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Originally Posted by AmateurFlix
if you read the rest of the article, it looks like the woman was arrested for posting signs on other people's property without their permission and was being a nuisance. I know the area they're referring to and it's a pretty liberal environment, she must've been a total whacko to get arrested over this.
In this case I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the content of her posters 
edit: just read "assault of two Cleveland Heights police officers" after posting. I knew there was more to this... |
More assumptions.
Your edit is correct in that the charge is one of assault - not posting shit on walls athough that obvious caught the attention of police officers.
Here's a quote from her lawyer... tho it's only his version, doubt he is going to lie about the court procedure..
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Gilbert says that during the trial, McGinty refused to instruct the jury about protocols for arrest in minor misdemeanor cases, like illegally hanging posters. "We repeatedly asked the judge to explain to the jury under what circumstances people can be arrested for minor misdemeanor. He wouldn't instruct them. He kept saying it's irrelevant. The prosecutor kept saying he had the right to arrest, and we said he didn't, and the judge could have cleared that up by reading the statute ? which says that police can't arrest on minor misdemeanor without giving a citation, unless the person doesn't provide ID. They didn't give her a chance to provide ID."
The defense argument included a 40-minute, video-taped deposition of a paramedic who responded to the scene, but Gilbert was not allowed to play the whole tape. "Ten minutes into the tape the paramedic was saying that [Fisher] needed help, but no one was taking care of her. Then he's explaining that one of the officers was pointing his finger at her face, saying, 'I don't care if you're injured, you're going to jail.' Right after the paramedic said that, the judge cut off the tape."
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It don't take a brain to see the officers had no ability to manage this scenario - they clearly have no clue of "people management". They are dealing with a 51 year old woman supposedly 5'4" in height - gimme a break.
This is the trash that makes a mockery of the justice system in the US - listen hard to any international jurist and they just "smile politely" when it comes to this bullshit. (Flip side is there are plenty good judges - the bullshit lets them down.)