WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER 'RACIST LANGUAGE' AT TACO BELL

Drudge Report ^ | February 3, 2006

[Irontank]

A woman accused of using racial epithets while waiting for food at a Connecticut Taco Bell drive-through window was arrested Wednesday.

Jennifer Farrelly, 19, of East Windsor, has been charged with ridicule on account of race, creed or color and second-degree breach of peace. Farrelly's boyfriend, Eric Satterlee, 22, of Ashford, was charged with breach of peace in the incident.

On Dec. 18, Farrelly and Satterlee became frustrated by the slow service at the Taco Bell restaurant on Brookside Place, according to an arrest warrant. Farrelly banged on the drive-through window and called the Taco Bell attendant, Jamelle Byrd, a racial epithet, according to the warrant. Satterlee allegedly cursed and banged on the window.

Farrelly denied using racial epithets when she was interviewed by police, saying Byrd caused the dispute by ridiculing her for parking her car far away from the drive-through window, the warrant states. Byrd's supervisor told police that Byrd should not have been working the drive-through because he had gotten into a similar incident with another customer, the warrant states.

Developing...

[Tzimisce]

Think the ACLU will sue on free speech grounds?

[USS Alaska]

Isn't that improper flag etiquette?

I don't know but, if it's improper, then I demand that she remove it immediately.

In fact, if this wasn't a family oriented blog, I'd remove it for her, but then the mods would remove me.

[Gaffer]

Methinks that the blue state libs are actually more racist than red state conservative. Regardless, the "drive window attendant" would not have been arrested for having called the drive up customer a "white bitch." That's the truth and everyone knows it....

[the anti-liberal]

Libs make race an issue, whereas most conservatives (ironically I suppose) have moved on.

[MichiganConservative]

Well, according to McCain-Feingold, there are only certain times when it is acceptable to ridicule a politician. The 1st amendment does not apply in this country any more. Sooner or later, the politicians will get around to dumping the ceremonial lip service they pay to the constitution just like they dumped the idea of actually following it.

[Irontank]

Sec. 53-37. Ridicule on account of race, creed or color. Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. (1949 Rev., S. 8376.)

Creed
n.
A system of belief, principles, or opinions

A Connecticut liberal: You're conservative? Conservatives are so mean-spirited

Me: That's it...I'm having you arrested for ridiculing me on account of my creed

[WasDougsLamb]

Byrd's supervisor told police that Byrd should not have been working the drive-through because he had gotten into a similar incident with another customer, the warrant states.


----Sounds to me like maybe HE was at fault or an equal partner in it. They all scream this racial sh** because it is all they can come back at people with to get the attention and perhaps sue people over. It has become just a way of life for them now. I blame the court system for allowing this crap to take up time. At the very MOST the cops should have just told the girl she could not go back to that place and let it go at that. It is ok for them to call people names, but when the tables are turned, it is a different story.

[El Gato]

Viewed in a certain light, Taco Bell food is an ethnic slur.

It is indeed. I don't know how the one near Ft. Hood, survives so close to San Antonio (only 2.5 hours) and right across the street from a real Mexican restaurant, (hole in the wall type) where I'd already planned go for supper tonight. :)

[El Gato]

I don't think Jamelle Byrd, sounds very Arabic. I doubt there was anyone Hispanic involved on either side of this confrontation.

Mr. Byrd can probably expect the Reverend Jackson to show up any time now, whether he wants the presence of the Reverend or not.

[RightWhale]

Street-Arab doesn't imply a person of arabic descent. It is a term of slang, but disrespectful all right.

[El Gato]

It's hardly believable that you have a 7-11 clerk who would even know what a chalupa was.

Most of them in Texas, especially South Texas, know that. The owner/manager of the 7-11 may not, but the clerks mostly do. Most would not know what it was if you called it a Tostada, which is what Taco Bueno calls them.

[El Gato]

Chalupa = Abomination

??? It's perfectly good Tex Mex usage. What would you call a flat fried corn tortilla with "stuff" on top? Some call them Tostadas, and I'm sure there are other names.

Some of them are pretty tasty. Our favorite *local* place in San Antonio makes 'em with black beans and white cheese (and lettuce), and they are my wife's favorite.

[El Gato]

What the gringo gordo can't see won't hurt him.

I resemble that remark!

[ArcadeQuarters]

Censorship in its purest form. If the Supreme Court doesn't throw this law out, we are no better than France.

[El Gato]

The lawyers are circling the wagons, she'll sue taco Bell and win, he'll sur taco bell, and win, even the cops will probably sue Taco Bell and win. Why you might ask. Deepest pockets always pay. It's the liberal court system.

If that meant Taco Bell went out of business, that would be the first good result from the civil courts in a good long time. (Taco Bell is owned by Yum Brands, which also owns KFC, Long John Silver's, A&W and Pizza Hut some or all of which used to belong to PepsiCo).

[El Gato]

"Youse mean we can't say 'Grease For Peace' anymore?"

Youse can say dat, but don't youse say "Grease for Victory", that wouldn't be PC at all.

[El Gato]

Isn't that improper flag etiquette?

Technically yes, but I don't think she means to dishonor the flag, quite the contrary most likely.

[El Gato]

Street-Arab doesn't imply a person of arabic descent. It is a term of slang, but disrespectful all right.

Sort of the obverse of the "Sand N" terminology?

I guess I'm too sheltered.

[RightWhale]

Has to do with vagrants, tramps, panhandlers, bos, not any particular ethnicity.

[narses]

Use of disapproved terminology. Tsk, tsk. Throw the book at her.

No, disturbing the peace is one of the charges. "Fighting words" can and are illegal in most jurisdictions. There are factual issues to be resolved here, but IF the incident meets the elements necessary for conviction, she deserves punishment.