Police officers usually wear bullet-proof vests, but there is no protection for a pillow, especially if it might be covered with enough germs to make it a "biohazardious material." Erik John Batty, 40, of Edgewater, faces a charge of battery on a law enforcement officer stemming from the thrown pillow. Edgewater police were called to the Driftwood Mobile Home Park Sunday afternoon by George Batty, 62, who was worried that his son may have taken some pills and was trying to hurt himself. Officer Myles J. Lawler said he determined Erik Batty had not taken too many pills, but that the man refused treatment for an injury to his forehead that was bleeding. Using profanity, Erik Batty told Lawler to get out of his room and then threw the pillow, which the officer deflected before it hit him, according to an arrest affidavit. Because the man has several diseases, "I felt the pillow was biohazardious material and could contain hazards," Lawler said in the report.
wow .. bio-hazardous stuff .. lol i hope he not using that as an excuse to take time off for a health screening .. lol
when i read the title, i seriously thought it was some innocent guy trying to throw a pillow fight. not a deranged mental patient.... anyway.... I'm not surprised the police officer threw around the bio-hazard potential, after all this guy is sick looking enough to assume so.
as long as it didn't make skin contact.... then the pillow would have been of no significance... if the diseases were airborne, it would have already been too late because he was already in the room to begin with...
Lawl xD When I read the title I thought the guy put some sort of deadly chemicals on the pillow then threw it...
