Pitchfork permitted at Ariz. county meeting, man who brought it acquitted

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS/AP

March 15, 2011 9:43 AM
Pitchfork permitted at Ariz. county meeting, man who brought it acquitted
Posted by Edecio Martinez

(CBS/AP) KINGMAN, Ariz. - An Arizona man is getting his pitchfork back after being acquitted of trespassing at a county supervisor's meeting.

The Daily Miner reports Mervin Fried tried to bring the farm tool into the Feb. 16, 2010, meeting.

Mohave County Manager Ron Walker told Fried to leave his pitchfork outside. Fried was arrested when he refused and tried to enter the building anyway.

Judge Pro-tempore Paul Julien ruled March 5 that Fried was not guilty of third-degree trespassing.



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[Wilms]

1. How about torches? n/t

[GodlessBiker]

2. Did anyone bring torches? To the lumberyard!

[Auntie Bush]

5. Guns only allowed, no farm tools!

Makes sense!!! (if you're an idiot....or a Rethug)

[bongbong]

3. Why?

He wouldn't have had any problem if he had walked in with a machine gun & hundreds of rounds.

[iwishiwas]

4. Here is the reasoning.....................

.........But because members of the public with holstered handguns are allowed inside, denying access to the defendant because he had a "holstered" pitchfork was arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.

[JJW]

6. Pine tar and feathers?

[Kali]

7. ahahahhahaha

a guy named "Fried" in Kingman (notorious meth-ville) tried to bring a pitchfork to a county meeting

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[jwirr]

8. If you can have a gun, why not a pitchfork.