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Offline bijou

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Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« on: February 24, 2010, 10:39:41 AM »
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Charged with wearing a clown mask on a public road, an 18-year-old Tampa man was jailed Tuesday afternoon.

Deputies say Matthew David Lopez, of 7003 Ponderosa Drive, was seen with two other people walking south on N 58th Street, just north of E Fowler Avenue. What caught a deputy's attention was Lopez's masked face with a bright red-and-orange wig, according to an arrest affidavit. ...
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2010, 10:42:51 AM »
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Lopez was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail on charges of wearing a mask or hood on a public road after the age of 16 years old and resisting arrest without violence.

That's a law in Florida? :wtf2:
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2010, 10:45:14 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on February 24, 2010, 10:42:51 AM
That's a law in Florida? :wtf2:

It's a way to keep the lefty protesters that like violence and anonymity when they protest.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2010, 10:46:01 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on February 24, 2010, 10:42:51 AM
That's a law in Florida? :wtf2:
Little used because as we know from many a Lounge thread people in Florida prefer to go nekkid.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2010, 10:46:46 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on February 24, 2010, 10:45:14 AM
It's a way to keep the lefty protesters that like violence and anonymity when they protest.

I would assume we don't have similar laws in the midwest.  I could have been arrested hundreds of times for wearing my hood & ski-mask while shoveling or running the snow-blower.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2010, 10:47:09 AM »
Quote from: bijou on February 24, 2010, 10:46:01 AM
Little used because as we know from many a Lounge thread people in Florida prefer to go nekkid.

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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2010, 10:56:11 AM »
There are quite a few states with such laws, the original reason for enacting them usually goes back to either fighting banditry or the Klan.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2010, 11:06:53 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on February 24, 2010, 10:56:11 AM
There are quite a few states with such laws, the original reason for enacting them usually goes back to either fighting banditry or the Klan.


Or evil clowns.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2010, 12:28:30 PM »
Well, yeah, them too.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2010, 04:52:39 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on February 24, 2010, 10:45:14 AM
It's a way to keep the lefty protesters that like violence and anonymity when they protest.

Or to keep the armed robbers in check.  :-)
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2010, 04:53:58 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on February 24, 2010, 10:56:11 AM
There are quite a few states with such laws, the original reason for enacting them usually goes back to either fighting banditry or the Klan.
IIRC that law was passed when I was in elementary school. I remember us discussing a law prohibiting the wearing of masks because of the Klueless Klucks Klan.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2010, 04:54:20 PM »
Quote from: bijou on February 24, 2010, 10:46:01 AM
Little used because as we know from many a Lounge thread people in Florida prefer to go nekkid.

Hey! What a coincidence, I'm in Florida and I'm nekkid....

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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2010, 04:55:23 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 24, 2010, 04:53:58 PM
IIRC that law was passed when I was in elementary school. I remember us discussing a law prohibiting the wearing of masks because of the Klueless Klucks Klan.

Wow, I never would have thought of that.  Funny how those crazy laws originate.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2010, 07:10:36 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 24, 2010, 04:53:58 PM
IIRC that law was passed when I was in elementary school. I remember us discussing a law prohibiting the wearing of masks because of the Klueless Klucks Klan.

MSB, I think that the law about wearing a mask or covering one's face in public goes back a lot further than you or I are old. Many states that have that law do except Hallowe'en.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2010, 07:30:31 AM »
At least he wasn't painted up as a damn mime.  I hate mimes!  Jail's too good for them!
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2010, 07:47:53 AM »
Quote from: Randy on February 24, 2010, 04:54:20 PM
Hey! What a coincidence, I'm in Florida and I'm nekkid....

 :rotf: :rotf:



Dude, turn off your webcam!


Jeez.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2010, 07:53:45 PM »
Some banks here in Mi. have signs on the no stating that the wearing of hats and sunglasses are prohibited.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2010, 08:11:45 PM »
Quote from: Randy on February 24, 2010, 04:54:20 PM
Hey! What a coincidence, I'm in Florida and I'm nekkid....

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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2010, 01:49:33 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on February 24, 2010, 10:56:11 AM
There are quite a few states with such laws, the original reason for enacting them usually goes back to either fighting banditry or the Klan.

or the asshole bandits that prey on convenience stores. I hear that happens a lot in the bigger cities in FL.
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Re: Tampa man jailed for wearing clown mask
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2010, 02:51:48 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on February 25, 2010, 07:53:45 PM
Some banks here in Mi. have signs on the no stating that the wearing of hats and sunglasses are prohibited.

Never heard of that. Arresting someone for wearing a mask on a public street (not in a business) seems rather harsh. Just tell the kid the law and let him off with a warning.
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