Raising a Stink

The logic of policing, according to West Virginia patrolman T.E. Parsons: A fart is a punch is a crime.

A battery charge has been dropped against a West Virginia man who had been accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a South Charleston patrolman.

The Kanawha County prosecutor's office requested that the charge be dropped against 34-year-old Jose Cruz of Clarksburg. Mary Frampton, an assistant to Magistrate Jack Pauley, said Thursday the magistrate signed a motion to dismiss the charge.

Comments

[Dan Hill]

Did he first say "I fart in your general direction you silly West Virginian policeman"?

[Martin Owens]

reminds me of an old joke
on the National Lampoon Radio Hour:

( noise of passing gas)

( Angry man, English accent):" Sir, I take the utmost exception to your farting before my wife!"

( the offender, apologetic): " I'm sorry, I didn't know it was her turn...."

[Phelps]

Now that the charges have been dismissed, they need to dismiss the cop.