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Tennessee Cops Piss On The Constitution, When They Arrest Man For Photoshopped Image
MAN ARRESTED FOR HARASSING A DEAD OFFICER
A Tennessee man, presumably disenchanted with local law enforcement, posted the above image to social media. The image shows two people urinating on a headstone crudely edited to include a portrait of Sgt Daniel Baker, a Dickson County cop who was killed in the line of duty in 2018. The original photograph is the cover of a 2009 album released by a band called The Rites.
Dickson County police, however, believed it was a genuine photo of Baker's grave. With the assistance of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation—and a trip to the cemetery—they realized that it was merely a "tasteless and disrespectful photoshop".
Even so, they tracked Joshua Andrew Garton down anyway and charged him with Harassment over what the TBI described as "desecration" in a Twitter posting announcing his arrest. Garton is being held on a $76,000 bond at Dickson County Jail.
Garton's arrest may satisfy local outrage, but comes with its own costs. The heavy-handed response has already been widely condemned as an infringement of Garton's constitutional rights.
When it comes to First Amendment free speech, the First Amendment really was designed to protect a debate at the fringes. You don't need the courts to protect speech that everybody agrees with, because that speech will be tolerated. You need a First Amendment to protect speech that people regard as intolerable or outrageous or offensive — because that is when the majority will wield its power to censor or suppress, and we have a First Amendment to prevent the government from doing that.
Tennessee attorney Daniel A. Horwitz, who specializes in First Amendment litigation noted, the specific conduct the TBI arrested Garton for is simply “not a crime.”
“The First Amendment clearly and unmistakably protects this man’s right to post an offensive photo about a police officer,” Horwitz told Law&Crime.
“The only people who broke the law here were the police officers and TBI agents who participated in this flagrantly unconstitutional arrest.”-Daniel A. Horwitz
"The Police set out to arrest Joshua Andrew Garton for one thing, quickly realize they can't, and made up something else in frustration," wrote lawyer Daniel A. Horwitz on Twitter. "… I am riled up about the government imprisoning someone for disrespecting them."
Now this whole situation is also an example of the Streisand Effect, when is an attempt at censorship that results only in broad attention to the material in question. Thanks to the arrest, an image seen by only a few locals has now gone viral online.
UPDATE: Investigative efforts, by TBI and the Dickson Police Department today, have led to a Harassment charge for a man accused of doctoring and posting a disturbing photograph depicting the desicration of the grave of Sgt. Daniel Baker.
— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) January 23, 2021
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Don't Talk & Ride In Australia Without Installing Hands Free Devise On Your Horse
Man Riding Horse Stopped By Police For Using His Phone
When you next ride your horse down the street, don't pick up that phone ringing in your pocket.
A Hill End man charged with using a mobile phone while riding a horse, who elected to have it heard in Mudgee Local Court, had the matter dealt with without a criminal conviction being recorded - where it was labelled 'trivial'.
The 30-year-old was seen riding the horse along the Hill End Road at Tambaroora, north of Hill End, at 11.08am on Saturday, October 19, 2019.
While travelling at an estimated speed of 10km/h, he was seen to be holding the phone up to his right ear, before he was stopped by police.
The magistrate did not record a criminal conviction and labelled the matter 'trivial'.
The 30-year-old, from Hill End in the NSW Central West, was seen riding the horse along the Hill End Road at Tambaroora, north of Hill End, at 11:08am.
While travelling at an estimated speed of 10km/h, he was seen to be holding the phone up to his right ear, before police stopped him.
It was noted that at the time the traffic on the road was light.
Police prosecutor Kris O'Brien tendered the paperwork to the court for the charge of 'Driver use mobile phone when not permitted', and noted "it's not made clear in the charge, but the vehicle is a horse".
Magistrate David Day appeared to wince with laughter and suggested this was perhaps something that Equestrian Australia should educate riders on.
And went onto say he hadn't dealt with such a matter before and added: "I've had someone charged with being drunk on a horse before - but just one".
The defendant's solicitor, Tim Cain, submitted that the matter was "trivial" and that his client pleaded guilty "because he concedes that the horse was in motion".
Magistrate Day said, "under the road rules a horse is a vehicle ... and he didn't have a hands-free device fitted to the horse".
Although, questioned whether the incident occurred on "a quiet day", and concurred it was "trivial - in the extreme".
"Especially in a rural area where animals are a form of transport," he said.
A three-month Conditional Release Order was imposed without a conviction recorded.
**Under NSW legislation, Road Rules 2014, Road users and vehicles, a 'vehicle' includes an animal-drawn vehicle, and an animal that is being ridden or drawing a vehicle. With a 'ride' defined as the rider of a motor bike or animal-drawn vehicle, includes to be in control of.
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