Originally posted by Random Citizen:
Ahh, so suing someone because of one's own stupidity isn't egregious? I thought we would have moved beyond morons putting hot coffee between their leg-lawsuits by now.
Just show me the law that says she can be arrested for saying to a cop "Go fight some real crime."
I can assure that I will have no problems showing you where you can't be arrested without probable cause.
Was her speech stupid? Probably. Disrespectful and rude? absoutely. Against the law? not a chance.
Was her eating in the station a violation? Probably, though she was finishing up because the same cop told her too so the cop excused it in the first instance and all she did was abide. But was her offense an arrestible offense? Not in this country.
A civil suit here would not be ridiculous. I value my freedoms more than anything else I have. This arrest was moronic and egotistical move by a police officer, and while she may have violated a civic code, this cop likely violated a constitutional ammendment, if not 2 or 3.
