Posted on 05/12/2011 6:51:02 AM PDT by Immerito
The woman accused of punching an off-duty Atlanta police officer at a Buckhead IHOP now faces felony charges, authorities have confirmed.
Ashley Leavell, is now charged with felony obstruction as well as public drunkeness and simple battery. Leavell was part of a scuffle at the IHOP around 4 a.m. April 23.
A police spokesman said the investigating officer submitted a video of the incident in his supplemental report, which in his opinion "clearly showed" felony obstruction.
The incident was captured on video.
If convicted, she could face at least a year in prison with that felony charge.
(Excerpt) Read more at gadailynews.com ...
If this is the same incident posted here a few days ago I think ‘slapped at’ is a better description of the woman’s attack. ‘Punch’ is what she received in return.
Felony obstruction? Why didn’t he just charge her with attempted murder of a police officer. Perhaps an added charge of being involved in terrorist activity.
Four in the morning in a public restaurant and drunk. What could happen?
She’s lucky... “contempt of cop” generally has an instantly applied death penalty.
It's just common sense.
Gotchya. I am learning to Love Big Brother.
I think the cop needs to be charged with a felony for hitting the woman the way he day! And she did not hit him first. He hit her first and she slapped him back.
Cops have almost complete immunity to do whatever they want, unless they kill someone that cannot be defended, and even then, the outcome is in doubt! Their unions and bosses protect them to no end, never admitting wrong-dong.
The TSA is the same way!
She was also caught trying to flee the scene hiding out in the backseat of a car.
I’ll take the word of the Police Officer over the allegations of a community activist attorney any time.
Heck killing someone doesn’t even result in anything. At most its a few days of paid vacation and some high fives from their fellow militants.
Don’t know about you all, but when I was a kid, the IHOP was not open at 4 a.m., if it was, the police were there eating, not working secondary there to keep the drunks from tearing the place up.
This nation has lost it’s collective mind, it’s self-control and discipline. We have police officers working secondary at grocery stores, sporting events, churches, neighborhood block parties, family reunions, in any government housing facility and even at the GD library, none of which was needed less than thirty years ago.
Please get your facts straight. She had her hands on him trying to push him back from arresting her friend. That is blatant assault. You don't lay your hands on anyone, much less a police officer performing his duty, without a response.
Either you are confusing incidents or you have read a news article on the story that I have not seen.
Source?
Touching someone’s shoulder is not equivalent to hitting.
Please! She wasn't just casually 'touching' his shoulder, she was physically pushing the officer away, trying to prevent him from dealing with the drunk, obnoxious friend. That is the epitome of assault.
“You don’t lay your hands on anyone, much less a police officer performing his duty, without a response. “
He was off duty, at a secondary job getting paid to provide security.
She was stupid to do what she did, however I don’t think its a felony.
This particular officer was an Atlanta police officer who was working a uniformed secondary detail, with all the same powers of arrest as any other officer. The authority to make arrests and investigate crime does not evaporate when you shift ends.
And to dispel some myths, a police officer can hit a person first. If a person just balls up their fist, advances aggressively toward an officer, or blades into a combat stance, they can and will be struck. Judges have agreed on this time and again that an officer need not wait to be assaulted to take action.
In his report, Stoddard said he turned around to help the off-duty officer, and Freeman “ran out of the restaurant into the parking lot.” Authorities found her “hiding in the back of a vehicle that was attempting to exit the location,” Stoddard wrote in his report, released Tuesday.
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/attorney-police-reports-from-933748.html
And if he was hired to provide security, what do you think that comprises?
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