Students Charged With Felony Snowball Throwing 31
Charles Gill and Ryan Knight are facing felony charges for allegedly throwing snow at a plow and an undercover police car. The pair were charged with throwing missiles at occupied vehicles. If convicted, the men face 1-5 years in prison, and a maximum $2,500 fine. In addition to the snowball throwers, a group making snow angels was detained, but no charges were filed.
Re:Apparently they missed the memo (Score:3, Insightful)
Wish I understood why people think its okay to throw "soft" objects are moving vehicles. I've had my front windshield shattered from a water balloon and almost wrecked on rain soaked roads. Snowballs can be an even worse projectile.
If more people would understand some very basic math, thew would never do such things. Any object with mass hitting a vehicle at speed creates the potential for serious damage or injury.
Snowballs can and do damage vehicles. The proper mindset is, if these kids have time and the desire to throw snowballs at moving vehicles, their community is lacking for activities to keep them out of trouble.
The police did the right thing. Now the snow angels, that's a different issue....