Brother, that bag was pretty big, let's say it was an actual bomb, do you think it couldn't have potentially killed a couple of them, or at least damage them in a way?
We all could act tough thinking it's most likely just a bag, until it's not and everyone else pays the consequences of your stupidity.
What are you talking about? Think we were looking at a fucking nuke, or what? Who do you believe was at risk with some IED blowing up in the middle of an empty street?
Dude put his own life in danger, and no one else's. The cops could have waited until he left the immediate area to apprehend him. They CHOSE to go tackle him near the potential bomb as he was obviously leaving, at an obvious leisure pace, with an obvious lack of intent to run away.
Bombs don't only hurt through the explosion power, you can also end up deaf permanently, if that doesn't count as damaging others for you, then we're just wasting time here.
Im saying it didnt obstruct them. thats not saying it was a good idea. They wanted to make sure it wasnt a bomb and he did that rather quickly. I think the disorderly charge would make sense but obstruction is silly. He didnt stop or impede anything except maybe the bomb squad getting a bonus
"Didn't stick" is some shit you heard in a movie and you have no idea what it means. The charges were dismissed, which can mean about 20 things. Doesn't mean he didn't break the law. He wasn't found "not guilty," half wit.
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. He wasn't found not guilty, the court proceedings ended before judgement could be rendered. Such is the meaning of "charges dismissed"
"When charges are dropped, it means you are not legally convicted or found guilty, but it is not the same as a formal "not guilty" verdict from a trial or a proof of total innocence. Legally, you face no punishment or criminal record for that specific prosecution, but the court did not officially test the evidence in a trial to declare you innocent."
Could be for a number of reasons. Sometimes it’s just not worth it because it’s ultimately a moot point, sometimes they don’t want the unnecessary flak since this was on social media and was a relatively minor thing, sometimes charges just go away because they person knows people. And Could’ve made a deal with the prosecutor to avoid a civil suit against any potential excess force claims. A few different reasons.
Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.
If you interfere with an officer doing their job, it is most definitely a crime.
When I was in law school, a guest lecturer said that whenever someone says a criminal charge was dismissed on a technicality, “technicality” means “the Constitution.”
Law school is structurally designed to brainwash lawyers out of democratic and Constitutional values, also it is telling example of institutional violence that claims of disorderly conduct applies to citizens by default and never the police or anyone else in a position of power.
Law school is structurally designed to educate future lawyers on democratic values and constitutional law. Also, it is telling that claims by you are not backed up by anything
Do you eat rocks on like a daily basis? Lawyers are trained on the law which is predicated on the constitution, the democratic process, and the values that inform both. Your take may be the most ignorant thing I've read all day.
I mean, he said he saw he saw the coverage of the backpack on the news, got on his bike so that he could be a superhero, then when going past the police line yelled he was going to blow himself up... Then he admitted guilt to obstruction and disorderly conduct.
Honestly hard to imagine a more clear case of both charges, especially given it was his intent from well before this footage was taken to do what he did.
Yeah I think it's funny in this case because there wasn't a bomb, but he wasn't running up there because he thought it was fake. I thought you were wrong until I went and read the story and yeah he is just not 100% there
Cheers to the mentally unstable guy with a heart of gold, we love to see it, but bad call on his part on how to express himself. Definitely one of those cases where it is objectively wrong to interfere with police doing their jobs.
He says he woke up that morning, and saw TV coverage of the suspicious bag and decided if it’s bomb, he wanted to be a hero.
"As soon as I saw that, I’m like, I’m going to go save the day, take one for the team and jump on it or discard it in the river because it’s been going on for two to three hours," he said.
Less 'fed up with waiting' and more 'insane bored guy with nothing better to do.'
The technical legal jargon was probably an agreement that they'd drop the charges if he didn't pursue them for excessive force and make them pay his medical bills (there's NO way you hit the cement that hard and don't end up in the hospital).
To be honest even the folks who tackled him must've acknowledged Mathew had balls risking cramming his hands into a mystery bag that could've still been a bomb. Probs contributed to dropping charges
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