[justkate]

Heaven forbid anyone actually READ the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Instructions for charging Disorderly Conduct.

For those who might be interested, it’s here:

http://www.mass.gov/portal/gog_cache.jsp?q=cache:TDt2bF4LnHsJ:www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtcourt/jury-instructions/criminal/pdf/7160-disorderly-conduct.pdf+disorderly+conduct&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=mgov&site=COURTx&proxystylesheet=mgov&oe=UTF-8

[ExTxMarine]

First: defendant engaged in tumultuous behavior - CHECK.

Second: defendant’s actions were reasonably likely to affect the public - CHECK.

Third: defendant either intended to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly created a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm - CHECK.

Seems to me like he was arrested because, I don’t know - HE WAS ACTING AGAINST THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT LAW!

(Can someone show me, where it reads, “If you are on your own property, this law does not apply to you!” - I missed that paragraph.)