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Why is urinating in pubic a crime?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:12 am
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:12 am
I did some research and found that urinating in public is illegal in every state. You may be charged under a law that specifically criminalizes the act, or the prosecutor may say that it's a public nuisance or you are guilty of disorderly conduct. You could be charged with indecent exposure or public lewdness, which are crimes that may require you to register as a sex offender.
Most city and county laws oulaw public urination. They typically prohibit urinating “on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, beach public building or public facility, or any place open to the public or exposed to public view.” These laws prohibit urinating even on private property, if it’s visible from a public place.
This problem may only be relevant to drunk and carousing college students, i.e. OT ballers, but realistically it rarely affects the majority of us hardworking Americans. Most of us are never too far away from restroom facilities, and even if we need to use restrooms that are “for customers’ use only,” you can usually walk right in with no trouble.
But what about the homeless? Also, it's getting next to the impossible to find a public restroom in most cities, and then the idea that you just “decide" to commit this crime becomes absurd. You either drop your doors or piss yourself with no chance to go home, clean up, and change clothes.
Most city and county laws oulaw public urination. They typically prohibit urinating “on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, beach public building or public facility, or any place open to the public or exposed to public view.” These laws prohibit urinating even on private property, if it’s visible from a public place.
This problem may only be relevant to drunk and carousing college students, i.e. OT ballers, but realistically it rarely affects the majority of us hardworking Americans. Most of us are never too far away from restroom facilities, and even if we need to use restrooms that are “for customers’ use only,” you can usually walk right in with no trouble.
But what about the homeless? Also, it's getting next to the impossible to find a public restroom in most cities, and then the idea that you just “decide" to commit this crime becomes absurd. You either drop your doors or piss yourself with no chance to go home, clean up, and change clothes.
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Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:13 am to rebeloke
Who puts a bar next to a playground? It's entrapment.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:15 am to rebeloke
quote:
But what about the homeless?
frick em
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:17 am to rebeloke
Its really not hard to discretely urinate in public. I do it all the time
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:18 am to rebeloke
Nobody wants to see your little pecker!!
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:18 am to rebeloke
I took a leak in Nola for Mardi Gras once. I spent 72 hours in jail following it...
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:19 am to rebeloke
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:19 am to TheArrogantCorndog
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Nobody can see your little pecker!!
FIFY
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:19 am to rebeloke
It is not about the piss, it is about your dick being out.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:20 am to rebeloke
cause the wiener is evil to show in public
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:21 am to LSUbase13
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I took a leak in Nola for Mardi Gras once. I spent 72 hours in jail following it...
New Orleans just needs to go ahead and get these. Put dollar charge on it and it will pay for itself in one parade.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:22 am to rebeloke
quote:Piss off....
Why is urinating in pubic a crime?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:22 am to Dire Wolf
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New Orleans just needs to go ahead and get these. Put dollar charge on it and it will pay for itself in one parade.
Put them all around the FQ, Canal, and uptown. It would make the city a lot of money and keep the jails open for more heinous crimes. There were a few in there charged for public urination as well.
This post was edited on 9/23/16 at 8:23 am
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:23 am to DollaChoppa
quote:my favorite is on a crowdedness busy beach without having to get in the water.... I have a fullproof method of digging a hole under my chair, pulling my dick out the side of my trunks, discretely pissing in the hole then covering it up.
Its really not hard to discretely urinate in public. I do it all the time
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:23 am to rebeloke
quote:when i was 18, i had a homeless guy be lookout for me while i urinated on bourbon st.
But what about the homeless?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:27 am to rebeloke
I pissed under the Texas street bridge (Long–Allen Bridge) in Shreveport my first weekend after moving there. Good times
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:28 am to rebeloke
quote:
I did some research and found that urinating in public is illegal in every state.
Does it specifically address urinating only? What about taking a crap in public? Is there a separate law for that?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:29 am to rebeloke
frick this thread.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:29 am to rebeloke
Ok, so let's decriminalize it. How would you feel leaving a restaurant with your family only to see some dude right outside on the sidewalk relieving himself. These laws were put in place years ago to help raise the standards and living conditions in this country. Although I do agree there needs to be more public facilities available.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 8:42 am to bengalbait
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Ok, so let's decriminalize it. How would you feel leaving a restaurant with your family only to see some dude right outside on the sidewalk relieving himself. These laws were put in place years ago to help raise the standards and living conditions in this country. Although I do agree there needs to be more public facilities available.
Breaking the law out of necessity been a defense. You must show that you acted to prevent a significant evil with no adequate alternative, that you didn’t create a bigger danger than the one avoided, that you had a reasonable and good faith belief in the necessity, and the circumstances were such that you did not contribute significantly to the emergency. The need to piss really badly doesn't negate the criminality of the act, but represents a public policy decision, that society shouldn’t punish the defendant despite evidence of the crime. In essence, the defense asks the judge or jury to balance two outcomes -- to weigh the harm to be avoided against the impact of the criminal act.
A homeless person who urinates in public might be able to satisfy the elements of a necessity defense. The “significant evil” could be avoided by deciding to neither eat nor drink; or to suffer the consequences of a full and bursting bladder. No civilized person would accept either alternative. A defendant might be able to show that there were no public restroom alternatives. Most defendants might also be able to prove that they did not contribute to the necessity—that they are not homeless by choice.
But satisfying the requirements of the defense is not enough—a defendant must also convince the judge or jury that the harm to the defendant had he followed the law would have been greater than the harm to society that resulted in his not doing so.
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