A) Yes, this past Saturday, two JMU collegians were charged with a felony for throwing "snow missles" at a snowplow operator and an unmarked police car. Gosh, did anyone with the Harrisonburg Public Works Dept., plowing snow, and the police dept. in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, overreact? Just because the snowplow operator had so many snowballs thrown at the windshield...and the unmarked police car policeperson had lots of snow thrown into the open car window when the door was opened, does that mean the two JMU students deserve a felony charge?
What do YOU think?
B) What was the outcome of this case according to a Harrisonburg newspaper?
-Both pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, with a deal reached with proscutors.
-They received probation and 8 hours of picking up trash.
-Originally, they were charged with throwing a missle (snowball) at a vehicle in use in a public place....and they threw a missle (snowball) at an occupied vehicle, a felony!
-Plus, the two must submit letters of apology to officers involved in the case.
C) And what does this sociology teach think about this case? BOOO...the weather at the time was during a snowstorm! I feel that the policepersons definitely took a personal stance, allowing personal "feelings" to get involved, maybe even realizing that the "perps" WERE JMU STUDENTS!...the two COLLEGE STUDENTS were and did NO harm to both the huge, mighty snowplow and the persons inside the unmarked police car, who were, by the way, NOT touched with the snow, safe inside the car! In my opinion, they overreacted...BOOOO II....
Therefore, in my opinion of the case, the two JMU students were overcharged because they WERE university students, period!
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