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Yahoo!On Friday afternoon, June 27th, a man threatened Santa Barbara police chief Cam Sanchez while the chief—in uniform—was attending a relative’s wedding at Shoreline Park. The man — identified as Wayne David Scoles, 55 — was apparently incensed about the presence of homeless people at the park and, according to police reports, shouted comments about his ethnicity. Sanchez called for backup, and Scoles was taken into custody when the other officers arrived. After being taken to the police station for questioning, Scoles was released after being cited with disturbing the peace and challenging to fight.
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Wait a minute, let me get this straight---in Santa Barbara, a town that touts free speech and protest as sacrosant---a man is ARRESTED for shouting at the police chief and calling him names? Now that I know the SBPD will make such arrests, I will begin calling when I am verbally accosted on the street or at the parks. Excellent.
sbsleuth99 (anonymous profile)
June 28, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"...in Santa Barbara, a town that touts free speech and protest as sacrosanct."
You must be new around these parts; it's pretty much that way throughout these States... as someone said: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble..."
In 1870, that right was guaranteed no matter what the States might say.
The catch is the "disturbing the peace" part. And this knuckle-head also had the right to challenge his arrest...at least for now.
binky (anonymous profile)
June 28, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
AND the dude (KNUCKLEHEAD) pulled the racecard. What a tool. I think the chief should have given him a good old school beat down, and THEN called for backup. What relevance was the chiefs ethnicity to the homeless situation? To anything? LAME! Poor bride must have been in tears.
bimboteskie (anonymous profile)
June 28, 2008 at 11:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And some people think this is a free speech issue? Free speech is not an absolute. This is really an IQ issue. Ya don't threaten the police chief, dummy!
RCMeltzer (anonymous profile)
June 30, 2008 at 7:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, as much as I agree that the man in question is certainly another imbecile, I have to disagree that threatening the chief of police should be any more ridiculous than threatening anyone else. If anything, by taking a position such as that of a politician or a police officer (in this case both), you should accept the fact that you're much more likely to be on the receiving end of verbal harassment.
I mean, I'm not against speaking your mind to the chief of police. I think it's pretty ballsy, and something I wish more of us were capable of. I just think it's pretty stupid to be pissed off that the cops don't harass homeless people enough. And then to expose yourself as a racist too... wow. Idiot.
Wrench (anonymous profile)
July 1, 2008 at 5:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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