LF: This is School in a Police State - Yearbook Photo Prank Lands Teen in Jail with 70 Criminal Charges

Title: This is School in a Police State - Yearbook Photo Prank Lands Teen in Jail with 70 Criminal Charges
Source: Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ye ... l-charges-school-police-state/
Published: May 3, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-05-05 09:21:18 by Deckard
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Views: 21346
Comments: 87

Mesa, AZ — After the Red Mountain High School released their yearbooks this year, someone noticed a peculiar image that had made it to print. That image has landed senior Hunter Osborn, 19, in jail and facing dozens of charges.

This week, Osborn was arrested and charged with 69 counts of indecent exposure, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and one count of furnishing harmful items to minors, a Class 4 felony — all over a dare.

The charges occurred after Osborn’s teammates on the Red Mountain High football team dared him to expose his penis during the photo for the yearbook. Mesa police Det. Steve Berry explained the dozens of charges stem from the number of students, ages 15 to 19, who were present at the time the photograph was taken.

In spite of no student reporting it, or even noticing it prior to the yearbook being printed, Osborn still faces the charges.

The yearbook was distributed to some 3,400 students and apparently none of the staff noticed the blunder. None of the staff, who printed the actual photo of the penis have been charged.

Of course, exposing your penis is not the wisest move in the world. However, this was a high school kid’s prank. He wasn’t flashing children at a local park. These charges are ridiculous and show just how far the police state has progressed in the last decade.

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Had this incident happened only a few years ago, the likelihood of involving the police would have been minuscule. Nowadays, however, police are the go-to resource for schools.

After he had been arrested, Osborn was released and fitted with an electronic monitor as to await his potentially life-changing court date.

Luckily, students at the school do not feel the same as the staff who were compelled to involve the cops in a silly prank.

“He made a dumb mistake a little bit, but I don’t think he should be charged so heavily for that,” senior Zach Anthony said.

Anthony and Brooke Bodrero, a sophomore, said they would not have noticed the offending image without being instructed where to look, reported CBS 5.

“It’s something that’s going to be on his record for the rest of his life,” Bodrero said. “The consequences are a little harsh.”

“I hope that something can be done so that this doesn’t ruin his life, his career,” said the neighbor, who asked to be identified as Jim. “He’s been a good neighbor. He doesn’t go out and party all the time. He has a job that he works at; he’s punctual. He gets up and goes to school every morning. He gets up on Sunday and goes to church. I really feel for the guy.”

No. This is school in 2016 where a student thinks it's funny to take a class photo with his dick hanging out. He's 19 and should know better.

Kick his ass out of school, charge him with a felony, and make him pay for reprinting all 3,400 yearbooks.

Of course, you are in favor of charging those who distributed the books with felonies as well, right?

... the small size of the photograph as published makes the details difficult to discern...

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

I see. So you're saying the school policy should be that if the photo published in the school yearbook is small, it's OK to pull your dick out.

Kid??? He's f**king 19 years old! How old does he have to be before you stop making excuses for him?

The photographer, editor, printer, yearbook committee that reviewed the proofs, perhaps the Principal - NONE of these folks caught it, and you want to wreck a kid's life for pulling a dumb prank?

We all know you are a rocket scientist in waiting for the right rocket job and all,but how about fill us all in on how he is going to get the money to pay for publishing 3400 new text books while sitting in prison?

And.....,WTH are YOU to be running around demanding someone go to prison for doing something stupid,but harmless?

BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO!

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.

WTF?? You want to blame THESE people for not catching the fact that he had his dick out rather than blaming the kid for pulling his dick out?

So what's your solution? A slap on the wrist? And what about the next kid that does it? Don't think you're going to be able to punish HIM without a major lawsuit.

Congratulations. You just defined deviancy down. You've just said, "Go ahead. It's just a harmless prank. You won't be punished."

Photographs are the property and responsibility of the photographer, not the subjects in the photo. That's how the industry works.

Models are paid to pose for photos, but after they get paid, they have no claim on the photos themselves.

Any and all responsibility for distributing obscene material legally lies with those who who gave the photos to others, assuming the photo qualified as obscene given the apparent small size of the photo.

Since none of the classmates in the photo apparently saw him disrobed, charges related to the direct incident are unsubstantiated.

Any punishment for the prank should be limited to the fact that it caused a headache for the school staff, and I'd say the false arrest, which should not have happened, more than suffices.

That obviously fall short of your desire that anyone found guilty of anything should be hanged from the nearest tree, but.... too bad.

If he was arrested for having his girlfriends photo on his phone(that she emailed him) , like has happened, that would be different.

Osborn is a spoiled brat who earned what he deserved. Behaviour merits appropriate consequences. Life is serious. He might as well learn it now rather than later.

Some did not notice, some laughed, some black-outed it. Nobody cared to call you.

The student should be beaten up. His ass should be kicked so bad that he is bruised and can't walk for a month.

Clearly the kid needs to be punished in some manner, or every year there will be another prank of this type. Replacing all of the annuals is stupid, but maybe making him pay a fine large enough to scare the H out of the next moron....It is funny though.

If I knew where you lived, I'd come over and beat the shit out of you just on general principle.

A. A person commits indecent exposure if he or she exposes his or her genitals or anus or she exposes the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts and another person is present, and the defendant is reckless about whether the other person, as a reasonable person, would be offended or alarmed by the act.

C. Indecent exposure to a person who is fifteen or more years of age is a class 1 misdemeanor, except that it is a class 6 felony if the defendant has two or more prior convictions for a violation of this section or has one or more prior convictions for a violation of section 13-1406. Indecent exposure to a person who is under fifteen years of age is a class 6 felony.

D. A person who is convicted of a felony violation of this section and who has two or more historical prior felony convictions for a violation of this section or section 13-1403 involving indecent exposure or public sexual indecency to a minor who is under fifteen years of age is guilty of a class 3 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment as follows:

Mitigated Minimum Presumptive Maximum Aggravated 6 years 8 years 10 years 12 years 15 years

E. The presumptive term imposed pursuant to subsection D of this section may be mitigated or aggravated pursuant to section 13-701, subsections D and E.

The people of that state SAYS IT IS A FELONY... who the fuck are you to say what's a crime and what isn't? The people that live in that state feel strongly against small children (children under 15) being exposed to. Small children did in fact see this scumbags genitals. TO WIT; it is a felony.

It's a liberal trait to minimize personal responsibly. YOU DO THAT 24/7 HERE AT LF. Drug users do no wrong, people that fight with the police are innocent.... and our millennials THINK JUST LIKE YOU... Fucked up and irresponsible. We have a great big anything goes society now because of liberal shitbirds like you.

Come see me with the same offer... and sign a waiver of liability before doing so.... because I'd expect to answer for any law I break... and assault would just be the start with a scumbag like you.

The Arizona teenager who flashed his genitals in the yearbook photo of his high school football team won't face charges, prosecutors say.

Hunter Osborn, now 19, was arrested Saturday for the stunt and was charged as an adult with 69 counts of misdemeanor indecent exposure — one count for every "victim" who appeared in the picture, police said.

Osborn, a member of Red Mountain High School's varsity football team, was also charged with a felony for furnishing harmful items to minors, and was ordered to wear an electronic monitor upon his release.

County prosecutors forwarded the misdemeanor charges to the city of Mesa. In response, Mesa police said that none of the people in the photo wanted to press charges and "the case will be closed."

Osborn had pulled the prank on a dare, but later said he was "disgusted" by his actions, Mesa police told NBC affiliate WGBA. An online petition was started by supporters to "Free Hunter Osborn."

That's the DA's prerogative to drop charges based on the libtard left pressure. You and people that think like you are why I live in a cesspool of drug addicts, welfare scum and millennials that have no responsibility.

Every football player in the photo is shoulder to shoulder -- except the two in front of the pedophile. For some reason, they made room for him to expose himself.

...the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said Wednesday that it would not pursue the felony charge because "evidence does not establish a violation of the statute."

That would be the photographer, editor and anyone else involved in the production and/or distribution of the yearbook.

Anyone opening their yearbook saw him with his dick hanging out. So yes. He did.

No different than if he sent that photo over the Internet to every student in the school.

Oh wait, I forgot who I'm talking with - the asshat who believes possessing cash is "evidence" of crime.

Oh really? You don't think just one child under 15 saw his dick? Lay off the glass pipe, drug addict lover. The charges were dropped by libtard pressure. The perp was probably some important persons little child asshole... I guarantee the case would have won a preliminary hearing finding sufficient evidence that the exposure statute in Arizona was violated.

How many times have we seen uniformed thugs seize cash from motorists who have committed no crime?

In October 2012, Adam and Jennifer Perry of Massachusetts were pulled over in the state of Illinois on Interstate 80 for speeding. The couple was headed to Salt Lake City, Utah to see a hearing specialist for an ear infection Adam had.

A drug-sniffing dog was triggered off the scent of the car, inciting a search of the vehicle. No drugs or paraphernalia were found, but the officer did find $107,520 in a suitcase and the wallet of Jennifer Perry. No crime was committed, and no charges were ever filed against the Perrys, but the cash was seized and turned over to the federal government. Authorities used civil forfeiture laws to seize the money under presumptions the cash was tied to illegal activity.

Three years later, the Perrys are still in court fighting to get their money back. According to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian non-profit public interest legal organization, the couple wrote in a letter earlier this month, “Adam claims that the taken cash came from savings and disability settlements and payments.”

*****

How about one more :

DEA Steals $16,000 In Cash From Young Black Man, Because He Must Be A Drug Dealer

After scraping together enough money to produce a music video in Hollywood, 22-year-old Joseph Rivers set out last month on a train trip from Michigan to Los Angeles, hoping it was the start of something big.

Before he made it to California, however, Rivers fell victim to a legal form of government highway robbery.

Rivers changed trains at the Amtrak station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 15, with bags containing his clothes, other possessions and an envelope filled with the $16,000 in cash he had raised with the help of his family, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration got on after him and began looking for people who might be trafficking drugs.

Rivers said the agents questioned passengers at random, asking for their destination and reason for travel. When one of the agents got to Rivers, who was the only black person in his car, according to witnesses, the agent took the interrogation further, asking to search his bags. Rivers complied. The agent found the cash — still in a bank envelope — and decided to seize it on suspicion that it may be tied to narcotics. River pleaded with the agents, explaining his situation and even putting his mother on the phone to verify the story.

No luck.

“These officers took everything that I had worked so hard to save and even money that was given to me by family that believed in me,” Rivers told the Journal. “I told (the DEA agents) I had no money and no means to survive in Los Angeles if they took my money. They informed me that it was my responsibility to figure out how I was going to do that.”

If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !

So you are saying that it is perfectly legal to seize cash without any evidence of a crime?

1) misinformed? Shall I quote you upper court case law on how cash from a crime can be siezed as Evidence and sometimes forfeited? I don't make this shit up, bozo. It's fact.

2) I didn't say that at all... that's the yella spin you put on what you don't agree with. Of course there needs to be evidence of a crime before proceeds are confiscated or siezed. Nobody says otherwise, YOU JUST WANT THE SHEEP OF THIS FORUM TO THINK THAT'S THE NORM... to sell your pro drug AGENDA.

3) No... I'm a conservative that demands people take 100% responsibility for their actions. If they can't, then they should suffer the hole they dug themselves in. I don't want to pay to help them.

How many times have we seen uniformed thugs seize cash from motorists who have committed no crime?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.