Free Talk Live

Julian Heicklen was arrested for refusing to stop pamphleting on Tuesday the 25th of May. He is being held, at Rikers Island, without bail till his court date on June 8th, 2010.

What happened: http://goo.gl/0oyX
Update: http://is.gd/crKC6

- Eileen Hart objected to a mandatory re-evaluation of her property value that would drastically increase her tax rates
- She read the Constitution at a tax dispute forum and called one of the appraisers a “pencil-pusher”
- One of tax officials called 911 saying Hart threatened to return with a gun, but she unequivocally denies the claim
- Hart was charged with making “terroristic threats” and told that if she didn’t turn over her weapons, her bail would be prohibitively high and it was unclear how long she would have to remain in jail

A 47 year old gay man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport after ejaculating while being patted down by a male TSA agent. Percy Cummings, an interior designer from San Francisco, is being held without bail after the alleged incident, charged with sexually assaulting a Federal agent.

Millions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly extracted and added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.

By a 357 to 32 vote, the House approved legislation that will pay state governments to require DNA samples, which could mean drawing blood with a needle, from adults "arrested for" certain serious crimes. Not one Democrat voted against the database measure, which would hand out about $75 million to states that agree to make such testing mandatory.

Why everyone should think twice when they say that don't worry about laws that aren't enforced. They can start enforcing them at any time.

Bo Diddley's son gets arrested for civil disobedience - says he will bail out all that follow him.

Last September, Laguna Beach resident Stephen McDow found $110,000 deposited in his bank account, courtesy of the IRS. That same deposit has now landed him in hot water, according to CBS Los Angeles. McDow was subsequently arrested and charged with one felony of grand theft by misappropriation of lost property. He reportedly faces four years imprisonment and is currently being held on bail for the exact amount he first received: $110,000.

Special Ed. High School student who videotaped a cop abusing a fellow student, charged with "lynching", held in jail over holidays on $155,000 bail, and offered a "deal" of 32 months in prison.

He never touched the cop.

kid·nap   
[kid-nap] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -napped or -naped, -nap·ping or -nap·ing.
to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, esp. for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
Origin:
1675–85; kid1 + nap, var. of nab

—Related forms
kid·nap·pee, kid·nap·ee, noun
kid·nap·per, kid·nap·er, noun
un·kid·naped, adjective
un·kid·napped, adjective

—Can be confused:  hijack, kidnap, shanghai, skyjack.

—Synonyms
seize, bear off, bear away.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2011.