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To: hopespringseternal
So if a cop in uniform who was eating after getting off duty asked them to keep it down, could he be arrested for threatening them? Of course not.


Wrong analogy. A police officer has legal authority to enforce the "peace". Individual officers may step over the line at times, but that is a judgement call. I would think if a uniformed police officer would have entered the diner the group would have quited down on its own.

183 posted on 08/21/2005 7:27:16 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: CIB-173RDABN
A police officer has legal authority to enforce the "peace".

Not off duty.

529 posted on 08/22/2005 4:22:44 AM PDT by hopespringseternal (</i>)
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