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WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER 'RACIST LANGUAGE' AT TACO BELL
Drudge Report ^ | February 3, 2006

Posted on 02/03/2006 11:07:42 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 1984; 1stamendment; billofrights; constitutionlist; doubleplusgood; freespeech; govwatch; libertarians; ministryoftruth; thoughtcrime; thoughtpolice
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To: atomicpossum

"Actions are criminal, not insults."

According to the article, the woman cursed and banged on the window. That's enough in many jurisdictions for a breach-of-peace arrest, regardless of the race/ethnicity of the recipient. As for the charge of "ridicule on account of race ...", however, that sounds like political correctness run amok.


81 posted on 02/03/2006 11:40:48 AM PST by riverdawg
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To: HEY4QDEMS
he had gotten into a similar incident with another customer

Bye-bye Jamelle. Get you butt outta de Taco Bell. You fired. Two strikes an you out! Diffrent ball game.

82 posted on 02/03/2006 11:41:31 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: USS Alaska

Quick! Someone play the National Anthem. Everyone has to stand up and salute the flag.



83 posted on 02/03/2006 11:43:33 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: jigsaw

"Anyone who goes to Taco Smell should be arrested!"

LOL! For ingesting combustible edibles!
(My daughter calls it -- Taco Hell!)


85 posted on 02/03/2006 11:44:10 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: the anti-liberal

some speech is free, some is not nowadays. I have trouble keeping up with what part is free


86 posted on 02/03/2006 11:46:54 AM PST by isom35
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To: HEY4QDEMS
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.

Perhaps Byrd should have been fired the frist time, then this one wouldn't have happened. What ever happened to "the customer is always right?" I think I'd be going to Taco Bell's parent company over this.

87 posted on 02/03/2006 11:47:15 AM PST by infidel29 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Irontank

Is it a crime to ridicule this post??? Dam this coffee is to hot and where the hell are all the roops - I hope we can still ridicule the stupid cause no one will email me if we can't.


88 posted on 02/03/2006 11:52:32 AM PST by kentj
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To: Irontank

shape of nose?


89 posted on 02/03/2006 11:52:46 AM PST by Republicus2001
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To: Irontank

unibrow or two?


90 posted on 02/03/2006 11:53:10 AM PST by Republicus2001
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To: Irontank
In Santa Monica the local paper's crime blotter reports suspects color of hair, color of car, color of shirt, color of tattoos, color of pants, color of hat, but NOT color of skin

heh, humans
92 posted on 02/03/2006 11:55:22 AM PST by Republicus2001
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To: isom35

The 'spe' is free, the 'ech' you've gotta pay for.


93 posted on 02/03/2006 11:55:25 AM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: Irontank
I was beginning to think this article is bogus, because there's no way a state could actually make this illegal, but in fact, here it is, in black and white:

"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.)"

94 posted on 02/03/2006 11:55:33 AM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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To: martin_fierro

I was expecting a Carlos Mencia routine.


95 posted on 02/03/2006 11:56:46 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy/ "Cowards cut and run. Heroes never do!")
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To: JustAnotherOkie

I really want ot ridicule what you just said but I am not sure I am protected under the cover of the 1st what-evermendent.

I prefer to change my color to fit my mood - now I suppose I am a racist or am I a colorful person, person of color or colored person???

I need a nap


96 posted on 02/03/2006 11:58:44 AM PST by kentj
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To: USS Alaska

Isn't that improper flag etiquette?


97 posted on 02/03/2006 11:59:42 AM PST by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Bavarian Leprechaun

"They took our JAWWBBSSS!!!!"


98 posted on 02/03/2006 12:00:21 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Democrat since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Ask me about FReeper Folders*)
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To: Irontank
Jennifer Farrelly, 19, of East Windsor, has been charged with ridicule on account of race, creed or color and second-degree breach of peace.

"ridicule on account of race, creed or color and second degree breach of peace"?

HUH?

Most rap music falls into this category...especially the breach of peace part.

99 posted on 02/03/2006 12:00:22 PM PST by BureaucratusMaximus (space available)
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To: inquest
Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person ... on account of the ... denomination, Bo Derrick was a 10 I know, but does anyone know Bill Clinton's denomination? I think LBJ's denomination was in 1971
100 posted on 02/03/2006 12:00:22 PM PST by Republicus2001
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