[SacredYeti]

I know it's Yahoo news, but beats Faux or AP imo:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/wyoming-legislator-david-miller-introduces-doomsday-bill-171845595.html

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/fighting-drugs-border-violence-arizona-organ-pipe-cactus-132342614.html

http://gma.yahoo.com/ohio-school-shooting-death-toll-rises-three-142504217--abc-news.html

http://news.yahoo.com/september-11-victims-remains-ended-landfill-183257034.html;_ylt=AgY2sG.CFysRU8nlbKbpwJas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4MTU1OTIzBG1pdANTZWN0aW9uTGlzdCBGUCBQb2xpdGljcwRwa2cDMTkwZWNjODUtNDUxYy0zOGIyLTg0YTQtZmNiZTczNTAxMDc4BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNNZWRpYVNlY3Rpb25MaXN0BHZlcgM2MjQ3ZmVlMC02MjQwLTExZTEtYmZmZi02ZWMzYTI5M2ZhYjg-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvdnRqYzJoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1544716

The last one what really made me twitch.

Thoughts?

 

[jonKranked]

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1544716

The last one what really made me twitch.

Thoughts?

read about this one earlier. what this article fails to mention is that the video didn't actually capture the assault, so the judge threw it out based on "lack of concrete evidence" (point is, it wasn't quite as cut and dry as the article you posted made it seem).

 

[-BB-]

read about this one earlier. what this article fails to mention is that the video didn't actually capture the assault, so the judge threw it out based on "lack of concrete evidence" (point is, it wasn't quite as cut and dry as the article you posted made it seem).

So did the person deny that he choked the other individual? Were they not able to find any witnesses?

 

[dante]

Here's the video:

On the flip side, the judge apparently said:

'I think our forefathers intended that we use the First Amendment so that we could speak what's on our mind, not to p*** off other people and cultures, which is what you did.
'You are way outside your bounds of First Amendment rights.
'You've completely trashed their essence, their being. I'm a Muslim. I find it offensive.'

Which is interesting, because while the courts have ruled that "fighting words" are not covered under the First Amendment, that exemption has been growing smaller (see: Westboro Church's right to protest). So while it was dismissed for lack of evidence (I'm pretty sure that if the guy were *actually* being assaulted he wouldn't be able to call out in a calm voice "look, I'm being assaulted!"), there might be something to appeal?

 

[jonKranked]

So did the person deny that he choked the other individual? Were they not able to find any witnesses?

Didn't say if any witnesses testified, or if he was treated for injuries. If either had happened, I'm suspect it would have been mentioned, seeing as how its kind of important. Part of the article I read made it out to seem like a case of "he said she said".

 

[jonKranked]

Which is interesting, because while the courts have ruled that "fighting words" are not covered under the First Amendment, that exemption has been growing smaller (see: Westboro Church's right to protest). So while it was dismissed for lack of evidence (I'm pretty sure that if the guy were *actually* being assaulted he wouldn't be able to call out in a calm voice "look, I'm being assaulted!"), there might be something to appeal?

from the cnn article I read, the guy was stating things like "I am the prophet Mohammed! Zombie from the dead!". Clearly offensive to muslims, but I don't think those could legally be considered "fighting words"

 

[JohnE]

Most hyper religious types take themselves far too seriously imho...

 

[SacredYeti]

read about this one earlier. what this article fails to mention is that the video didn't actually capture the assault, so the judge threw it out based on "lack of concrete evidence" (point is, it wasn't quite as cut and dry as the article you posted made it seem).

And that's why I mentioned it being a Yahoo article. They have, how to word this... "special" writers.

 

[jonKranked]

that one wasn't actually a yahoo article...

 

[jonKranked]

So did the person deny that he choked the other individual? Were they not able to find any witnesses?

in the link dante posted the guy admitted to harassing him based on his costume/sign, but not assaulting him.

 

[4xBoy]

If you want to dress offensively to another group of people as a joke, be built like a brick s--t house, and be ready to fight.

I wouldn't rip on Islam to Muhammad Ali even today, unless I was built like Tyson.

But F- sheeple and their religion, what ever it is.

 

[SacredYeti]

that one wasn't actually a yahoo article...

Double IPA, it's a helluva winner.