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New mom faces ARREST because she took son she's breastfeeding to jury duty when there was no-one....
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 19 October 2013 | DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Posted on 10/20/2013 11:26:21 AM PDT by moonshinner_09

New mom faces ARREST because she took son she's breastfeeding to jury duty when there was no-one else to care for him.

A Missouri woman is to face court this week for bringing her new born child to the courthouse for jury duty because she was breastfeeding. Laura Trickle, of Lee’s Summit, delivered her daughter Axel in March and was breastfeeding when she was called for jury duty in August. She asked to be exempt from appearing, as she was breastfeeding, but received notice that she must report to court to fullfill her civic obligation and serve jury duty, according to the Kansas City Star.

Trickle was told to either arrange for child care or bring somebody with her who could care for the child during jury selection. On September 3, she appeared for jury duty with her child, but according to the ensuing court order, she ‘willfully and contemptuously appeared for jury service with her child and no one to care for the child’. Trickle will now face Jackson County Presiding Judge Marco Roldan on Thursday at a hearing at the Jackson County Courthouse downtown. Those who skip jury duty can be found in contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine of up to $500 and maybe even be arrested. The mother insists she is not a criminal, saying ‘I’ve never even had a speeding ticket’.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: breastfeeding; donutwatch; juryduty; missouri
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Good gosh this Judge could of used some common sense instead of ordering her arrested.
1 posted on 10/20/2013 11:26:21 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

It’s the modern age.

They invented Breast pumps a long time ago.


2 posted on 10/20/2013 11:29:33 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Most places I know of, you can get out of jury duty by claiming to be caring for someone who can’t take care of themselves, like an infant!!!


3 posted on 10/20/2013 11:30:29 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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"Good gosh this Judge could of used some common sense instead of ordering her arrested."

Can't use what ya' ain't got.

4 posted on 10/20/2013 11:30:50 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: PeteB570
They invented Breast pumps a long time ago.

Yeah, and the breast pump doubles as a baby-sitter and feeds the baby all on it's own.

5 posted on 10/20/2013 11:32:12 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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Laura Trickle

Oh. Come. ON.

6 posted on 10/20/2013 11:32:24 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: PeteB570

Sounds like she had no one to take care of her baby. I truly don’t know if she was arrested for not bringing someone to care for her baby or possible her attitude about all of it. Judges don’t generally put up with a bad attitude and take it personally.


7 posted on 10/20/2013 11:32:58 AM PDT by Tammy8
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To: moonshinner_09

If she’s breastfeeding, she should have been exempt from jury duty this time around.


8 posted on 10/20/2013 11:35:22 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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just for the heck of it i am siding with mom on this one


9 posted on 10/20/2013 11:35:49 AM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: moonshinner_09

That’s weird. I got out of jury duty when I was nursing one of my babies. They usually give you a delay. This is insane or we’re not getting the full story.


10 posted on 10/20/2013 11:36:49 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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Gotta have those single mothers on the jury.

The machinery of justice cannot function without the wisdom and sound judgment they're known for.

11 posted on 10/20/2013 11:37:06 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Mothers with infants should be exempt.


12 posted on 10/20/2013 11:37:13 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: samiam1972

And this was in Jackson County, too. Very weird!


13 posted on 10/20/2013 11:37:28 AM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: moonshinner_09
The article doesn't say that she actually breastfed her child in the court room, just that she brought her child with her. A breast pump would not have helped her. Awful ruling by the judge.
14 posted on 10/20/2013 11:38:25 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: moonshinner_09

Shall not be defied!


15 posted on 10/20/2013 11:38:42 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: FrdmLvr

I absolutely agree with you. Also, if she didn’t have family around who could help with the baby, I wouldn’t leave my newborn in someone else’s care.


16 posted on 10/20/2013 11:38:51 AM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

It’s called a babysitter.


17 posted on 10/20/2013 11:39:10 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: PeteB570

Who cares?
Having an infant is grounds for being excused
Breast feeding is grounds for being excused


18 posted on 10/20/2013 11:39:23 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains' obama's America)
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To: basil

5 months old ain’t exactly a newborn.


19 posted on 10/20/2013 11:40:19 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: moonshinner_09

This judge is about to learn that when women are breastfeeding, that they have a lot of time to ponder how to make life a living hell for men who interfere with them breastfeeding.

And that every other woman will join with them in this effort.


20 posted on 10/20/2013 11:44:20 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Welfare is the new euphemism for Eugenics.)
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