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Quote by: Suburbanite They didn't ask once, they grabbed him |
You're right. They didn't ask him once, they asked him twice. What exactly they said is inaudible......however they were obviously asking him to calm down or sit down. Meyers reference to Clinton getting a "blow job" was, in my opinion, where things started to go awry. Then he starts accusing Kerry of being in a secret society.
Police code permits that when verbal commands are ignored, physical coercion may be applied. They held onto his arm and tried to escort the disorderly person out (Meyer) and he violently shoved them away.
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Quote by: Suburbanite Its public property! |
As Chaossaber already said, NO, it's not public property.
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It is not a crime in and of itself to disobey a cop, period.
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When the police give you an instruction, whether in traffic, on public or private property, it is illegal to disregard their instruction. It can be termed as
obstruction of justice. Obstruction of justice refers to the crime of offering
interference of any sort to the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other officials. Often, no actual investigation or substantiated suspicion of a specific incident need exist to support a charge of obstruction of justice.
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Quote by: grandpa As I've suggested before: If this sort of thing happened in Iran, the US government and media would have a field-day smearing Iran. |
If this sort of thing happened in Iran, he would be stoned to death or lose his head. Certainly he would have received a serious ass beating, as opposed to the brief jolt that he got.
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But "stirring up shit" by asking questions during a Q&A is not a crime, and certainly not attempting to start a riot like the police report falsely claimed.
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That particular charge doesn't enter until he is combative and appealing to the crowd of onlookers to "help" him.
Appealing to a crowd that vastly outnumbers the officers to interfere with police duties, is inciting a crowd to react, or riot.