threatened to arrest the mother for "indecent exposure" when she took the baby, who was screaming because he was hungry, out of his car seat and began to nurse him.
In almost every jurisdiction, including Federal, nursing is specifically exempted from indecent exposure laws.
Yes, it's exempt, but that doesn't mean it can't be used as a threat. I've been threatened, more than a few times, with things that would not stick, but that doesn't make the possibility of arrest, a night in the cells, bail, etc., any less real, it just means I am most likely to prevail.
That's where the vague urge to be craven comes in. If I just let him win, then I won't have to fight for the things which ought to be mine by right.
I know. So does she; she's an attorney as well. I suspect he does too, which is why "threat" did not become "citation". But that he even tried such a stunt was a thing I found mind-boggling.
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Date: 2010-06-23 12:33 am (UTC)In almost every jurisdiction, including Federal, nursing is specifically exempted from indecent exposure laws.
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Date: 2010-06-23 12:40 am (UTC)That's where the vague urge to be craven comes in. If I just let him win, then I won't have to fight for the things which ought to be mine by right.
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Date: 2010-06-23 04:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 12:48 am (UTC)