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Busted For Starting A Pillow Fight

By John Mesirow

Hey man, I just find the news. I don't make this stuff up. I'm not sure I could. Darin Cassler of Burlington, Vermont was arrested for starting a pillow fight, albeit a large one. As reported by The Burlington Free Press:

The pillow pugilism broke out Friday afternoon on Church Street and involved perhaps 50 people, according to a video organizers posted on the social-networking site Facebook. The ?fight? wrapped up in less than two minutes, and then a police officer strolled up to the scrum, removed Cassler from the crowd and led him away by the left arm, according to the video.

Asinine. The charge?

[Cpl. Paul] Glynn issued Cassler a citation for disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of 60 days in jail and $500 in fines. The statute requires a person to have acted with ?intent to cause public inconvenience, or annoyance or recklessly creating a risk thereof? by engaging in ?fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior,? making ?unreasonable? noise, using ?abusive or obscene language? in public, disturbing a legal assembly or meeting, or obstructing vehicle or pedestrian traffic.

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Full post as published by Legal Juice on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).