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In reply to the discussion: ‘Did You Say ‘F**k Me?’ Judge Sentences Florida Teen To 30 Days In Jail For Cursing At Him [View all]reorg
(3,317 posts)50. I'll have to avoid Florida, perhaps
so as not to show any "authority figure" my real feelings
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‘Did You Say ‘F**k Me?’ Judge Sentences Florida Teen To 30 Days In Jail For Cursing At Him [View all]
trailmonkee
Feb 2013
OP
Really? So sentenced to 30 days in jail for cussing? Judges have to much power. n-t
Logical
Feb 2013
#6
A person has to be a fully qualified trial lawyer to get a job as a public defender
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#180
Life isn't fair. The poor always get the short end of the stick. Suck hind teat. Get nickel-and-
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#206
I have a cousin who works his underpaid and underappreciated ASS off as a PD.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#189
I have a very dedicated public defender in my family, her clients get her full skill set and
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#278
Blame the system, not the public defenders doing the best they can in a faulty system.
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#315
"Public defenders are nothing more than a piece of shit" is the problem, would you edit that out?
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#328
Wow. You just told two stories in which you were represented by private council you paid to
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#281
Blame the system as not being work a piece of shit, not the public defenders doing the best
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#316
Yes, but it was the way you phrased some things(that I quoted, btw) that was problematic.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#108
Ask any experienced teachers here on DU if kids today have more behavior problems,
Common Sense Party
Feb 2013
#157
She's not an adolescent. She's an adult of 18 and she needs to put her big girl pants on
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#196
She's not a misbehaving "kid". She is an adult, and she committed the CRIME of
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#194
Yes, but we shouldn't be pulling the "Today's kids are all worse!" card as a certain member did.....
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#295
PERHAPS IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO READ MY ORIGINAL POST AGAIN!!! (Sorry for the shouting)
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2013
#317
Well, I'm genuinely sorry if you thought I was accusing you of actually being a 'Bagger.............
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#338
You dumb enough to lip off and laugh at a judge, you deserve whatever happens.
hobbit709
Feb 2013
#86
Again, as I said to others, the opinion itself I didn't have a problem with.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#134
He did have a good reason for doubling it: She *laughed at him* and said, "Adios," probably
tblue37
Feb 2013
#240
Well, all I can say is I disagree. You're wrong. It's not a right-wing meme
Common Sense Party
Feb 2013
#142
Maybe in your life. But this isn't the case when you think about us as a whole.....
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#305
Okay, but just realize that the opinion itself, while I disagree with it, wasn't the issue..........
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#113
I have no ideal if kids are less well mannered today than in previous times
pennylane100
Feb 2013
#221
Common courtesy and manners, and the expectation thereof, are not just for teabaggers.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#191
Amen. If my kid mouthed off to a judge in that way, I would have asked them
Common Sense Party
Feb 2013
#131
She smarted off at him when she said "adios". He was right to raise her bail.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#203
You and I just have different specific definitions of the term, I suspect.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#248
A lot of judges are fucking tools. They don't deserve automatic respect.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#127
You don't have to feel respect for the judge, but you have to keep your mouth shut if you don't.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#238
The police officer desrves respect, but not in the sense that the judge does.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#355
Yeah 30 days in jail, glad the taxpayers are picking up the dime for his power trip
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#161
An attorney likely would had received stiffer punishment if they had done the same.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2013
#227
She would laugh off a single night in jail and come back to him spitting in his face.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#211
I would imagine that in this case however, the precedent was most certainly not abused...
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#88
Yes, she shouldn't have cussed him out, and she COULD have done a better job of recognizing the.....
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#296
LOL! Next, you're going to tell me he violated her second amendment rights by denying her a firearm.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#45
Apparently she was in a club- so they might have scooped her up just a few hours prior
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#35
"drug possession charge" Sending our children to jail for the benefit of private prisons!
Kurska
Feb 2013
#10
that is why he called her back the first time, because she was the one making it racial
quinnox
Feb 2013
#20
Ever read about the trial of the Chicago 8? Sometimes judges are total
coalition_unwilling
Feb 2013
#37
Judges do that? Judges usually are friends of the common person who did not commit a crime
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#265
One has to show respect in the court. Or accept the consequences. Do the crime, do the time.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#277
I'll take anarchy over the cruel and vicious fraud known as the drug war any day
Downtown Hound
Feb 2013
#283
Advoid doing things that can result in a court appearance and you've solved
Auntie Bush
Feb 2013
#186
I was a foul-mouthed 18 year old with an attitude problem once but even then I had enough sense
Rowdyboy
Feb 2013
#65
Sometimes judges will rescind contempt sentences if the person apologizes to the court
sylvi
Feb 2013
#68
I think that a judge shouldn't be able to trump the provisions of the Constitution
Heywood J
Feb 2013
#356
As opposed to the hundreds of billions of dollars we spend incarcerating them?
Downtown Hound
Feb 2013
#257
I don't think mouthing off to a judge is the same thing as organized, principled civil disobedience
Downtown Hound
Feb 2013
#345
I have no rx insurance, just filled a bottle of 60 Xanax at Costco for under $12. No insurance.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#287
A girl led off in chains for a month for a victimless crime and an ego trip, disgusting.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#173
"Only violent offenders need to be locked away". So, no prison for the banksters.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#179
What does putting him in a cage help? He didn't put anyone in a cage.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#202
I am really surprised to see so many here support the abuse of judicial power
bowens43
Feb 2013
#147
Putting a person into a cage for swearing does make one an authoritarian.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#263
Kai won't stand a chance at testimony against the 'bear hug giant'..off to a cell with Kai, also...
Tikki
Feb 2013
#158
It's the almost the exact same thing I watched on MediaIte, by the way. Another link?
AverageJoe90
Feb 2013
#289
Wish all judges took this approach with smartasses in court, lol. Especially the WEALTHY ones.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#187
Kids--and people in general--learn lessons by experiencing the consequences of their behavior.
tblue37
Feb 2013
#232
Judges are given extraordinary — and necessary — authority over what goes on in their courtrooms...
markpkessinger
Feb 2013
#304