[Ads-l] "Chicken fight"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> "Group arraigned in chicken fight case".
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> I doubt if the police would have probable cause for assault charges if everyone ran away.

The downside of taboo avoidance (can't call it cock fighting anymore, it appears).

LH
> 
> Headline in Boston Globe today.
> 
> Joel
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