Posted on 01/09/2023 2:33:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
"Many generous, fun, semi-stupid, legendary moments have happened during Astros Championship Parades," the man's lawyers said in his defense.
Houston Astros fan Joseph Halm Arcidiacono has another victory to celebrate this week, as he was no-billed by a grand jury that decided not to indict him for throwing cans of alcohol at Sen. Ted Cruz during the team's World Series parade in early November.
Arcidiacono, 33, was originally charged with "aggravated assault with a deadly weapon" and posted a bond set at $40,000 after he hurled two unopened cans of what appeared to be White Claw toward the senator as he waved to crowds lining Smith Street. Following the incident, HPD announced via Twitter that Cruz had been struck in the chest and neck area but did not require medical attention and that Arcidiacono had been arrested.
While being detained, Arcidiacono allegedly told officers, "I know, I'm an idiot. I'm sorry."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
The two tiers of justice.
“throwing beer”
“what appeared to be White Claw”
hmmm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
White Claw ain’t beer. Guinness is beer.
Beers everywhere are demanding an apology for such a slanderous comparison....
If the target had been chuckie bug-eyes?
Automatic 20 years in the electric chair while being hanged.
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Awesome!
Precedent is set.
Feel free to start chucking canned beverages at Chuck you Schumer I’ll take care of Tammy Baldwin, Who wants to peg Cory Booker?
No consequences, right?
Or am I missing some important detail about our Justice System?
Maybe they shouldn’t have gone the hyperbolic route. A beer can isn’t a deadly weapon. Maybe the prosecutors watched McCoy on Law and Order too much. He loves to blow up smaller offenses into big ones like this.
Guinness is a stout. I guess that's a type of beer, but c'mon.
Ted has obviously never been to an Eagles game at home field.
Maybe Cruz’s Security Guard can ‘wing’ someone throwing beers at their client next time. It might discourage such behaviour in the future.
Imagine if you will a spectator tossing cans of beer at Hillary.
GUILTY!!!!!
Jurors are total friggin’ jerks without lives.
He's going to need to wear face protection when he goes out.
Damn straight. Throw all the beer you want at politicians expecting them to “chug” it.
From now on, when you throw a can of beer at a politician, be sure to inform the far left goofy “media” you only wanted him to “chug” it. The jackasses in the far left “media” had a great time throwing this in Cruz’s face. They didn’t seem to think you were only being a friendly fan wanting to share a beer with Cruz.
If it happened to Schmukie the guy would be in solitary confinement looking at years for assault
I saw a clip of a guy that chucked a 40 at Martin Sheen once. Dancing queen, lol.
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