[Lance Romance]

No crime committed?

She was charged with two misdemeanors: "disorderly manner that disturbed the public peace" and resisting arrest

She was swearing loudly into a cell phone which is "disturbing the peace". Granted it can be interpreted rather leniently, but that's the way it is.

Obviously, the officer had asked her to quiet down and would have let her be if she had merely complied. However, she decided to inform the cops of her rights and I am sure in a most profane manner.

He had no choice at this point. And I see nothing wrong with what he did.

Should a cop just ignore someone screaming profanities in a public place because no real crime has been commited, or as you put it "the crime was over". That argument doesn't work for bank robbers either.

Quit being a dumbass, it just makes life harder.

[Born in a Rage]

She wasn't screaming profanities. You need to read the article...you are making assumptions.

[Weirdad]

I doubt it was a crime, but I left that open. The policeman did not take action consistent with viewing it as a crime until she expressed her opinion that she could decide herself how to talk on a phone. That's not doing his job.

By the way, since you are such a defender of maintaining an orderly atmosphere, you convinced me to do something i have never yet done on FR. I just called the forum police on you for calling me a dumb ass.

Go along quietly.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Quit being a dumbass, it just makes life harder.

Wow, that would be a fantastic bumper sticker!

[stainlessbanner]

Quit being a dumbass, it just makes life harder.

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[Boiler Plate]

The Metro police now have a whole string of stupid arrests like handcuffing and imprisoning a 13 y/o girl for eating a french fry. The DC metro system has been plagued with bad press for the last few years and it has been well deserved. This was a bus stop on a busy street, it was noisy, and the woman was already upset, so why in the world does this obviously disturbed cop have to escalate the problem. The cop should be let go because he obviously does not know how to keep the peace. All he has done is get a lot of people around here that much more upset about the direction the Metro has been going.