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alfa1
"...arrested for wearing joker makeup..."
While the arrest was uncalled for, it also serves as a reminder that any headline with the word "for" in it is usually a lie.
eg. "man arrested for..."
He was arrested for spitting at police and headbutting them. Not the makeup.
FortAnthem
A college kid preparing to go to a Comic-Con type thingy decided to wear his Joker makeup to class before heading over to the Con. Bedlam ensued.
HomerinNC
Now I am an admitted 100% nerd, but if I were that guy, I woulda had just stayed home from school that day, or left when they demanded I take the makeup off
originally posted by: FortAnthem
People are being conditioned to be afraid of damn near everything today. Kids in school are taught that the very image of a gun (or a group that supports gun rights) should have them shivering in fear and anyone acting out of the norm must be reported to police as a potential menace.
A college kid preparing to go to a Comic-Con type thingy decided to wear his Joker makeup to class before heading over to the Con. Bedlam ensued.
Pa. student in Joker makeup suspended amid charges
A student has been suspended from a western Pennsylvania university and faces criminal charges amid police claims that he was belligerent and spit on an officer called to a classroom because the student wore makeup that made him look like the Batman villain "The Joker."
Smith and DiLucente said the student was planning to attend a comic book convention after a class that day, and didn't mean any harm.
According to a police complaint, several students were startled by Smith's appearance in the makeup and a black hooded sweatshirt and called 911. A gunman last year killed 12 people when he entered a Colorado movie theater during a Batman movie, while wearing Joker-like makeup.
Philly.com
Initially, the police quickly determined that Smith was not threat to anyone and left the classroom. Then, for no good reason, they came back minutes later and demanded that Smith remove his makeup. Like anyone faced with jackbooted police oppression, Smith became angry, argued with the officers, eventually spit at them and allegedly tried to headbutt one, resulting in his arrest.
The cops even went so far as to attempt to have Smith involuntarily committed to a mental institution for saying he felt like killing police (a natural reaction to thuggish police behavior IMO).
I'm just surprised nobody ran screaming from the classroom when he came in.
Smith was released on $25,000 bond and has a preliminary hearing Oct. 23 on charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, terroristic threats and disorderly conduct.
All that because he wanted to go in character to a comic book convention.
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