Tourists, if you’re going to go to Puerto Rico you must wear a mask. @WapaTV reports this 18yo man from Colorado didn’t. Police repeatedly asked him to get out of the street. He appears to taunt them. They tased & arrested him as the crowd clapped.
📷: Frances Rodríguez/ Facebook
📷: Frances Rodríguez/ Facebook
Per @ElNuevoDia: the prosecutor wanted to charge the suspect with obstruction & violation of the executive order, “but Judge Iliana Blanco did not determine cause since, being in an alleged state of intoxication, he did not understand the police commands.”
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The suspect received a 100 dollar fine.
I could be wrong, but in 20 years of journalism I don’t remember hearing a judge say no Mr. prosecutor you can’t file those charges because the person was too drunk to understand what the police were saying. Being drunk will get you off now? Am I missing something here?
This morning, I received this message: “Good Morning Mr. Begnaud, I’m Appellate Court Judge Carlos G. Salgado Schwarz, President of the Puerto Rico Judges’ Association.
I read your post regarding the Colorado tourist that was processed & the judge determined that there was no...”
I read your post regarding the Colorado tourist that was processed & the judge determined that there was no...”
“...probable cause for his arrest. Although what is being said is that the decision was based on the fact that he didn’t “understand the commands because of alcohol intoxication”
“... But of course that was the judge’s decision and the party that was adversely affected by the decision (i.e. Prosecution) has a remedy...”
“...The Prosecution has a remedy for this. They can summon the tourist for another hearing, that although the Justice Dept has 60 days to do so, nothing in the rules prohibit the fact that they can announce this remedy today for the hearing to be held tomorrow.”
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