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Quixote1818

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14. The police may very well have been lying because they were worried about the kids

Reply to negoldie (Reply #4)

Fri May 27, 2016, 04:55 PM

May 2016

but police are allowed to lie to people and test their knowledge of the law. If she had said they were wrong and she knew that particular part of the sidewalk was public property, there probably isn't much they could have done. The thing is she caved and left so the police didn't violate any laws.

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Police Called After Transphobic Preacher Trolls Teens Outside High School [View all] Quixote1818 May 2016 OP

Holy hell - Too many nuts are falling off the trees packman May 2016 #1

Can someone explain why the police interfered with a person speaking on a public sidewalk? jberryhill May 2016 #2

some thoughts mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #3

Yeah, I meant after she left the premises jberryhill May 2016 #9

I think she needed to be reigned in sulphurdunn May 2016 #10

I think that is what it was more about. Someone off kilter around school children. Quixote1818 May 2016 #12

First of all, she was around children and there was concern becaus she is clearly a whack job Quixote1818 May 2016 #13

No lawyer negoldie May 2016 #4

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The police may very well have been lying because they were worried about the kids Quixote1818 May 2016 #14

Cops handled it well bucolic_frolic May 2016 #5

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