Farting is now a crime?
By Brad on Sep 25, 2008 in America, Outrageous, Stupid Things, Weird Stuff | comments(1)
While some would like it to be so, it doesn’t seem to rise to the level of criminal activity. But one police office thought so and charged a man with battery for farting near him. MSNBC reports…
A man has been charged with battery on a police officer for allegedly passing gas and fanning it toward a patrolman.
Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, W. Va., was pulled over early Tuesday for driving without headlights, police said. According to the criminal complaint, Cruz smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and failed three field sobriety tests before he was handcuffed and taken to a police station for a breathalyzer test.
As Patrolman T.E. Parsons prepared the machine, Cruz scooted his chair toward Parsons, lifted his leg and “passed gas loudly,” the complaint said.
Seriously? I mean, are you freakin’ kidding me?
I know it’s nasty and all, and I certainly don’t want to be around it, but to charge someone with a crime because they farted near you seems more than a bit of a stretch. What’s next? Belching could qualify as a citable noise complaint?
Has our society just completely lost its mind? It’s just plain ridiculous.
