Sunday, September 6, 2020

Disorderly Conduct Charge for Yelling at Cop

 

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/authorized/is-it-illegal-to-yell-f-the-police--4973390.html?answered=true      Is it illegal to yell at the police?  I got a disorderly conduct ticket for yelling f the police at a police officer that was on the side of the road

Answer by Jay K. Nixon, Criminal Defense Attorney with offices in Kenosha & Janesville, WI.        Disorderly conduct is the most vaguely defined crime of our criminal code in WI, but has withstood several constitutional challenges based upon vagueness,  Nobody has actually needs to be disturbed, but the government must prove that disturbance of somebody other than the police car was likely.   My experience is that juries often convict people, even on weaker cases than you mention, but much will depend upon where this yelling was done.  For example, disturbing someone is not likely on a lonely country road in an uninhabited area.  In town, however, yelling is nearly always likely to disturb somebody.  Either way, you have a defenseable case, or least a negotiable one, if you get an experienced local attorney, so do that if you really want to fight this.

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