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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sat Dec 27, 2014, 04:55 PM Dec 2014

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Woman Charged For Throwing Bacon At Police. This is not satire...

Bipartisan Report ?@Bipartisanism · 3h3 hours ago
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Woman Charged For Throwing Bacon At Police. This is not satire 😆

Looks like some sausages as well...

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Woman Charged For Throwing Bacon At Police. This is not satire... (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2014 OP

That's a lot of good bacon helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #1

She could haven given the cops trichinosis! Is she up for the death penalty yet? Rex Dec 2014 #2

Are you hoping to meat... daleanime Dec 2014 #4

Orange you glad I didn't say Rex Dec 2014 #8

My wife once threw a bag of bean sprouts at me. But, I didn't call the police. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #3

Another harmless protester arrested. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5

She doesn't sound too well helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #7

If she's sick, she needs medical care, not jail. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #11

The judge did the right thing to postpone it until she can have a mental evaluation done. helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #13

+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #14

I also think it' important to emphasize that even though the reporter helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #15

Yep, excellent point! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #16

I would throw in an obvious joke about cannibalism in here MrScorpio Dec 2014 #6

Too easy. nt Rex Dec 2014 #9

Someone else did on LiberalElite Dec 2014 #10

Link to Raw Story article meow2u3 Dec 2014 #12

If only she had cooked it and given it to them- they would have eaten it with smiles on their faces notadmblnd Dec 2014 #17

especially if she put it into donuts! nt Raine Dec 2014 #19

We did the same thing back in the days of the Vietnam War day protests..... a kennedy Dec 2014 #18

helpmetohelpyou

(589 posts)

1. That's a lot of good bacon

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 04:57 PM

Dec 2014

She should be charged

Rex

(65,616 posts)

2. She could haven given the cops trichinosis! Is she up for the death penalty yet?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 04:58 PM

Dec 2014

Sorry, just getting that in here before the piggy apologists show up and beat (no pun intended) me to it!

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

4. Are you hoping to meat...

Reply to Rex (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:02 PM

Dec 2014

anyone in particularly?

Rex

(65,616 posts)

8. Orange you glad I didn't say

Reply to daleanime (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:07 PM

Dec 2014

tomato!

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

3. My wife once threw a bag of bean sprouts at me. But, I didn't call the police.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:01 PM

Dec 2014

NutmegYankee

(16,197 posts)

5. Another harmless protester arrested.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:03 PM

Dec 2014

Love the message though.

helpmetohelpyou

(589 posts)

7. She doesn't sound too well

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:05 PM

Dec 2014

NutmegYankee

(16,197 posts)

11. If she's sick, she needs medical care, not jail.

Reply to helpmetohelpyou (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:09 PM

Dec 2014

The "malicious destruction of property" charge is just wrong. A little soap and water will clean that right up. At least she acted out in a non-violent manner.

helpmetohelpyou

(589 posts)

13. The judge did the right thing to postpone it until she can have a mental evaluation done.

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:12 PM

Dec 2014

RKP5637

(67,078 posts)

14. +1, n/t

Reply to helpmetohelpyou (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:21 PM

Dec 2014

helpmetohelpyou

(589 posts)

15. I also think it' important to emphasize that even though the reporter

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:26 PM

Dec 2014

said she began throwing bacon at the officer it really wasn't striking him.
He was behind bullet proof glass .

RKP5637

(67,078 posts)

16. Yep, excellent point! n/t

Reply to helpmetohelpyou (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:28 PM

Dec 2014

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)

6. I would throw in an obvious joke about cannibalism in here

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:05 PM

Dec 2014

But I chose not to.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

9. Too easy. nt

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:08 PM

Dec 2014

nt

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

10. Someone else did on

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:09 PM

Dec 2014

an earlier thread about the same event.

meow2u3

(24,757 posts)

12. Link to Raw Story article

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:11 PM

Dec 2014

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/feed-the-pigs-mass-woman-arrested-for-smearing-police-station-with-raw-bacon-and-sausage/

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

17. If only she had cooked it and given it to them- they would have eaten it with smiles on their faces

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 05:50 PM

Dec 2014

never realizing they were being given a message.

Raine

(30,540 posts)

19. especially if she put it into donuts! nt

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #17)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 08:24 PM

Dec 2014

a kennedy

(29,602 posts)

18. We did the same thing back in the days of the Vietnam War day protests.....

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 07:19 PM

Dec 2014

In Madison Wisconsin. I don't think it was such a big deal, JMHO.

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