Yellow Tomato Causes Legal Dilemma

[gloriajn]

BERLIN (Reuters) - The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats has posed a legal dilemma for authorities trying to assess how to punish the thrower.

Comments

[supergee]

Call for the Department of Forensic Cuisine!

[gloriajn]

There you go!

*giggle*

Worth what you paid for it

[jenkitty]

I'd say in this case, given the circumstances, I'd declare the whole thing a political protest and go with the lesser charge. I doubt the thrower had anything personal against the target in question, and if they do it again, you can increase the punishment (do they have probation violation in Germany?).

Re: Worth what you paid for it

[gloriajn]

That's a good question. Does anyone know?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?