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    if you trashed a cop's desk in a fit of rage?

    what charge(s) would you face?

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    Destruction of public property? (I'm guessing ... I did not know there would be a pop quiz)
    “Nothing is what rocks dream about” ― Aristotle

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    • #3
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      Originally posted by TigerFang View Post
      Destruction of public property? (I'm guessing ... I did not know there would be a pop quiz)
      Is that before or after you're tased and beaten?

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      • #4
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        This is like asking where a 600lb gorilla would sit.

        IOW, not a lot to go on in the question, plus DA could charge up to felony assault and attempted murder if something hit a cop.

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        • #5
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          Originally posted by nadria View Post
          if you trashed a cop's desk in a fit of rage?

          what charge(s) would you face?
          I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have much of a face, and the charge would be to your bank account for the cost of the desk. Either that or else you'd be making a 'quick trip' to IKEA in handcuffs to replace the desk (just try putting it together with those cuffs on, pal! Ha!)
          “Nothing is what rocks dream about” ― Aristotle

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          • #6
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            This completely depends on the characters involved. If you're the cop's friend? Nothing. If you're a perp? How pissed did you make the cop? If you're another cop? Completely different scenario. If it looks like you need a trip to the psych ward? Maybe a 48-hour hold. If you're a father frustrated by the lack of progress in his missing child's case? You might get some leeway.

            You've got a lot of flexibility, even to the point of "What's the charge?" "I don't know, I'll figure it out." In the grand scheme of things, trashing a desk is pretty minor, so I suspect the answer lies in your characters, not in the act itself.

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            • #7
              Re: What would happen...

              Originally posted by nadria View Post
              if you trashed a cop's desk in a fit of rage?

              what charge(s) would you face?
              Disorderly conduct. Assault, if anything hit the cop and she was in the mood to stick it to you.
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              • #8
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                Thanks all. Food for thought. I tried googling this but it seems people actually getting arrested for committing a crime INSIDE a police station is pretty rare.

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by nadria View Post
                  if you trashed a cop's desk in a fit of rage?

                  what charge(s) would you face?
                  You'd be charged with a clichéd expression of on screen anger which, while only a misdemeanor, would still get you sent to screenwriter prison where you would be forced to watch every episode of the 80s tv hit HUNTER.

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                  • #10
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                    Just for fun: (start about :40)

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRQWEhyy6M8

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                    • #11
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                      "Contempt of Cop," for which the penalty in today's America seems to be summary execution.

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