Milliken Welcoming Commitee. Police. Critique my response?

[cstone]

Classy family you're hanging with.

No guns, no charges, everyone walks away in one piece. Sounds like it went just about as well as it could have given the circumstances. Me personally, I would chalk this up to a learning experience about all of the people you were dealing with that day. I guess it is up to you what you do about it and who you choose to continue to associate with.

Good luck.

[fitz19d]

You said the officer was explaining poor judgement etc and that giving them the finger was a chargeable offense. Does anyone know what that charge would/could be? I have never heard of that.

Didn't specify, road rage related something. I didn't question it as back of my mind I recall that being the case.

EDIT for below replies as I don't want to bump. (Answers focused at the dumb actions rather than what I should have done different which was the question.)

Her BIL was also apologizing and trying to explain he didn't see the atv until passing etc. Again the yelling was all one sided. Dealing w/ GF freaking out because the stand to her 60 plasma is dinged/scraped up from her BIL dropping it when he got shoved. @ Chunky, it's her BIL not mine.

[KevDen2005]

18-9-106. Disorderly conduct



(1) A person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 708, § 39, effective July 1, 2000.)

(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or

(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or

(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting; or

(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a deadly weapon, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm.

(2) Repealed.

(3) (a) An offense under paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 petty offense; except that, if the offense is committed with intent to disrupt, impair, or interfere with a funeral, or with intent to cause severe emotional distress to a person attending a funeral, it is a class 2 misdemeanor.

(b) An offense under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section is a class 3 misdemeanor.

(c) An offense under paragraph (e) or (f) of subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.

[KevDen2005]

There is no "road rage" charge that I know of. Careless or Reckless driving would most likely fit for driving actions based on my quick review of the story.

[vossman]

DC makes sense, thx.

[ChunkyMonkey]

BIL should have apologized along with the G/F..and let the other party screams and bitches for few min. He carries, he has the duty to deflate any chance of escalation. Now, tell the woman to bake a pie and visit your angry neighbor. Noob!

I am glad everyone is ok.

EDIT... I would never let my Brother in Law in the same car with my girlfriend... my wife might find out. I envy you.