I'm glad they're charging this idiot. Would they still have a case if all of the items he used were simulated like the modeling clay (maybe box cutters w/out blades- or simply a hunk of metal- matches w/heads already burned off, etc?)

I'm glad this guy didn't get stuck with a BS charge, but I agree that their commentary is troubling. Straight knives are regarded as "dangerous per se"?? Its kind of scary to think that I cut up an apple last night with something "constructed to produce death or great bodily harm". Its a wonder it ...

In light of the evidence, I think the decision was appropriate. That does not mean that I believe the decision was in the best intrests of those who live in the neighborhood. A police officer's mere precence is considered the beginning of that officer's "use of force". This is, of course, due to the ...