Teen facing year in jail over NRA T-shirt

[Alan C.]

West Virginia teen now facing year in jail over NRA T-shirt

A West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended from school for refusing to change his National Rifle Association T-shirt faces up to one year in jail and a $500 fine after being formally charged with obstructing an officer.

Jared Marcum, 14, appeared before a judge Monday and was hit with formal charges that carry a maximum $500 fine and up to a year in jail. The Logan County Police Department initially claimed that Marcum was arrested April 18 for disturbing the education process and obstructing an officer. His father said that officers even went as far as threatening to charge Jared with making terror threats.

"In my view of the facts, Jared didn't do anything wrong," Ben White, Jared's attorney told WTRF. "I think officer Adkins could have done something differently."

Arresting officer James Adkins claimed that Marcum’s refusal to talk obstructed his ability to do his job, while White argued that Adkins never made reference to any violent acts or threats in his petition.

[nathanm]

Threatened to charge with making threats [8-)]

The law is supposedly full of these well-educated, erudite people who care deeply about formality and rules, but it hasn't really progressed beyond a kid in the schoolyard grabbing another kid's arm, hitting him in the face with it and taunting, "Stop punching yourself!  Why are you punching yourself? Huh huh huh!"

[Wesley]

Threatened to charge with making threats

Reminds me when Adam Kokesh was arrested for resisting arrest.

 

[nathanm]

If you see a police officer, immediately handcuff yourself and fall face first on the ground.  This of course still counts as resisting arrest, but it is the least serious kind.  The only way to not resist arrest is to become a police officer yourself.