A Kentucky woman was charged with assault after she allegedly squirted breast milk into the face of a deputy, sparking online debate Sunday in the local media.
Toni Tramel, 31, was arrested Thursday for public intoxication in Owensboro, WYMT-TV reported, but it is what she did next which has attracted headlines.
As Tramel changed into an inmate uniform, she squirted a stream of breast milk into the face of the female deputy watching over her.
A press release from the Daviess County, Kentucky, Detention Center, said that after the deputy decontaminated herself from the "bio-hazard", Tramel was charged with third degree assault.
While the public drunkenness was merely a misdemeanor offense, the assault is a felony charge and a US$10,000 bond was set.
Reports of the case have sparked debates about whether using breast milk as a weapon should constitute a felony assault case, with many readers likening it to an accused person spitting on an officer.
Also sparking feedback has been the use of the term "bio-hazard" to describe breast milk.
Utterly disgusting, on par with the Gitmo 'cocktail', IMO...
And there should be NO debate; If it's a bodily fluid, and it comes in contact with you and it ISN'T YOURS, it's a feckin' bio-hazard.
Like I said, I would beat the feck out of this 'person.' ARGH!
I'll bet that baby has a fan-frickin'-tastic future...
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Who's upset about this? Breastfeeding nazis?
It is a biohazard b/c diseases can be transmitted via bodily fluids. That's a no-brainer. No need to be PC about this. Just because it's breastmilk and SHOULD be used to nurture a baby doesn't make it sacred.
This is in the same category with spitting in someone's face, I suppose. Just as crude. Just as low-class.
Some people are just animals.
I would give her a major tune up.
Shoot this woman, and put her child up for adoption. Such would be a win-win situation. Oh, and promote the deputy to corporal for using restraint.
TMG Six Actual
what a story....yuck, Brooke...
you're right, that POOR BABY.
Brooke this was my first thought, it is a possible source of the spread of infection. I found it amusing they were debating this.
I was bit by a student...was placed on antibiotics and tested for aids and hep. Of course this would be a biohazard.
Would this be considered assault with a fed-ly weapon?
::ducking and running::
While the public drunkenness was merely a misdemeanor offense, the assault is a felony charge and a US$10,000 bond was set.
What's her IQ?
it's 2 AoW
Jen: I imagine the hardcore breastfeeders are the ones upset... But as you said, this is a no brainer.
USA: I agree!
TMG: Sounds like a plan!
Z: I imagine society will be seeing her kid in jail soon enough...
Chuck: If she'd had a communicable disease, I'd have insisted she be charged with attempted murder!
Jeff: Yikes! I'm glad you're alright!
Beamish: Ba-dum-dum. :)
AOW: She probably makes Gump look like a genius.
Nice, too, that she's breasfeeding while intoxicated. Doesn't she know that the baby will get ETOH through the milk?
That is really annoying...they should just remove her mams.
First of all, I didn't think that was possible with humans. I have no experience with breastfeeding.
Second, I think the deputy showed remarkable restraint not beating the crap out of this moron. Might as well go for all the bodily fluids, eh ;-)
Steve: Removing HER would be better, IMO.
Cube: Oh, yes, it is possible. There are several ducts on each nipple, and when the breast is full, the milk can be expressed with a good amount of force.
As much as I think one should breastfeed if possible, if it isn't, I can't stand the type that guilt trip mothers for using formula.
And it's a bodily fluid. Were I that deputy, I don't know if I could show such restraint.
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