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It's not my definition. It's the statute's.

Obviously. And there's nothing in what he confessed to which charges lewd behavior.

[VxH]

[there's nothing in what he confessed to which charges lewd behavior.]

 

Another strawman. 

 

The definition of Lewd includes obscenity.

 

lewd (lūd)
adj., lewd·er, lewd·est.

1. 1. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
   2. Obscene; indecent.
2. Obsolete. Wicked.

[Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lǣwede, ignorant, lay.]

lewdly lewd'ly adv.
lewdness lewd'ness n.

http://www.answers.com/topic/lewd

 

The cited Disorderly Conduct statute DOES have a reference to conduct that is obscene. 

3) Engages in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or noisy conduct

 

Obscene behavior is lewd behavior.

 

That seems to be the way that Sgt. Karsnia and Detective Nelson were applying the Minnesota statute.  I suspect they are a whole lot more familiar with the legal statutes and definitions in their jurisdiction than you or I are.