DC Man Arrested for Saying Wrong Thing
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Huffington Post reports that on Saturday a lawyer named Pepin Tuma got arrested in Washington DC for loudly chanting ”I hate the police, I hate police.” Tuma had been complaining to friends about the Gates arrest when he spontaneously broke into his chant. Unfortunately for Tuma, a few nearby cops took exception.
As Huffington Post reports: “One officer reacted strongly to Tuma’s song. ‘Hey! Hey! Who do you think you’re talking to?’ Tuma recalled the officer shouting as he strode across an intersection to where Tuma was standing. ‘Who do you think you are to think you can talk to a police officer like that?’ the police officer said, according to Luke Platzer, 30, one of Tuma’s companions.”
Tuma being a smart-ass lawyer replied , “It is not illegal to say I hate the police. It’s not illegal to express my opinion walking down the street.”
According to Tuma, the officer pushed him against an electric utility box, continued to ask who he thought he was and said he couldn’t talk to police like that. Within minutes, the officer arrested Tuma for disorderly conduct, of course, just like Gates and the deaf, mentally disabled guy I wrote about earlier this week. Tuma spent a few hours in a holding cell and was released early Sunday morning after surrendering $35 in collateral to the police.
(Maybe next week Ill be able to write about politics .)
via Disorderly Conduct: Conversation About Gates Arrest Precedes Arrest.
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