What is it about Police Departments arresting lawyers because they don’t like what they have to say?
This time it was in Washington DC, and the lawyer, Pepin Tuma, 33, was arrested late in the evening on July 26th for disorderly conduct on 17th Street, NW. Tuma was reportedly discussing the Henry Louis Gates, Jr., arrest and jokingly said "I hate the police" while within earshot of a DC police officer, The Washington Blade reports.
The officer pushed Tuma against a transformer box, arrested him and placed him in handcuffs without immediately informing Tuma of the charges.
Tuma told D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier that it was at this time that the arresting officer advised Tuma to "just shut up, faggot."
Meanwhile, back in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Cambridge PD has arrested yet another lawyer—not for “disorderly conduct” but for rape.
WBOC-TV is reporting that Cambridge police have arrested a lawyer on an attempted rape charge after an officer allegedly saw him holding a woman down against her will in his law office.
Eckel ran for state Senate in 2002 but lost.
Police say an undercover office on bicycle patrol heard a woman yelling for help early Saturday. Police say the officer went to the rear window of a law office and saw a man on top of a woman lying on a sofa and holding her down against her will.
This time it was in Washington DC, and the lawyer, Pepin Tuma, 33, was arrested late in the evening on July 26th for disorderly conduct on 17th Street, NW. Tuma was reportedly discussing the Henry Louis Gates, Jr., arrest and jokingly said "I hate the police" while within earshot of a DC police officer, The Washington Blade reports.
The officer pushed Tuma against a transformer box, arrested him and placed him in handcuffs without immediately informing Tuma of the charges.
Tuma told D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier that it was at this time that the arresting officer advised Tuma to "just shut up, faggot."
Meanwhile, back in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Cambridge PD has arrested yet another lawyer—not for “disorderly conduct” but for rape.
WBOC-TV is reporting that Cambridge police have arrested a lawyer on an attempted rape charge after an officer allegedly saw him holding a woman down against her will in his law office.
Eckel ran for state Senate in 2002 but lost.
Police say an undercover office on bicycle patrol heard a woman yelling for help early Saturday. Police say the officer went to the rear window of a law office and saw a man on top of a woman lying on a sofa and holding her down against her will.
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Read more:
Lawyer arrested, called "faggot" by DC cop (Examiner.com)
Gay Man Arrested For Mocking Police Bigotry (Washington City Paper)
Related:
Officer who sent 'jungle-monkey' e-mail: 'I am not a racist' - CNN.com
Read more:
Lawyer arrested, called "faggot" by DC cop (Examiner.com)
Gay Man Arrested For Mocking Police Bigotry (Washington City Paper)
Related:
Officer who sent 'jungle-monkey' e-mail: 'I am not a racist' - CNN.com
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