Man jailed for "LOUD and BOISTEROUS yawn" in court?

[CougarKing]

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090813/koddities/us_odd_jailed_for_yawning

By The Associated Press

JOLIET, Illinois - An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing.


Thirty-three-year-old Clifton Williams of Richton Park was found in contempt of court and jailed on July 23 after yawning in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak's court, the Chicago Tribune reported. He could have been jailed for six months.


Williams was in court for his cousin's sentencing on a drug charge. A prosecutor in court at the time described the offending yawn as "loud and boisterous."


As Williams stood before the bench in shackles on Thursday, the judge gave him a short lecture. He told Williams he wasn't in custody for simply yawning but for making a sound "that was offensive to the court."

 

[PMedMoe]

Yeah, I read this a couple of days ago, but didn't think it merited posting. 

But you know how some people yawn really loud (and exaggerated), stretch their arms up in the air and don't cover their mouth?  I bet that's what this guy did, right during his cousin's sentencing. 

 

[ruckmarch]

The judge did the right thing......society has gone to the crapper nowadays when it comes to manners and etiquette.

People are just too lazy to cover their friggin mouths when they yawn in public, and obvious it's his home manners that followed him to court there. If adults don't do these little things properly, how are they suppose to teach their kids?

Sneezing into the air and whipping out a smoke where everyone is standing, is another one. What makes these smokers think everyone wants to inhale their friggin tar?