Ohio couple charged after using ketchup to stage murder scene, sending photos to relatives
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Well, that's a crazy think to do to your family as a joke, but what law did they break?
Abuse of a major condiment? Is there really a law that says pictures sent to friends or family must fit into approved categories? If what they did is truly against the law - then we have far too many laws.
Is it really too much trouble for you to read the linked article?
Apparently, it is. Fine. I won't answer your first question - you don't get every last scrap of information spoon-fed to you. The answer to your second question is, obviously, no. The law under which they have been charged is what is known as a public-order statute. These are very general umbrella laws meant to cover a wide-variety of circumstances - the very opposite of your 'too many laws' complaint. This is also a very old category of laws. Virtually every jurisdiction has them, and they have been ubiquitous through American history and before, to colonial times and pre-dating even that in English Common law. So if you think this is a result of a rash of recent laws, think again.
Personally, I think this behavior is a borderline case. If the 'speech' in this case had the slightest bit of political or social commentary, I would absolutely think it to be protected under established caselaw (and before someone cries "You can't yell 'fire!' in a crowded theater!", the case from which that assertion comes has been obsolete for almost half a century due to the subsequent ruling in Brandenburg v. Ohio). But it doesn't, and so I don't think it is. That is not to say that I think criminal charges are necessarily warranted, but I do think it is a circumstance where it could reasonably go either way.
Well, that's a crazy think to do to your family as a joke, but what law did they break?
Abuse of a major condiment?
Is there really a law that says pictures sent to friends or family must fit into approved categories? If what they did is truly against the law - then we have far too many laws.
What law did they break?
Did you miss this part Police were called Thursday at 9:21 p.m. to a home in the 600 block of Meigs Street after receiving multiple calls regarding a possible homicide.
They need to be billed for the cost involved and fined for the fact that while they were having "fun", resources that could have been used or needed for a real situation were wasted.
Did you miss this part Police were called Thursday at 9:21 p.m. to a home in the 600 block of Meigs Street after receiving multiple calls regarding a possible homicide.
They need to be billed for the cost involved and fined for the fact that while they were having "fun", resources that could have been used or needed for a real situation were wasted.
So, every time a cop is called a law has been broken? By who? The person who called them, or the person who possibly committed no crime, but inspired another person to call the cops. IMO, there is no crime here. Just because they create "catch-all" laws, doesn't mean people should be charged. "Inducing panic..." As I said... Too many laws.
What was once just a foolish and tasteless prank can now be elevated to a mountain out of a molehill due to the way social media can instill widespread hysteria.
Totally insane. That is such a horrible thing to do to anyone, much less your family.
Indeed it is and the idiots got what they deserved!!!
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