :plus:

It seems like craziness in a country that has some pretty generous gun laws, that mouthing off to protect yourself is punishable by law?

Surely once you see a lawyer Trigger and tell them that you were being abused by someone driving past and were scared (tell them you were shit scared, regardless of whether you were or weren't), you will be fine.

You need to move to my state in Australia;

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/7941065/swearing-at-police-okay-queensland-magistrate