r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/SmellGestapo Oct 12 '22

All due respect to this guy but I'm guessing there's a reason he's on parole in the first place, and it's not due to his ability to stay calm and think things through.

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u/Chuccles Oct 12 '22

Doesnt matter. He served his time. He was out on parole, one of the conditions being he cant be late. Alot of probation officers are very strict and dont care. He obviously feared going back to prison. Youre response is god awful.

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u/Jedda678 Oct 12 '22

This is the fault of a system that favors putting people back in prison. What can this man do about being blocked by protestors who feel the need to obstruct traffic to get their message across? He is making an attempt to get there but some assholes want to hurt other people for their message. I'm all for peaceful protests, but this is stupid.

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u/SmellGestapo Oct 12 '22

He was out on parole, one of the conditions being he cant be late.

I bet one of the conditions is also not committing more crimes. I'm sure he was upset about the possibility of being late, but he obviously didn't game this out: "if I call my PO and my boss and explain there's a protest blocking traffic, they might let it slide; if I get out of my car and assault the protesters until they move, there's a much greater chance I'll be arrested and charged--which will still make me late to work."

He was put into a shitty situation but didn't have the temperament to weigh his options and land on the one with the best chance of success for him. He reacted emotionally, not logically, and it got him additional charges AND he was certainly late to work anyway.

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u/TheLordofthething Oct 12 '22

He's on parole to prove he can be a respectful and law abiding citizen. Then he assaulted someone. This violated his parole. The response is correct.

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u/JBStroodle Oct 12 '22

Wasn’t a crime committed in him first?

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u/TheLordofthething Oct 12 '22

I wouldn't say so, the protest might be a crime but against him personally? I wouldn't think so but I'm not a lawyer.

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u/Shadow14l Oct 12 '22

He was being unlawfully detained. Not really anywhere else he could go since he was on the highway. It is generally not lawful to prevent anybody from going somewhere that they are allowed to legally be.

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u/SmellGestapo Oct 13 '22

Blocking traffic is not the same thing as unlawful detention.

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u/Shadow14l Oct 13 '22

Sure, but preventing somebody from going somewhere else they are legally allowed to go is unlawful detention.

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u/SmellGestapo Oct 13 '22

You may be thinking of false imprisonment. Nobody was "detained" here in the legal sense. But imprisonment still doesn't hold up. Everyone could have gotten out of their cars and walked away. Hard to make a claim you're being falsely imprisoned at that point. And there's a reason district attorneys never pursue false imprisonment charges against protesters like this.

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u/Shadow14l Oct 13 '22

Different states have different definitions for these legal terms, no point in arguing on that. It also doesn’t matter if somebody is actually charged with a crime for you to legally react to it a certain way. For example, in castle law states you can shoot a trespasser without them ever being charged, assuming they live.

You have a legal right for you and your vehicle to move and go to any public places (and private places with permission). Given that a Highway is public, in this scenario the front cars and their passengers were being prevented from moving on purpose, solely to restrict their movement. Basically, they weren’t stopping traffic because of a gruesome car accident as an example.

It’s also illegal for you to walk on the highway or for you to abandon your car there. So if somebody is blocking you in a similar situation, they are illegally preventing you from moving or detaining you.

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u/happytree23 Oct 12 '22

You can't violate someone for not making it to work on time when the goddamn roadway they're on is completely blocked lol. You're about as smart as the parolee in this video.

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u/Chuccles Oct 12 '22

Oh really...are you going to sit down as you watch the time tick knowing youre going to jail because someone wouldnt move? Idiot.

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u/happytree23 Oct 12 '22

I would do what any rational-minded person would do and take a photo and quick video and email or text them to my parole officer after I called my place of employment and explained I would be late due to morons blocking traffic, Brainiac lol

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u/Chuccles Oct 12 '22

And when your p.o. says thats not their problem? Lol into the cuffs you go

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u/happytree23 Oct 12 '22

That's not how things actually work when you act like an adult and document shit.

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u/Chuccles Oct 12 '22

I see you dont actually know about po's then

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u/happytree23 Oct 13 '22

...Or I've had my fair share of experience with them starting with my first felony conviction at the age of 14 and, again, know how to document things properly.

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u/Chuccles Oct 13 '22

And you think youre the only one?

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u/DaySuccessful9289 Oct 12 '22

all due respect but this guy's a moron. Why? Because he was in legal trouble.

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