Great Phuzz, Now I'll fail my next polygraph. "Have you ever committed a crime for which you were not prosecuted or arrested?" 
phuzz01 said:
Obscure Charge?
Do You Have Any Wierd Laws in MASS You Actualy Enforce?
i read this on another web site from an officer in San Fransico...
"My partner is a little on the nutso side (to put it mildly). When someone irritated him, he
made no bones about using the most obscure sections of the Municipal Police Code to
make his point. In one instance he arrested a transient for "displaying a deformity for profit"
when the transient charged a kid 25 cents to see the stump of his amputated arm.
In another incident he arrested someone literally for looking ugly in public.
The relevant code made it a misdemeanor for "any unsightly person to make
themselves visible to public view."
I know Marin County has some rule about people who do not smell
good (or smell too strongly) cannot attend county meetings. I guess they have county
"Sniffers" at the door lol 8O
(I used to threaten drunks that if they did not leave, they would be charged with "Mopery
with intent to Gawk, and being in a public place without a permit." I sometimes added
"Ugly in Public with a prior"). LOL
what is the most obscure charge you ever placed against a person?
i read this on another web site from an officer in San Fransico...
"My partner is a little on the nutso side (to put it mildly). When someone irritated him, he
made no bones about using the most obscure sections of the Municipal Police Code to
make his point. In one instance he arrested a transient for "displaying a deformity for profit"
when the transient charged a kid 25 cents to see the stump of his amputated arm.
In another incident he arrested someone literally for looking ugly in public.
The relevant code made it a misdemeanor for "any unsightly person to make
themselves visible to public view."
I know Marin County has some rule about people who do not smell
good (or smell too strongly) cannot attend county meetings. I guess they have county
"Sniffers" at the door lol 8O
(I used to threaten drunks that if they did not leave, they would be charged with "Mopery
with intent to Gawk, and being in a public place without a permit." I sometimes added
"Ugly in Public with a prior"). LOL
what is the most obscure charge you ever placed against a person?
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Not at all obscure, but a very nice thing to see codified.
TITLE LXII
CRIMINAL CODE
CHAPTER 646-A
DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
Section 646-A:2
646-A:2 Desecration Prohibited. –
I. It shall be unlawful to knowingly desecrate a flag of the United States while it is properly displayed.
II. It shall be unlawful to knowingly desecrate a flag of the United States while it is the property of another.
TITLE LXII
CRIMINAL CODE
CHAPTER 646-A
DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
Section 646-A:4
646-A:4 Penalties. – Whoever knowingly casts contempt upon the flag of the United States by desecrating the flag when it is properly displayed or is the property of another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
TITLE LXII
CRIMINAL CODE
CHAPTER 646-A
DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
Section 646-A:2
646-A:2 Desecration Prohibited. –
I. It shall be unlawful to knowingly desecrate a flag of the United States while it is properly displayed.
II. It shall be unlawful to knowingly desecrate a flag of the United States while it is the property of another.
TITLE LXII
CRIMINAL CODE
CHAPTER 646-A
DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
Section 646-A:4
646-A:4 Penalties. – Whoever knowingly casts contempt upon the flag of the United States by desecrating the flag when it is properly displayed or is the property of another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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