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Roughing the Protester? Activist Tackled by Rams Players Files Police Report and Threatens Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

PETA and other groups have called the activists “heroes” f or their actions but prosecutors are seeking convictions for felony burglary and theft charges. The protester was engaged, at a minimum, in a criminal misdemeanor while be pursued by security. In my view, Wagner and McKinley had a right to tackle the protester.

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Florida Woman Faces Criminal Charges Of Practicing Without A License After Allegedly Disfiguring Patient

JonathanTurley

These cases often involve both criminal and tort cases. What was striking however was the charge with practicing medicine without a license (which was later elevated to a second-degree felony because of the patient’s disfigurement). That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor.

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Houston Man Arrested As Police Continue Search For Missing Tiger

JonathanTurley

He is facing both criminal and potential tort liability for the tiger incident. The punishment is a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 to $2,000. If convicted of a felony, the maximum penalty is $20,000 and/or up to five years imprisonment. For a misdemeanor, the maximum penalty is $10,000 and/or up to one-year imprisonment.

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Oberlin’s Revenge Mania: College Finally Runs Out of Appeals in Campaign Against Family-Owned Bakery

JonathanTurley

Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. Police rejected claims of a racial motive and noted that, over a period of five years, 40 adults were arrested for shoplifting at Gibson’s Bakery, but only six were African American.

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No, Trump Supporters Cannot “Citizen Arrest” the Judge or James in New York

JonathanTurley

.” The right still exists for any felonies (or certain misdemeanors committed in the presence of the citizen). When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

The Crime Report

At the same time, Trump has been held liable on many occasions for fraud or for violating civil laws and torts. With respect to Trump he remains a primary deviant when it comes to ordinary customs as he has not been successfully stigmatized or shamed by others and certainly not by himself.

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