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New mom faces ARREST because she took son she's breastfeeding to jury duty when there was no-one....
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 19 October 2013 | DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Posted on 10/20/2013 11:26:21 AM PDT by moonshinner_09

New mom faces ARREST because she took son she's breastfeeding to jury duty when there was no-one else to care for him.

A Missouri woman is to face court this week for bringing her new born child to the courthouse for jury duty because she was breastfeeding. Laura Trickle, of Lee’s Summit, delivered her daughter Axel in March and was breastfeeding when she was called for jury duty in August. She asked to be exempt from appearing, as she was breastfeeding, but received notice that she must report to court to fullfill her civic obligation and serve jury duty, according to the Kansas City Star.

Trickle was told to either arrange for child care or bring somebody with her who could care for the child during jury selection. On September 3, she appeared for jury duty with her child, but according to the ensuing court order, she ‘willfully and contemptuously appeared for jury service with her child and no one to care for the child’. Trickle will now face Jackson County Presiding Judge Marco Roldan on Thursday at a hearing at the Jackson County Courthouse downtown. Those who skip jury duty can be found in contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine of up to $500 and maybe even be arrested. The mother insists she is not a criminal, saying ‘I’ve never even had a speeding ticket’.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: breastfeeding; donutwatch; juryduty; missouri
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To: moonshinner_09

They wouldn’t grant an exemption for a nursing mother? Pricks.


61 posted on 10/20/2013 12:51:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Breastfeeding fanatics.Hundreds of millions of kids in the developed world grew up on the bottle and did just fine.No sympathy for this fanatic.

Everyone should be like you, and if they aren't they absolutely deserve prison.

62 posted on 10/20/2013 12:52:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Cyber Liberty

It’s been awhile since we had a sink kitty.
Currently no good candidates for a UT move.
:(


63 posted on 10/20/2013 12:53:35 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: ottbmare

My wife had to go back to work 30 days after giving birth to twin girls. And she was breast feeding.

She had to work 1 month to get what we called her “quitting bonus”

So I took a leave from work so I could watch the girls Monday - Friday for that month.

So Yeah, I know about it.


64 posted on 10/20/2013 12:55:22 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: TigersEye

exactly

Jury Duty fanatics, who needs’em?


65 posted on 10/20/2013 12:56:38 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Cowboy Bob

The thing is, jury duty doesn’t have to suck. Pay real money for the service, treat with dignity, and people will volunteer.

I’m amazed at all the ways government will waste money,. But jury duty isn’t one of them.


66 posted on 10/20/2013 1:00:09 PM PDT by LevinFan
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To: LevinFan

They spend more money hunting down Jury Duty skippers than they spend on those serving


67 posted on 10/20/2013 1:01:07 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: moonshinner_09; GeronL

I thought Missouri was the “show me state”.


68 posted on 10/20/2013 1:01:10 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Darksheare; TheOldLady

Oh, but UT candidates can pop up in an instant. It’s only a matter of time before some retard is going to post us a really good thread. And we already know the infrastructure can withstand a UT thread north of 65,000 posts, so we can afford to wait. I assume we have Baldwin’s Moving on a retainer, right? TheOldLady has a good stock of zot pics. I think Face’s truck is being fixed this week, so we’re ready.


69 posted on 10/20/2013 1:01:35 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I am thinking that was meant rhetorically


70 posted on 10/20/2013 1:01:54 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Cyber Liberty

” my favorite part of the
ordeal is when they have a Judge or
politician who got called get up and make
a speech about how wonderful we are
and how much we’re appreciated,”

I wonder if the judge would like to hear, “Words are cheep.”


71 posted on 10/20/2013 1:01:59 PM PDT by LevinFan
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To: Gay State Conservative

No now you’re telling a mother how to feed her child? That’s something Mooshelle would do.Someone quoted this term....lots of “totalitarian fanboys” on this forum lately.


72 posted on 10/20/2013 1:03:13 PM PDT by Blackirish
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To: PeteB570
Refusing to go to work (unless military) doesn't get you arrested like being in contempt of court, genius.

And even at that, even the military makes post- pregnancy exceptions to policy.

You sound like you have the common sense of an officer - none. The manual didn't say, so Mongo no know what to do.

73 posted on 10/20/2013 1:05:55 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: LevinFan

They always here at least two words from me after the “pep speech.” Can you guess what they are? One rhymes with “truck” and the other rhymes with “blue.”


74 posted on 10/20/2013 1:06:51 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: LevinFan

(Well, the pol will. Never know if I ever have to appear before a Judge, right?)


75 posted on 10/20/2013 1:07:40 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Repeat Offender

My, My, My aren’t we the little name callers this afternoon.

Bless Your Heart


76 posted on 10/20/2013 1:08:53 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: martin_fierro

“Laura Trickle
Oh. Come. ON. “

Annie Sprinkle’s cousin.


77 posted on 10/20/2013 1:12:51 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: moonshinner_09; GeronL
Good gosh this Judge could of used some common sense instead of ordering her arrested.

That judge is a total douche bag! Here in Texas mothers caring for small children are exempt from jury duty period! My county which is hardly a leader in implementing modern IT has an automated system that allows people check in online and fill out all the information that used to be entered on paper forms when showing up for the first morning of jury duty. In addition anyone who is exempt from jury duty can log into that system and check the appropriate box onscreen and submit the reason for the exemption online without ever having to travel to the county courthouse!

78 posted on 10/20/2013 1:12:52 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Blackirish
No now you’re telling a mother how to feed her child?

Nope,because there is at least one *perfectly* legitimate alternative she shouldn't be exempt from any of her legal responsibilities.If the only choices were breatfeeding or starvation it would be an entirely different story but that's not the case,is it? She's a breatfeeding fanatic...just as Moochelle is a Marxist fanatic.

Where will we find this woman next.On a picket line to "protect women's health clinics"?

79 posted on 10/20/2013 1:13:34 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: moonshinner_09
Milk 'n cookies

Haters gonna hate


80 posted on 10/20/2013 1:16:41 PM PDT by Daffynition (*In memory of FReeper Blackie. God rest his *Hooligan* soul.*)
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