Snowball Justice Has Been Achieved

Lemme guess, the first words out of their mouths when getting the cuffs slammed on them were "BUT OFFICER, WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN!" Finally, people are being held accountable for their disrespectful and inappropriate behavior. Nothing like having a felony charge dropped on you to ruin your day. I would vote for Fenty if he cracked down on the snowballers.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/mary-pat-flaherty/woman-charged-with-assaulting.html

Woman charged with assaulting D.C. officer in snowball fight

A 21-year-old woman has been charged with assault on a police officer after a District officer was hit in the face with an "ice ball" during a large snowball fight early Wednesday morning near the Wonderland Ballroom at 11th and Kenyon streets NW, according to police spokesman Sgt. Nicholas Breul.

Breul said he was still gathering information and did not have the woman's name available.

Breul said Third District officers has been called to "a disorderly snowball fight" at approximately 2 a.m.

The arrest is the latest in snowball fight police news.

Two 21-year-old James Madison University students were charged Saturday with a felony for throwing missiles at an occupied vehicle after they allegedly threw snowballs at a city plow and an unmarked police car.

And D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has said that the internal investigation into the detective who pulled his weapon during a December snowball fight at 14th and U streets NW was "complete" but she had not yet seen the results.

When some in the crowd threw a snowball at Det. Michael Baylor's car, he confronted them with a drawn weapon, prompting other police to respond to reports of a man with a gun. The incident was captured on video and reverberated widely on the Web, prompting Lanier and other officials to speak out condemning Baylor's actions.

Baylor was put on desk duty after the incident, pending the investigation.

– Mary Pat Flaherty

God, you're such a bitch.



Sounds like somebody's got a good sized snowball wedged in their cold vagina.

If I still had my DC Bar license, I would represent each one of them, FREE OF CHARGE.

The only thing I hate worse than cops, is cops with no sense of humor.

Here's a case where the old codgers have a tiny bit of weight on their side because it supposedly was an ice ball. As much as I'm completely on the snowball revellers side, I'm also completely for having completey fair, clean and safe battles.

We only have this one article so don't know the full story but this is extreme. Most of all, a FELONY!?!?!? WTF!?!?!?!?!? This being considered a 'felony offense' in a city that ignores smash and grabs. Get a flipping grip! Even if it turns out that there's more to the story, such as rocks inside, etc., to make this a felony, seems a bit exteme; especially when you consider that the cop car was 'undercover' (UNMARKED).

Now for snowball participants who play dirty, go get 'um! But get 'um with things like, uh, snowballs, scoldings, loitering sorts of tactics, or, at most, a minor fine.

To the snowballers: Please don't be the few bad apples who ruin it for the majority of good spirited folk. Play fair and use a little common sense. 

Regardless of whether or not it was a snowball or iceball, anybody who rejoices over kids getting popped with a felony over something like this mustn't have a shred of humanity.

azaghal1981 wrote:
God, you're such a bitch.



Sounds like somebody's got a good sized snowball wedged in their cold vagina.

I could never say it any better than this.

a felony, really? you cant really think that's justice?

Alla  felony means is that the possible sentence include 1 year or more incarceration.  Having said that, the age of the individuals involved is 100% irrelevant.  How much fun they were having is 100% irrelevant.  There is no difference in throwing an ice ball at a vehicle and throwing a brick.  Should we allow 'kids' a free pass when they throw a brick at a car as long as they say 'we were just having fun'?  If you want to have a snow ball fight with friends or whomever that is fine.  Otherwise either don't throw ice, snow, whatever or deal with the consequences.

DID THE CRIME NOW DO THE TIME

i hope they get the chair. after a good waterboarding

RatBastard wrote:
Alla  felony means is that the possible sentence include 1 year or more incarceration.  Having said that, the age of the individuals involved is 100% irrelevant.  How much fun they were having is 100% irrelevant.  There is no difference in throwing an ice ball at a vehicle and throwing a brick.  Should we allow 'kids' a free pass when they throw a brick at a car as long as they say 'we were just having fun'?  If you want to have a snow ball fight with friends or whomever that is fine.  Otherwise either don't throw ice, snow, whatever or deal with the consequences.

If you had a vagina, I'd say refer to azaghal1981's post.  But since you don't, repalce vagina with ass.

^ We now know which side of the hill that ol' man Rat Bastard resides on. (I love you Rat but I can't agree with you on this.)

My biggest problem with his statement is that 'snowball' is on that list.

"Okay, Snowball Sylvia. Meet your new cellmate, Crazy Mary. She's a real refined sort. She killed her entire family and served them up to the Ladies Guild."

I'm always up for a good snowball fight.  But know your limits.  Don't throw anything at cars or people who are not involved.  That's not breaking up a good time, it's ruining one by acting foolish.  The fact that they are being charged with felonies is pretty ridiculous though. 

^Well said.

The reason it's a felony is because they actually THREW A SNOWBALL AT A COP.    That's assaulting a police officer.  How fucking stupid do you have to be to do that?

(Putting this in here instead of in the Onion thread just to keep the snow stories together.)

Can't say that this guy shouldn't be reprimanded in some way, but I've got to admit that there is a side of me that wishes this guy were my neighbor. Kind of a local rogue hero of sorts.

"Police say man stole front loader to plow driveways

A Columbia man has been arrested after police say he stole a front loader and used it to clear driveways.

A Caterpillar skid steer loader was reported stolen sometime between Friday and Monday from a parking garage on U.S. 1 and Mission Road in Jessup, Howard County police said. The vehicle was equipped with LoJack, and on Tuesday morning officers traced it to a home in Laurel and found it parked in the driveway, police said.

The homeowners said a friend had left it there after clearing their driveway, and police worked to track the man down.

David Earl Bryant, 40, of the 9600 block of Hingston Downs has been charged with felony theft, theft, motor vehicle theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and removing or defacing a VIN number. Electronic court records show Bryant was released on his own recognizance and he did not appear to have a prior criminal record in Maryland."

Doctor wrote:
The reason it's a felony is because they actually THREW A SNOWBALL AT A COP.    That's assaulting a police officer.  How fucking stupid do you have to be to do that?

UNDERCOVER

How do you know if she knew he was a cop?

Um… because they were uniformed cops, they were not undercover.  They were regular cops, in patrol cars, flashing lights and all, responding to a complaint made by a resident of the neighborhood.

And if the neighborhood residents are awake and calling 911 at 2am, that kind of undermines the "harmless fun" argument also.

Seriously, only a lifetime of mom and dad bailing you out of life's tricky situations would lead you to believe you can throw shit at uniformed cops with impunity.

Having only the article to go by, there is nothing stating that they were uniformed but they did say the car was unmarked which are usually used by plain clothed detectives and other non-uniformed officers. Maybe you know something not stated.

If she knowingly threw it at a uniformed cop, than that was pretty damn dumb on her part but to charge her with a felony is taking things too far. If any charges should be placed, they should be in the misdemeanor range. Misdemeanors are not a slap on the wrist unless you've actually done something much more heinious.

There are more details on DCist.com.  The cars were marked – if you read something about an unmarked, it is likely from the earlier incident, in December.

Not knowing the law in detail, but I am guessing assaulting a police officer is a felony no matter what.