And the prosecutors all laughed …

February 21st, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Presumably, prosecutors are serious people. They are, after all, charged with protecting the average American citizen from a score of indicted criminal activity. Like murders. Or drunk driving. Or, say, some college hockey goalie mooning an opposing team, the referees, and a host of Mormon spectators.

Awesome:

Mickey Meyer rode his stick like a horse, dropped his bulky pants, mooned the crowd and slapped his buttocks during a game against BYU, police said.

He was ejected and ticketed for lewdness, a misdemeanor, after an officer who was working security at the rink said he witnessed the scene Saturday.

“I had my fill of these refs,” Meyer said on an Internet broadcast of the game, according to The Herald-Journal of Logan.

It will be up to prosecutors whether to pursue a case against him.

If the reaction of Utah House member and designated prosecutor Scott Wyatt is any indication, Meyer should be OK:

Prosecutor Scott Wyatt laughed when told about the incident Tuesday at the state Capitol, where he is a member of the Utah House. He declined to say whether he would press charges. The maximum penalty is six months in jail.
“Well, that’s my call, but I haven’t seen anything” from police, Wyatt said.

Gotta love the recognition of humor here. If something is so funny a serious, politically minded, “tough on crime” Utah prosecutor can chuckle in front of the media … that shit is verifiably funny.