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Disorderly Conduct in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor in the state of Tennessee and is a kind of ?catch-all? charge for minor offenses involving some kind of alleged unruly or upsetting behavior that provokes a disturbance. All too often, disorderly conduct stems from a police officer giving someone a hard time until they lose control. Indeed, this is the exact allegation of colleagues of Henry Louis Gates Jr. who was arrested for disorderly conduct in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after a neighbor reported seeing Mr. Gates breaking into his own home. Reportedly, Mr. Gates believed he was shocked when police continued to question him after he showed them his Harvard faculty ID. According to the police, Mr. Gates got angry, followed them out of the house, and accused them of being racists...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).