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Are You Proud Of These Police?

Mike

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Suspended and arrested after refusing to change his NRA shirt. Today, 14-year-old Jared Marcum appeared before a judge and was officially charged with obstructing an officer.

A $500 fine and up to a year in jail, that's the penalty that Jared could face, now that a judge has allowed the prosecution to move forward with it's obstructing an officer charge against him.

"Me, I'm more of a fighter and so is Jared and eventually we're going to get through this," Jared's father Allen Lardieri said. "I don't think it should have ever gotten this far."

The Logan County Police Department initially claimed that the at-the-time 8th grade Logan Middle School student was arrested for disturbing the education process, obstructing an officer and Lardieri says that officers even went as far as threatening to charge Jared with making terroristic threats.

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

Prosecuting attorney Michael White refused to respond to any questions, as did Logan Police.

We obtained official court documents from both sides of this case. On one hand, the arresting officer from the Logan City Police Department, James Adkins, claims that when Jared refused to stop talking, that hindered his ability to do his job, hence, the obstruction charge. On the other side, Ben White points out that nowhere in the arresting officer's petition, does it mention Jared ever making any threats or acting in a violent manner.

"Every aspect of this is just totally wrong," Lardieri said. "He has no background of anything criminal, up until now and it just seems like nobody wants to admit they're wrong."

Ben White says he will continue working to have the charges against Jared dismissed. If that doesn't happen in the coming weeks, Jared will be back in court on July 11th.
 

Tam

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The sad part is the police are teaching those watching this issue that their freedom of speech is on trial if you can be arrested and charged for a T shirt logo. You can bet if a Muslim wore a islam logo on his T shirt that police officer would not have dared to speak to him about it. It is profiling run amuck and the justice system is not doing anything to protect the rights of ALL AMERICANS :x

Ever wonder how long it will be before Christian women are forced by threat of arrest to wear burkas as not to offend the Muslims men living in their US neighborhoods? This political correct crap is going WAY TO FAR.
 
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