Posted on 03/20/2010 6:59:26 PM PDT by grundle
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The authorities in southern New Jersey said Saturday that they had arrested a 16-year-old boy for activating a public-address system at a Wal-Mart store last week and ordering “all black people” to leave.
If convicted, he could face up to a year in a juvenile detention center
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Crime? Convicted? For playing a joke over the PA?
Get real....If Walmart is so pissed off, ban him from their store...End of story...
This just burns me. What this kid did was nothing more than, “Is your refrigerator running?”. Just a silly statement, and he was probably laughing his head off. To arrest him, and charge him with a crime???! Unbelievable! We all need to call that police department and tell them to just stop. If anyone has a phone number, or even the name of the police department, I WILL definitely make a call. Why would they try to ruin this kid’s life - these power trips HAVE to stop!
At least he didn’t page Mike Hunt.
Golly gee wilikers, a year in jail for this..... is crazy.
I was 13, attending Catholic school.
I thought it might be fun to bomb a “nun cluster” (6 to 8) with water filled balloons. From the second story, I blasted them.
I launched a dozen balloons out of the window before making my escape. I wasn’t being mean and I didn’t mean to hurt anyone, I just thought it would be funny and the nuns never seemed to have any fun, so I gave them some fun. I know, I was a stupid kid.
I never got caught, but if I had, well today, I might have been sent to prison.
I’m sorry Sister Edward Mary, wherever you are. ;>)
Well, I suppose it beats looking for and trying to fight REAL crime.
Disorderly conduct?
Oh for goodness sake! That anything like that might even be a possibility is just totally ridiculous and over the top! Hopefully, cooler heads will soon prevail and a more reasonable solution will be decided upon.
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