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For example, some of the weird laws in the UK include a ban on divorces, legislation requiring that all land should be left to the eldest son, and MPs being banned from wearing a suit of armour in Parliament.<\/p>\n
In America, it is still technically illegal for a chicken to cross the road in Georgia, while in Texas it is illegal to sell your eyeballs.<\/p>\n
Singing off-key is banned in North Carolina, and in Washington you can be fined or arrested for harassing Bigfoot, according to ancient laws.<\/p>\n
Of course, the vast majority of these somewhat silly laws are unlikely to be enforced anytime soon.<\/p>\n
However, recently two men were arrested in New York for what many would consider to be an equally bizarre crime.<\/p>\n
The men from Brooklyn were collared by police for the crime of 'manspreading', which is using their legs to take up too much space on the carriage.<\/p>\n
The arrest was unveiled after the Police Reform Organizing Project scoured court testimonies to produce a PDF that aimed to examine the NYPD’s attitudes to race and class.<\/p>\n
This bizarre arrest was discovered after examining the documents. <\/p>\n
The New York Metropolitan Transport Authority prohibits taking up more than one seat if it happens to interfere with the functioning of the train or ‘comfort of other passengers’.<\/p>\n
However, the sceptical judge issued an adjournment contemplating dismissal (ACD) for both men, stating: “12:11AM, I can’t believe there were many people on the subway."<\/p>\n
The ACD means that the charges will be dropped if they avoid arrest for a determined period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two men have been arrested for taking up too much space on the train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lads-mag-for-armed-forces"],"yoast_head":"\n