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jayfish

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8. Arrested For What Exactly?

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:13 PM

Oct 2019

These two will likely have thier charges dropped and receive a settlement from university police. If the two decide to press the issue I can see that law being declared unconstitutional. Sorry DU; as abhorrent as the behavior is we simply can't go around arresting people for speech. E.O.D.

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2 white UConn students arrested after video showed them shouting racial slurs [View all] Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP

Those two don't look "white" to me. brush Oct 2019 #1

Ditto n/t malaise Oct 2019 #3

They look middle eastern treestar Oct 2019 #26

They aren't. TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #33

They should go back to Croatia dalton99a Oct 2019 #2

Or Albania n/t Glorfindel Oct 2019 #5

I think you got it DFW Oct 2019 #7

Likely to be Muslims too treestar Oct 2019 #27

Likely, though not 100% certain DFW Oct 2019 #31

John Belushi? treestar Oct 2019 #37

Probably the most famous Albanian-American DFW Oct 2019 #38

Is Trump by any chance a member here? Hortensis Oct 2019 #15

UConn, the home of bacon jalapeno fucking mac and cheese jberryhill Oct 2019 #4

What a great job by that manager. I'm impressed. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #32

They should be expelled from the college for that behavior. kimbutgar Oct 2019 #6

Arrested For What Exactly? jayfish Oct 2019 #8

"ridicule on account of race, color, or creed" Mosby Oct 2019 #9

It's a CT statute that's existed since 1949 jberryhill Oct 2019 #10

And It Will Be Ruled Unconstitutional. jayfish Oct 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2019 #14

"your examples are not illegal" jberryhill Oct 2019 #18

"can be accomplished" -NT- jayfish Oct 2019 #22

no, you don't get arrested for saying I am going to kill you without some action dsc Oct 2019 #19

That's simply not correct jberryhill Oct 2019 #20

Case Law jayfish Oct 2019 #24

You'll point us towards legal precedent to support your premise, yes? LanternWaste Oct 2019 #21

Oh, Brother. jayfish Oct 2019 #23

I see a lot that could be argued from those cases treestar Oct 2019 #29

The "Fighting Words" Exception... jayfish Oct 2019 #30

More Relevance And Precision For You jayfish Oct 2019 #25

+1 treestar Oct 2019 #28

Have to agree- the language wasn't even aimed at a particular person for a "fighting words" coti Oct 2019 #34

Disturbing The Peace Is A BS... jayfish Oct 2019 #35

I can see that opinion, sure, for disorderly conduct-type charges coti Oct 2019 #36

"Portrait of Two Incels" MineralMan Oct 2019 #12

Angry masturbation *can't* be healthy... Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #13

At least it's a release of some kind. MineralMan Oct 2019 #16

Ah they were clearly inspired by the racist in chief. Initech Oct 2019 #17