Don’t cops have better things to do even in middle of nowhere North Carolina?
Morrisville police have charged a man with assault on a government official after an officer said the man coughed into his face during a traffic stop.
Officer Chris Gill said in his report that Kent Kauffman looked into his eyes before “hacking” in his face three times, according to Morrisville spokeswoman Stacie Galloway. Kauffman said he did cough from the window of his minivan but did so toward Gill’s waist.
“He says I coughed in his face,” Kauffman said. “But that would only work if he had a 4-foot-long face.”
How does being discourteous and not covering ones mouth turn into assault on a government official? Did this dickhead cop get a little spit on his face or something? The guy was driving a minivan so he was probably up a little higher then the cop’s waist but is a cough a weapon? If he made no physical contact with the officer then how could it be assault?
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1 simple simon aka skinny D // Sep 28, 2007 at 11:18 am
so would it be different if the dude spit at him? Either way the cop or whoever had another mans DNA all over him, if I was the cop I would have arressted the guy.
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