[kcvl]

Speaking of another "wonderful family"...


ROBERT F. Kennedy's 19-year-old grandson avoided being a labeled a sex offender this week when a Massachusetts judge downgraded a charge of indecent exposure to disorderly conduct after the Brown University undergrad was caught urinating on a sidewalk. Robert F. Kennedy III, son of New York environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was arrested early Monday after he was caught relieving himself on a sidewalk in Worcester, Mass. Kennedy was busted standing next to his mother's car. Zachary Brown, 19, who was in the car at the time, was arrested for possession of marijuana after cops found a small bag of pot under his seat.

[thoughtomator]

I'm not going to condemn a 19-year-old over doing something harmless and stupid (though a fine is appropriate). A "sex offender" label for urination is quite inappropriate and I think it unlikely to pass an 8th Amendment test. Being a teenager with a bag of pot is a far more forgivable than being clueless and corrupt yet wanting to control the reins of government.