From throwing these:
“It would have been like throwing popcorn,” said Sweet Grass. “They hardly weigh anything, and can’t travel very far.”
For this gesture, Govinda is facing eight felony charges. None of the seedpods had made contact with an officer, but eight officers “felt assaulted.” Each of the eight wrote up a separate felony indictment for the same act, along with a misdemeanor charge for wearing a black bandanna around his head.
Officers refused to identify themselves on paper, choosing instead to sign each individual citation as “John Doe.” An officer has written across each indictment form the word “SERIOUS.”
“Where’s the evidence? Where’s the accuser? There’s something so rotten in Denmark in this,” Sweet Grass said.
The bail resulting from these eight felony charges has been set at $50,000 each. All told, that leaves the bail for Govinda – whose full name is Ahimsa Govinda Wind-Thunder – at a staggering $400,000. Eight separate charges for the same accusation.
This is so ludicrous.
Do the officers shoot the squirrel that drops these pods in its branch to branch romps?
If leaves blow on them will they cut down the tree and take it into custody?
This young man is being held in solitary confinement.
The hearing is this morning and I hope the judge looking at the fact that eight officers feeling threatened by low mass plant matter will be reasonable. He has already been in jail eleven days. He should have been given a ticket if they were so intimidated by someone throwing something into their general direction.
Really.
What do they do if a bird shits on them?
Get the Haz-Mat team?