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To: Jeff Head
Breech of the Peace may be construed to be the same as Disorderly Conduct.

I doubt it. Do we really think the Founding Fathers would overlook more serious misdemeanor crimes to exempt arrest for causing a ruckus? I would assume Breach of the Peace refers to acts like inciting an insurrection.

If getting into an argument with an airport police officer is the new standard, look for lots of Republicans to start getting arrested if Hillary wins and gets to appoint the AG.

82 posted on 09/05/2007 1:34:20 PM PDT by VirginiaConstitutionalist (Socialized medicine kills.)
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To: VirginiaConstitutionalist

This is not about causing a ruckus, and I somehow believe that if the Founding Father’s so much as caught a whif of what is brewing in this case, what it is really about, they would not stand for it for an instant. But that is just my opinion.


84 posted on 09/05/2007 1:44:59 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: VirginiaConstitutionalist; George W. Bush; patton
Well, as to Disorderly Conduct and Breach of the Peace, here is the Minnisota Statute for Disorderly Conduct that Cragin pled guilty to:
609.72 DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Subdivision 1. Crime. Whoever does any of the following in a public or private place, including on a school bus, knowing, or having reasonable grounds to know that it will, or will tend to, alarm, anger or disturb others or provoke an assault or breach of the peace, is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor:
  1. Engages in brawling or fighting; or
  2. Disturbs an assembly or meeting, not unlawful in its character; or
  3. Engages in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or noisy conduct or in offensive, obscene, or abusive language tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in others.
A person does not violate this section if the person's disorderly conduct was caused by an epileptic seizure.
He's going to have a tough time getting off constitutionally since this is exactly what he pled guilty to, and, under oath in the plea, indicated he made no claim of innocence.
96 posted on 09/06/2007 7:02:43 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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