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Judge Roberts expressed his opposition to the French Fry arrest of a 12-year-old girl, but nonetheless upheld it.
The law, passed by DC, banning eating on the subway, is stupid. As was the decision of the individual cop to enforce it by arresting a 12 year old over a flippin' french fry. The foolishness of laws, especially in liberal cities, knows no bounds.
But I agree with Roberts-their city, their choice, foolish as it is. Not the place for the SC to get involved. Should the SC overrule the NYC "big gulp" law?
Last edited by Toyman at Jewel Lake; 06-15-2015 at 08:21 AM..
Metro does this and then gets the Post to feature the story about the poor little munchkin that gets abused by the system. It's to create an environment where kids are fearful of eating on the Metro.
Judge Roberts expressed his opposition to the French Fry arrest of a 12-year-old girl, but nonetheless upheld it.
If states wants stupid laws like that one, then they can have them, and the people in those states will start watching people leave. How does the SCOTUS have jurisdiction here?
Metro does this and then gets the Post to feature the story about the poor little munchkin that gets abused by the system. It's to create an environment where kids are fearful of eating on the Metro.
... as they should be. That is why people are made an example. She should have been ticketed and sent on her way.
What race was the young lady arrested for eating the French fry?
does it really matter?
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That kid will have this crime on her record for the rest of her life.
no she wont. she is twelve, and when she turns 18 this incident will be expunged from her record, and she will have a clean slate upon entering adulthood.
in the end the law was the law, but it was a stupid law, and it was the publicity of such a young child being arrested that got the law changed. perhaps one day the people of this country will wake up and demand that such laws be stricken from the books, unfortunately chances are it will take incidents like this to repeal these types of laws, and it will happen one law at a time.
Does anyone know how tall Chief Justice Roberts is?
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