Felonies!? Really?
Felonies? I hope this is some sick joke;
Va. students charged with felonies for snowball throwing
Harrisonburg police say throwing snowballs at occupied vehicles isn’t a harmless prank.
Two James Madison University students learned that lesson the hard way. Each faces a felony charge for throwing snowballs at a city snowplow and an unmarked police car.
Harrisonburg Police Department spokeswoman Mary-Hope Vass says both 21-year-old students were charged Saturday with throwing missiles at occupied vehicles.
Vass says any object thrown at a vehicle can result in the felony charge.
From the WaPo : http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/virginia/va-students-charged-with-felon.html
How is this a good use of government power? If anyone has better information please let someone know.
Snowball’s are a harmful prank? Show me the damages. Right now.
I guess pulling a gun on snowball throwers is probably justified . . .

















eschapp 3:55 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink |
Not that the gun pulling on U street is connected to the Harrisonburg events. I didn’t mean to imply that, other than to point out that without additional information, this seems to be an overextension of police power.
Eric Olson 3:59 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink |
True Dat. So, basically the kids had the bad luck to hit an unmarked police car, and the officers inside got angry. Ugh.
eschapp 4:03 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink |
i don’t know the whole story, but from what I understand at this time: yeah. Seems silly for a snowplow to be angry at that as well.