[lbo-talk] :Re: Lenin would support Pussy Riot

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Disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace are vaguely undefined catchall crimes that give the cops the right to bust you for looking at them sideways if they don't have anything concrete to bust you for.

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On Aug 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> I know that wasn't the technical charge in Russia, but that's the material
> content, dressed up to provide prison time.
> 
> Carrol
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> On Aug 23, 2012, at 7:21 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> But when someone is sent to prison on a disorderly conduct
>> charge someone is damn scared.
> 
> Can't speak for anywhere else, but the maximum sentence for disorderly
> conduct in New York is 15 days and almost no one ever actually goes to jail
> for it.
> 
> Doug
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