Posted on 01/26/2012 7:52:07 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
WATERLOO, NY--the Waterloo Police Department reports the warrant arrest of Christopher G. Ludwig, 17 of 79 Stark Street Waterloo, NY for Harassment in the second degree and for a violation of the Village of Waterloo Municipal Code.
The arrest is a result of a complaint where it is alleged that Ludwig did throw a snow ball, striking another person which did cause pain and redness to the victim’s leg.
Ludwig was arraigned in the Waterloo Village Court and released on his own recognizance to reappear on a later date.
THere is a serious side to throwing snowballs, as well as a hilarious side.
One poster mentioned “Icing” a snowball (i.e. putting ice inside of it to give it more weight and sting). Others used stones. It can blind you with a direct hit.
Can also smash (in the old days), car windows, one’s glasses, teeth, etc.
These would be assault and assault with intent to main, misdemeanor to felony charges.
Now, for a funny story. One day I was driving my business’ Chevy station wagon (i.e. my father’s car), with the driver’s window open only about 1/2 inch. Some kid, about 12 or so, hit me in the window/face with a wet snowball. I was lucky it only sprayed my eyes and I was able to keep control of the car.
Then I spotted the little shit and his friend going across the street (from left to right) in front of me, so I chased them in my car, making a sharp right, going up over the sidewalk, driving on it, and then turning into a parking lot. To them, it appeared that I was trying to run them down and I was getting awfully close.
They ran like hell, dove through the bushes, and ran away probably leaving a trail of piss and crap behind them.
The maintenance workers at the school, whose lot I was driving thru, cheered me on and clapped like crazy.
I guarantee that those little shits never threw another snowball at a car, esp. since they knew that I worked up the next block.
They don’t call me “MadMax” for nothing. Mel Gibson, eat your heart out!
Good grief. I thought that the "silly season" was supposed to be confined to the politicians!!!
No doubt.
I think maybe I’ll stay in Australia for a while until some sense comes back to the US. Might be here for a while.
Your point is well taken, but as written it appears to be a case involving a regular old fashioned snowball
Your point is well taken, but as written it appears to be a case involving a regular old fashioned snowball
I don’t think there is any “safe” place at the moment, they took the Aussie’s guns away from them mostly, and the socialists are driving that place into the ground too. We need to pick a spot, then have a combined effort to win back freedom.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Perhaps they can tase this snow criminal retroactively when he shows up for his court appearance.
Slushball...no doubt about it.
It’s called assault. Either you believe in the law or you don’t.
This is how the American Revolution got started.
A group of kids threw snowballs at passing English soldiers and got shot.
It might be possible to cause significant injury or property damage with a piece or ball of hard ice or fiendishly hard packed snow. And it’s not sporting to blind the driver of a vehicle with snow on the windshield. But the typical soft snowball — phfft.
I’m assuming you’re....youngish???
It’s time for Great Britain to ban snow! Snow has become as dangerous as guns!/sarc
I recall the day I lobbed a snowball at a girl from down the street (I’m a guy). I imagine I was in the 2nd grade or so. I remember thinking it was way too far, but what the heck.
Well, that thing took wings - sailed at LEAST 200 feet (well - it seemed so at the time) and hit her square in the face. She turned and ran home, and I ran home - crying.
Yes I got in trouble for it!
And at 17 years old, obviously would depend on the circumstances. It probably wasn’t a mutual snowball fight. Picking on the geeky kid walking home from school - sounds about the right punishment. Maybe a bit harsh from the old days. Although I know some of my buddies would have preferred this compared to the beating they got from their dads doing a similar thing.
I am in total agreement with the law and am glad the kid got arrested. Since when is it okay to throw things at people? If you’re defending this kid then you’re saying it’s okay to throw rocks, beer bottles, etc. and not get arrested. When I was growing up we would gather at the park or on the playground at recess and have controlled snowball fights with rules and distances between throwers so no one would get hurt. It was FUN. We also had a few bullies that would attack on the walk home from school and aim for the face, which was not fun. If this kid wanted to throw snowballs so badly he should have done it on his own property. But then he wouldn’t have been able to hurt anyone, which was his goal all along.
One poster mentioned “Icing” a snowball (i.e. putting ice inside of it to give it more weight and sting). Others used stones. It can blind you with a direct hit.
Can also smash (in the old days), car windows, one’s glasses, teeth, etc.
These would be assault and assault with intent to main, misdemeanor to felony charges.
Now, for a funny story. One day I was driving my business’ Chevy station wagon (i.e. my father’s car), with the driver’s window open only about 1/2 inch. Some kid, about 12 or so, hit me in the window/face with a wet snowball. I was lucky it only sprayed my eyes and I was able to keep control of the car.
Then I spotted the little shit and his friend going across the street (from left to right) in front of me, so I chased them in my car, making a sharp right, going up over the sidewalk, driving on it, and then turning into a parking lot. To them, it appeared that I was trying to run them down and I was getting awfully close.
They ran like hell, dove through the bushes, and ran away probably leaving a trail of piss and crap behind them.
The maintenance workers at the school, whose lot I was driving thru, cheered me on and clapped like crazy.
I guarantee that those little shits never threw another snowball at a car, esp. since they knew that I worked up the next block.
They don’t call me “MadMax” for nothing. Mel Gibson, eat your heart out!
Your efforts to spin this charge into reasonableness, and then hide your efforts behind story tricks and swear words to let your spin go deep without being recognized, are noted.
Nevertheless, this arrest for throwing a snowball is more than wrong - it's sick, and a rape of the very meaning and purpose of law and police enforcement. Waterloo, NY should hang it's head in shame for the level of institutional depravity this represents.
As for you, there are no words for someone who would work so hard to try to get a free people to accept such an insane degradation to their sanity and liberty. Your efforts, and even more your intent, is utterly revolting.
Poindexter is right. Strictly speaking, it is undeniably an assault. And if someone insists on complaining about it, I don’t see how the police have any choice other than to write it up and take action. I think its pretty pitiful that someone is so humorless they have to complain about such activity, but then we dont know all the circumstances. There may be a lot more to this.
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