"Hey copper you can't get me....nah nah" = jail time.

[101]

http://politics.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=23888&external=2184647.proteus.fma

Felony charge for "annoying" a police officer.

The hits simply keep on coming. Can New York get any more stupid? Edited June 9, 2013 by 101

[Guest Emtdaddy1980]

Has anyone seen Dave S? He should read this.

[xjsnake]

Papers please...

[frankmako]

read history.  you will see things like what is going on now.  we are heading to a bad place.

[npgunner]

Move along citizens ... wait, don't move along, I'm annoyed and you're going to jail.

[Dustbuster]

NY lawmakers should be charged for w recklessly promoting stupidity with aggravated laws....what next....

[vontar]

I see problems with this.

 

One flipping them off could annoy them and that has already been rules protected speech.  Just an example.  I won't do it.

Heck, asking them anything might annoy them.

[JAB]

State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, told the station that individuals who harass police officers "create situations that can lead to injuries" and "deserve to pay a price for their actions daring to excercise their right to free speech and not bowing down to the representatives of their masters."

 

Fixed it for them.

 

[E4 No More]

I see problems with this.

 

One flipping them off could annoy them and that has already been rules protected speech.  Just an example.  I won't do it.

Heck, asking them anything might annoy them.

Unless they flip you off from a vehicle, and then it's a charge of "Improper Signal."

[Guest RedLights&Sirens]

Unless they flip you off from a vehicle, and then it's a charge of "Improper Signal."

Im ganna have you arrested for attempted manslaughter because I cant breath between choking and laughing at this. Edited June 13, 2013 by RedLights&Sirens

[Jonnin]

Did you read the TEXT?

 

--A bill making its way through the New York state legislature would make it a crime to annoy a police officer by subjecting them to physical contact.

 

Physical contact is OK by me.   Verbal etc is not.   Touching a LEO to harass them because you do not like LEO's should indeed result in arrest.  Felony is a bit harsh but I can live with it.   The guy giving the LEO a wedgie could very well be the reason it took the officer an extra 10 min to get to someone's home to stop an assault....

[E4 No More]

Im ganna have you arrested for attempted manslaughter because I cant breath between choking and laughing at this.

:hat:

[RobertNashville]

Did you read the TEXT?

 

--A bill making its way through the New York state legislature would make it a crime to annoy a police officer by subjecting them to physical contact.

 

Physical contact is OK by me.   Verbal etc is not.   Touching a LEO to harass them because you do not like LEO's should indeed result in arrest.  Felony is a bit harsh but I can live with it.   The guy giving the LEO a wedgie could very well be the reason it took the officer an extra 10 min to get to someone's home to stop an assault....

I thought that intentionally "touching" anyone without their permission constituted at least "simple assault" which is already illegal in most places isn't it?

Is a new law really required for this, even in NY???   

[E4 No More]

I thought that intentionally "touching" anyone without their permission constituted at least "simple assault" which is already illegal in most places isn't it?

Is a new law really required for this, even in NY???   

Not really. Depending on the jurisdiction, of course, it has to be a touch meant to be offensive. Touching someone's arm as they pass by to get their attention to ask a question, for instance, would not be 3rd degree assault. Poking them in the chest or grabbing their arm firmly would be a different story. This is why provoking words usually accompany such determinations.

 

No new law is required, but it IS New York.