Woman faces jail time for swearing at a toilet

Times Tribune ^ | October 16, 2007 | Kim Montone

[Squawk 8888]

Not a ping.

[piytar]

A good attorney should be able to help her sue the cop and the city and to file civil rights criminal charges and civil complaints. That’s just for starters...

[Elle Bee]

and because they have a badge they will skate with impunity

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[Squawk 8888]

In his memoirs, MLB umpire Ron Luciano mentioned that whenever a manager argued a call with him he would walk towards the stands because “profanity audible to spectators” is grounds for throwing them out of the game.

[Alouette]

She should claim she has Tourette’s Syndrome, and sue her neighbor and the police department.

[4yearlurker]

What would her friendly cop next door do if she was watching a DVD that was laced with profanities? Arrest her,the TV or the DVD?? This bozo cop thinks he has more rights as a citizen than you or me.

[reagan_fanatic]

Well at least she wasn’t tapping her toe rhythmically in a bathroom in Minneapolis

I wonder if her 'wide stance' aggravated the situation any.

[rlmorel]

Me too. Plus...an overflowing toilet is CERTAIN to cause profanity to issue forth...how else are you supposed to warn everyone in the floors below???

[Bon mots]

“...But cursing at a police officer isn’t a punishable offense...”

LOL That’s nice to know.”

Anybody care to test this by walking up to the next cop they see and saying “F*** You.”

Well, here's what happened to a guy who tried giving a cop the finger... :-)

[Bon mots]

“...But cursing at a police officer isn’t a punishable offense...”

LOL That’s nice to know.”

Anybody care to test this by walking up to the next cop they see and saying “F*** You.”

Well, here's what happened to a guy who tried giving a cop the finger... :-)

[SuziQ]

Her next-door neighbor, Patrick Gilman, a city police officer who was off-duty at the time, apparently had enough of Ms. Herb’s foul mouth and asked her to keep it down, police said. When Ms. Herb didn’t stop, he called the police.

If he truly didn't want to listen to it, instead of calling the police, why the heck didn't he go next door to HELP the woman!! An overflowing toilet is one of THE most annoying household problems, and it's one that needs to be solved RIGHT NOW to avoid further problems.

[JudgemAll]

Many cops should indeed be jailed for mere stupidity and infringement on free speech.

The reason they act this way is that the current “administrator” mantra only does paper work and is author of nothing and has “author”ity over nothing. These people look for trouble and good looks and behaviors.

They are a hypocrite pathetic worthless bunch of taxpayer blood sucking leeches.

[arizonarachel]

rofl!

[dighton]

“Between us, we’re up for a trillion *****n years.”

[Domandred]

The citation accuses the defendant of using obscene language or gestures “with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm or recklessly (creating) a risk ...”

I guess the Toilet Lobby has gotten this town to believe that Toilet's have rights or something.

[rlmorel]

You should note that Free Speech is not absolute on FR unless your name happens to be Jim Robinson.

He owns it and runs it, we use it at his pleasure, and if he wants to boot us because he doesn’t like our grammar, he has the right to do so.

But you knew that.

[Natural Law]

Since when have police, on or off duty, become an uber-class in this country. How is he more equal or more special than any other citizen? If a law was broken and since the verbal confrontation was bidirectional he too should be charged. If the dipshit wants peace and quiet he shouldn’t live in an apartment building.

[Revolting cat!]

If this was the case, I'd be on death row

And we know that you're not how?

[Lil'freeper]

I'm so glad someone got the joke.

[rednesss]

Open to interpretation I guess. Opinions vary. Corporal punishment yes, violence no. Tarring and feathering is not a violent act. Filing a civil suit is not violent. Caning is a corporal punishment still in use today in Singapore.