"contempt of cop"
That's the explanation I heard from a commentator on NPR. The offense is offending a cop. Hurting his or her feelings by not being nice. But since that one's not on the books as a real crime, the cops have to arrest the perp for something else, like disorderly conduct.
Here it is from the police blotter:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpd/News/newsDetail.cfm?story_id=2247
I guess it's good to know that the police these days are so sensitive that things like talking back to them in Massachusetts and oooops, maybe even making gestures, scary scary gestures like at the Rainbow Lounge incident, yes, that things like that are so hurtful to the big tough cops, they just have to arrest somebody.Disorderly Conduct
09-05127
On 7/16/09 at 12:44 PM, 58-year-old Henry Gates of 17 Ware St. Cambridge, MA was arrested for Disorderly conduct after exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior.
OK, I blame the moms of today. They must not have taught their children well. They must have left out "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
Hmmm. Maybe that could be in the remedial sensitivity training curricula for cops.
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BRAINPAN LEAKAGE
From the warped mind of paranormal thriller author M. R. Sellars
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