Comments on: Charges Dropped in Flatulent Assault on Officer http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Freeman: Chattanooga Police Department Declines to Charge Officer Who Threw a 71-Year-Old Man to Floor and a Good Samaritan Through a Glass Door « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-34188 Freeman: Chattanooga Police Department Declines to Charge Officer Who Threw a 71-Year-Old Man to Floor and a Good Samaritan Through a Glass Door « JONATHAN TURLEY Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:15:10 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-34188 [...] battery and resisting arrest if they touch the sleeve of an officer. Even hugging an officer or passing gas near an officer has led to a charge of assault. Yet, the Chattanooga Police Department can’t [...] [...] battery and resisting arrest if they touch the sleeve of an officer. Even hugging an officer or passing gas near an officer has led to a charge of assault. Yet, the Chattanooga Police Department can’t [...]

]]> By: Twelve-Year-Old Student Arrested for Passing Gas in Class « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-29190 Twelve-Year-Old Student Arrested for Passing Gas in Class « JONATHAN TURLEY Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:36:22 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-29190 [...] Twelve-Year-Old Student Arrested for Passing Gas in Class Published 1, November 22, 2008 Academics , Bizarre , Criminal law , Society Florida School officials at the Stuart’s Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School had a twelve-year-old Florida student arrested for “deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class.” What is astonishing that that there were not only clueless teachers who would call police on such a matter, but that they found abusive police officers who would make an arrest on such grounds. This is not the first arrest due to flatulence in the first degree. [...] [...] Twelve-Year-Old Student Arrested for Passing Gas in Class Published 1, November 22, 2008 Academics , Bizarre , Criminal law , Society Florida School officials at the Stuart’s Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School had a twelve-year-old Florida student arrested for “deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class.” What is astonishing that that there were not only clueless teachers who would call police on such a matter, but that they found abusive police officers who would make an arrest on such grounds. This is not the first arrest due to flatulence in the first degree. [...]

]]> By: Bubba http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-25733 Bubba Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:47:52 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-25733 Seems like everybody's taking a crack at crime these days. Seems like everybody’s taking a crack at crime these days.

]]> By: Officer (Not So) Friendly: Iowa Man Charged with Assault After Hugging Police Officer « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-25281 Officer (Not So) Friendly: Iowa Man Charged with Assault After Hugging Police Officer « JONATHAN TURLEY Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:31:38 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-25281 [...] Only last week, prosecutors dropped a charge of assaulting a West Virginia police officer after a man expelled gas near an officer, here. [...] [...] Only last week, prosecutors dropped a charge of assaulting a West Virginia police officer after a man expelled gas near an officer, here. [...]

]]> By: rafflaw http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-25094 rafflaw Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:11:46 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-25094 It sounds like the police smell-o-meter must have been working erratically when this individual was arrested. I am glad that the police have realized that this one didn't pass the smell test. It sounds like the police smell-o-meter must have been working erratically when this individual was arrested. I am glad that the police have realized that this one didn’t pass the smell test.

]]> By: Cro Magnum Man http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-25070 Cro Magnum Man Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:37:42 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-25070 I figured they'd drop it. :| This case seemed like it was running out of steam. I figured they’d drop it.

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This case seemed like it was running out of steam.

]]> By: Flatulent Felony: West Virginia Man Charged with Gaseous Battery on Officer « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/09/26/charges-dropped-in-flatulent-assault-on-officer/#comment-25055 Flatulent Felony: West Virginia Man Charged with Gaseous Battery on Officer « JONATHAN TURLEY Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:09:31 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=4178#comment-25055 [...] [Update: Recently, the charge was dropped but the department is silent on any action against the officer, here.] [...] [...] [Update: Recently, the charge was dropped but the department is silent on any action against the officer, here.] [...]

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