150 days in jail for man who pointed finger gun at cops

The Herald-Argus ^ | February 19, 2011 | Stan Maddux

[jaydubya2]

BANG, BANG!

[proxy_user]

I would have taken my chances with a jury.

[Jonty30]

Maybe it was loaded.

[Guyin4Os]

“Stand back! I have a finger and I’m not afraid to use it!”

[the invisib1e hand]

Oy. Just freaking Oy. It’s so much easier to run roughshod over harmless stooges than it is over real menaces to society.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

The union cops should have shot the wife (since a dog was not around) and then cut off the guys hand.

The citizens cannot and must not intimidate the union cops in ANY way or manner.

[xrmusn]

Maybe it was loaded.
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Well more than likely it had a nail in it.

He could have said “Pull my finger” but that may have had bad results with a bunch of cops threatening to arrest you.

[ReverendJames]

Good thing he didn’t have a dog.

[enraged]

57 years old and not any smarter than a 10 year old.
they shoot dumb asses like this in PDX.
2 domestic calls in one day, usual ‘not taking me alive’ crap, shoots his mouth off at the cops, resists.

lucky old fool.

[SeeSac]

Oy. Just freaking Oy. It’s so much easier to run roughshod over harmless stooges than it is over real menaces to society.

Harmless? The officers were TWICE called to his house. Why were they called and who called? What was he doing and Who was he doing it to?

[varon]

A La Porte man will go to jail for pretending with his finger to shoot at police.

He pleaded guilty to Class D felony intimidation.

I'm concerned for the citizens of La Porte if their policemen get intimidated by just a finger. What would happen if they faced a real weapon..............run and hide in Rockford, IL???

[SeeSac]

I would have taken my chances with a jury.

Two domestic violence calls in less than an hour, physically resisting arrest .... Why would you go to a jury?

[thackney]

policemen get intimidated by just a finger

After repeat calls to the same address for violence by the same man, I would take it as a threat for future actions.

[ClearCase_guy]

In my opinion, the whole reason we have the First Amendment is so that you can go out in public and say, "I oppose King George III! I demand revolution! I say we hang all the SOBs in parliament!"

The Constitution should allow us to express our politics like that. But pointing a finger at a cop? Into the re-education camp for you!

[org.whodat]

If that is a crime I will grantee you about 69% of the cops should be in jail for the same thing.

[org.whodat]

If that is a crime I will grantee you about 69% of the cops should be in jail for the same thing.

[yadent]

He was apparently sentenced for the finger trick, not for the other complaints. Question is-were the officers in any real danger from the ‘loaded’ finger? After all they are really armed and the finger dude, well, just had a finger and maybe some ‘lethal’ flying shoes. ‘Scared’ law enforcement officers are dangerous officers.

[SeeSac]

He was apparently sentenced for the finger trick, not for the other complaints.

Before the 'finger trick' he proclaimed that they would never arrest him. He plead guilty to intimidation of the officers. It was more than just a 'finger trick'. They were called to his house twice for domestic disputes.

[SeeSac]

In my opinion, the whole reason we have the First Amendment is so that you can go out in public and say,

The problem with your statement is that the cops were called to his house TWICE in one day for domestic disputes. And obviously there was something else going on as he proclaimed they would not be able to arrest him BEFORE he gave them the finger and shouted 'bang bang'.

[MaxMax]

In WW1 a soldier ran out of ammo and his leader told him to just point his finger
and say pow. Well it worked until there was one man walking over a hill towards him.
The soldier complained his finger stopped working and as the enemy drew closer
he was finally heard to be saying Tankity-Tank Tankity-Tsnk.