Jailhouse poke
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- A woman in Tennessee has been jailed for infringing a “protection” order after she ‘poked’ someone on Fa$ebook, the advertising site.
Shannon D. Jackson (right), 36, “used the ‘poke’ option on Facebook to contact another Hendersonville woman she had been ordered to stay away from,” says the Tennessean, going on:
“That violated the terms of an order of protection which stipulates “no telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with the petitioner,” according to police.
Poking is a Fa$ebook thingy that does nothing other than tell someone they’ve been “poked” by someone else, my daughter Emma, who tipped me about this, says.
And that’s it.
“Hendersonville police have made copies of the page in which the woman is shown to be ‘poked’,” says the story, adding:
“Violating an order of protection is a misdemeanor that can be punished with up to 11 months, 29 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.”
Jackson, currently residing in jail, is scheduled to appear in Sumner County General Sessions Court in Gallatin on October 28.
So was she poked? Or was she shafted?
JN
(Cheers, Emma)
Tennessean - Facebook ‘poke’ leads to Hendersonville woman’s arrest, October 10, 2009
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October 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
she violated the order. period. she’s now where she belongs.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:21 am
“Jailhouse poke” is when you drop the soap
October 21st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
You’d think FB would’ve picked a better term than “poked”.
(There’s nothing more unnerving for a girl than “finding out” she was poked, when she has no recollection of that.)