Posted on 08/29/2019 4:05:24 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
MANOR TOWNSHIP, Pa. A Lancaster County man who made a gun-like hand gesture at his neighbor committed a crime, according to a Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling.
Stephen Kirchner, 64, of Manor Township, was charged last year with summary disorderly conduct for the gesture, according to the Lancaster County District Attorneys Office. The gesture prompted the neighbor to call 911. (Surveillance video of the hand gesture can be seen below.)
Kirchner argued on appeal that the gesture did not cause a hazardous or physically offensive condition, that he did not intend to cause public alarm, and that there essentially was no harm done to the victim or society, a statement from the DAs Office said.
However, the high court found the gesture of imitating the firing and recoiling of a gun risked an altercation and supported the charge. The neighbor also reported feeling insecure, which is why the call to 911 was placed.
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What a weak freak of a neighbor . I guess I am fortunate not having such a loser for a neighbor . Pretty soon the courts will make even thinking that your neighbor is a nitwit a crime . Society is becoming more unhinged every day.
From now, he needs to give his neighbor the finger whenever he sees him.
We need a real Death Wish in every city. Kinda cool things down a bit.
This is a dangerous place to be.
And 4chan is making traditional hand gestures into “alt-right” symbols, like the thumbs-up stands for the “fourteen words” and the OK sign is White power.
So if you wear mittens are you concealing dangerous symbols, or are you protecting yourself against misinterpretation of your fingers?
Did he have a carry permit for his hand?
Next time just draw your thumb across your neck and if someone complains just say you were scratching.
Think judges dont matter? Theyre no better than journalists today. Trumps legacy will be the judges he appoints.
BUT he has to pay, having lost here, and that is a significant cost!
I had one sort of like that.
Don’t miss him or his fellow traveler communist wife.
***man who made a gun-like hand gesture at his neighbor committed a crime, ***
When being sent to SE Asia, we were told not to point our finger at anyone as they considered it to be a “curse” on them. Oh how many of these “crimes” did we do in our youth playing “Cowboys and ‘Indigenous Tribesmen’” or “Cops and Robbers.”
This makes giving someone the “finger” a new dangerous meaning.
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