This is a story I heard. A kid (18) gets in a huge argument with his mother. The kid doesnt feel like arguing anymore so he leaves the home in his car (clearly avoiding conflict). The kid keeps calling back home to talk to his mother to sorta straighten things out. The mom keeps picking up the phone and hanging up refusing to talk to him. The kid finaly gets the answering machine. The kid leaves a message on the maching saying "quit being a p***y and pick up the phone (nobody answers) .... Ugh* B***h" and hangs up. The mother had already called the cops, because she was accusing the son of taking money from his sister. Clearly this is a stupid situation from the get go. The kid comes back home, shortly before the cops arrive. He doesnt argue with her anymore, the cops show up. The mother plays the message he had left for the cops. The cops accuse the kid of harassing his mother purely based on the fact he had left that message.
2006-11-26 04:56:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The kid goes to jail with a harassment charge and with a 500 dollar bond, has to stay in jail for 5 days. The police say that message was harassment. I think its bullshit. Clearly he did not harass her. If you think he did, lets look at the definition of harassment. 1. To disturb PERSISTENTLY; TORMENT, as with troubles or cares; BOTHER CONTINUALLY; PESTER; PERSECUTE. 2. To trouble by REPEATED ATTACKS, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. Now clearly he did not harass her. He left one message. HE DID NOT HARASS HER. The cops are clearly in the wrong and he was falsly accused.
2006-11-26 05:01:34 · update #1
The mother didnt tell the cops that he called multiple times. The mother didnt press the charges, the cops did.
2006-11-26 05:04:34 · update #2
He was being nice by trying to straighten things out. The mom kept hanging up on him and thats when he got angry and left the message.
2006-11-26 05:05:48 · update #3
THIS ISNT AN ISSUE OF RESPECT OR NOT!!! Whether he disrespected his mother is INEVITABLE!! This IS ABOUT THE LAW, and no matter how disrespectuful he was HE DID NOT BREAK THE LAW AND A JAIL SENTENCE WAS NOT JUSTIFIED. This was a response to some fo the answers I recieved.
2006-11-26 05:18:46 · update #4
For this to constitute harassment he would have had to left several messages, and he wouldn't be arrested unless a report was filed and he was given a restraining order, even then it would happen until days later and by then the whole situation should be straightened out. Either way it's his home also.
2006-11-26 10:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK
the "kid" who is 18, and the mother, who sounds like she isn't very mature, both need to grow up. if he did steal money from his sister, he should have faced it and the mother should have let the siblings handle it. if the sister is to young to deal with it then she should have had him find a way to repay the sister. refusing to talk to your son and continue to hang up when he wanted to work it out was not right. but we do not know the rest of the story--why did an 18 year old have to steal from his sister, he is capable of working for his own money, i don't think one message is harassment, but he called several times . why didn't he just go home and settle it if that is what he wanted?
yes he harassed his mother.
2006-11-26 05:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by cvgm702 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If She Hasnt Told You Not to Call You Can Call. Within Reason Dont Keep Calling If She Hangs Up. Try Writing Or Have Someone Close To You Both Relay A Message. Good Luck To You.
2016-05-23 04:36:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can go either way. If the mom feels like she has been harassed then she can file charges for her son being harassing. 9 times out of 10 this is just a family dispute, but calling over and over again and then calling his mother various words can constitute as harassment.
So I would say either way. Yes and No.
2006-11-26 05:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by pinky_lady_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BROVO FOR MOM!!!! It sure is nice to read that there are still parents out in the world with the guts that woman has. It reminds me of my days growing up where you had respect for your parents or you were buried in the back yard garden never to be seen again!. our generation needed no social services we had parents. We didn't get drunk or use drugs, we went to school to learn not to be socially perfect or to join gangs. We didn't have a car unless we could get good grades pay the insurance ourselves and buy our own gas. If we stole from our parents they broke our hands and kicked us out of the house.Whoever this kid is his mom should take away that car of his and sell it to get her money back. If the kid is under 18 there is nothing he could do about it. all I can say is keep up the good job mom and teach your methods to other parents. Who knows, you might even start a new trend in juvenile behavior!! And if the kid is over 18 kick his but out! When he ends up living in a homeless shelter with parolees and winos He will know what he threw away!!!!
2006-11-26 05:12:37 · answer #5 · answered by Lots of money but no sense 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe not harrasment but a deffn yes on disrespectful.... i dont care what the argument was about that is his mother and he has no rite to ever call her names like that... and if he was trying to work things out like you said then i would think he would be much nicer on the message...srry i guess i missed the part about him keep calling home so yes if she didnt want to take his calls and he kept calling then yes and esp when he left the message after he knew she didnt want to talk to him... that is harrassment if someone calles your house at 1 am 20 times what is that? its harrassment but i am still thinking he should get some time for th blatent disrespect towards his mom
2006-11-26 05:02:18 · answer #6 · answered by crazyme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the state I live in to be able to press harrassment charges the action must have been committed at least three times.Harrassment is defined as a repeated action. One phone call would not constitute that.
2006-11-26 05:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by neicyl252 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story you presented or any other scenario...in my mind what constitutes harassment is the emotional momentum of 'pushing' into a person's space where they are not welcomed. When relating / communication turns into emotionally jumping into anthers personal space with the intent of making that person uneasy and/or uncomfortable than that is harassment.
2006-11-26 05:02:41 · answer #8 · answered by onelight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't sound like he was actually convicted of harassment and I doubt he would be. The police were acting within their discretion and there's not really anything you can do about it, but I sincerely doubt he is going to be convicted or serve any time, particulary since his mom isn't pressing charges.
2006-11-26 05:21:57 · answer #9 · answered by James 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be harrasment, but you have to check the penal code for each state, the one you wrote down may not be the one that these people live in...
Since he continued to call, besides the message, it would be considered harassment since he repeatedly tried to contact her.
2006-11-26 05:06:53 · answer #10 · answered by Mystyria xMYQx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋