Posted on 09/27/2004 8:07:13 PM PDT by freebilly
Sakinah Aaron was walking into the bus area at the Wheaton Metro station several weeks ago, talking loudly on her Motorola cell phone. A little too loudly for Officer George Saoutis of the Metro Transit Police.
The police officer told Aaron, who is five months pregnant, to lower her voice. She told the officer he had no right to tell her how to speak into her cell phone.
Their verbal dispute quickly escalated, and Saoutis grabbed Aaron by the arm and pushed her to the ground. He handcuffed the 23-year-old woman, called for backup and took her to a cell where she was held for three hours before being released to her aunt. She was charged with two misdemeanors: "disorderly manner that disturbed the public peace" and resisting arrest.
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Posted by freebilly:
"...and I've my doubts about you..."
LOL! :-)
~ Blue Jays ~
Agreed-
Do I need to point out the irony that this comment comes from the guy who posted a mock cross examination of the officer?
Sakinah is Tawana Brawley in a Rosa Parks wrapper.
The irony was and is not lost on me. ;^)
One issue here is that the cop's assessment had to be pretty subjjective. How loud is loud? Is there a law that defines loud in terms of a scientific measurement as in total Decibels? If so did the cop have a hand held decibel meter to measure when loud became too loud?
If he had one what wasn't he out busting morons in four wheeled boom boxes or vehicles with overly loud exhaust systems?
Hummmmmmmm
One issue here is that the cop's assessment had to be pretty subjjective. How loud is loud? Is there a law that defines loud in terms of a scientific measurement as in total Decibels? If so did the cop have a hand held decibel meter to measure when loud became too loud?
If he had one what wasn't he out busting morons in four wheeled boom boxes or vehicles with overly loud exhaust systems?
Hummmmmmmm
Ah, your neighbor no less.
Sorry, you are correct.
Keep an eye on Google News for the name "Sakinah Aaron" in the future...
She might not do something else bad this month or even this year, but she's likely no stranger to trouble. Abusive behavior and a shoving match with a policeman due to her already disturbing loudmouth voice? We'll read about her again.
~ Blue Jays ~
Dr. Syn Wrote: "if a person is invading public space with obscenities...that's all I need to know. Book her!"
Dr. Syn, its called the 1st Amendment. "The State may not, consistently with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, make the simple public display of this single four-letter expletive a criminal offense." US Supreme Court, Cohen vs. California (1971) http://archive.aclu.org/court/cohen2.html
But those with such a Taliban-like mentality may not comprehend.
If the charge truly was violating some noise ordinance, obscenities would have nothing to do with it.
This police department reject (aka transit cop) probably has a small penis and even smaller self esteem and compensates for it with these actions, but would freeze up if confronted with a real criminal.
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But those with such a Taliban-like mentality may not comprehend.
If the charge truly was violating some noise ordinance, obscenities would have nothing to do with it.
This police department reject (aka transit cop) probably has a small penis and even smaller self esteem and compensates for it with these actions, but would freeze up if confronted with a real criminal.
First off, it's called civility. But from the tone of your response, I won't waste my time talking to you about manners.
Be happy in your "Bush Lied, Kids Died" monotony.
How loud was she while she "became" pregnant?
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