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Food Fight With Cheetos Results In Dual Arrest For Domestic Violence In Shelbyville, Tennessee
One of our best allies in the struggle against the DV industry is the sheer asininity of the way DV laws are applied and what is to be considered "domestic violence." We've previously reported on a man being arrested for throwing a box of crayons. Another man was arrested for throwing a doughnut and yet another was arrested on DV charges for flicking a cigarette butt to the ground in their driveway in a contemptuous manner in front of his wife.
One of the best things EJF members can do to help is to report such stories so that we can repost them. It is also very helpful to report stories of violent women and abused men that you see or hear of in your area. Please include a link to the original story as well.
We can only change these laws after we document how they are being misused and unequally applied. And we can't do that without your help.
Food fight with Cheetos results in dual arrest for domestic violence in Shelbyville, Tennessee
By Brian Mosely, Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 — A local couple arrested on domestic assault charges Sunday had an unusual choice of alleged weaponry — Cheetos.
Warrants filed by Cpl. Kevin Roddy, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, stated he responded to a call at a home on Pass Road, where 40-year-old James Earl Taylor and Mary S. Childers, 44, were allegedly involved in an argument.
According to Roddy's report, the pair became "involved in a verbal altercation" with each other "at which time Cheetos potato chips were used in the assault."
"There was evidence of the assault," the report read, "however no physical marks on either party and the primary aggressor was unable to be determined."
Both Taylor and Childers were charged by Roddy with domestic assault. Both posted a bond of $2,500 and will appear in Bedford County General Sessions Court on July 15.
The reader's comments to this story may also be worth reading. Naturally the redfems are defensive and claim the battle with the Cheetos stopped just short of homicide and would have escalated to that without police intervention to disarm the couple, who were using such deadly weapons against each other.
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