Contempt of Cop one step closer to be legitimate crime in NY

Reblogged from : Bullets First

Posted on June 7, 2013  

As anyone who has ever seen a TV court drama knows, contempt of court is a charge that a judge can levy if he feels that he, or the court has been disrespected.
It can be leveled against a person who is legitimately being disrespectful/disruptive or it simply can be used by a judge to punish someone he doesn’t like or whose tone annoys him.

1. Direct contempt is that which occurs in the presence of the presiding judge (in facie curiae) and may be dealt with summarily: the judge notifies the offending party that he or she has acted in a manner which disrupts the tribunal and prejudices the administration of justice. After giving the person the opportunity to respond, the judge may impose the sanction immediately.

Now, I have seen first hand a judge with a quick trigger finger on this for a person in the back of the courtroom who did not remove his hat quick enough.  Not to say that abuse of the Contempt ruling is running rampant, but the opportunity for it do do so is there.
Now, New York State…it all its “wisdom” has decided to extend this arbitrary and subjective notion to the Police Officers of the State.
By doing this, the simple act of a person exercising their constitutional rights now runs the risk of being charged with a felony.
The politicians in Albany want to pull the wool over the public’s eye by stating that this bill S.2402 would make it a felony to physically attack a police officer while he is on duty.  The politicians are hoping that we will apathetically swallow that BS and not ask any questions.
The first question being: Isn’t it ALL READY a felony to physically assault a police officer?  The answer is obviously yes.
So what does S2402 actually say?  For that, one must actually READ the bill, and since we all know politicians don’t have time to do such tedious things like read the bills they are voting on, I went ahead and read it.

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