[disclaimer]

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. - Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

[erasmus605]

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[perfect stranger]

"Chapman admitted he went into the street on the night of Oct. 18, 2001, and scolded Nicholas Scribner and three other area youths in a parked car."

He said the kids "spend most every night driving around the town of Geraldine with their car stereos thumping," while Chapman was trying to sleep.

"Three of the children testified that Chapman did yell at them and they were scared as they drove away."

AWW. The knuckleheads weren't scared. That's a lie.

Begs the question. What are supposed "children" (at first the report describes "teenagers") doing this out this late?

This guy was in the right. If these little morons had any respect, they'd be home at such an hour instead of being parked in another neighborhood.

I have done the same thing. And will continue to do so.

[microgood]

Prosecutors said Chapman's use of threatening conduct and language is not speech protected by the constitution and was rightly considered disorderly conduct.

Overzealous idiot prosecutor alert.

[txdoda]

hey, YOU HAVE TO YELL, to be heard over some of this music BLASTING from cars nowdays.

[JoJo Gunn]

"Because this (event) established a disturbance of the status quo for those three individuals...."

Pure sewage.

What of the status quo of the homeowner? Of the rest of the neighborhood?

[uncbob]

The JURY found him guilty

What a load of crap

[Drango]

"Because this (event) established a disturbance of the status quo for those three individuals, we conclude it was sufficient to support a jury finding that Chapman was guilty of disorderly conduct,"

This disturbs me and I find the court guilty of obscene conduct.

[jagrmeister]

>Allison Chapman was fed up that night....But his attempt to discourage the practice....

Allison is a man?

[SevenDaysInMay]

Dope slap the officious blackrobe. Tyranny is wrong and pompous.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"If you say anything that anybody at all takes any offense at, you're guilty."

Good thing you learned it now buddy boy.

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[Rocky]

You can scream and threaten all you want as long as it's for a cause which the court favors, which today would be any leftist or crackpot cause you can think of. Free speech only applies if you are speaking for an acceptable, countercultural, point of view.