Yes he was drunk and resisted arrest. Does that justify nine months without trial? Why not just deport him. The Japanese system is not good. You Can he detained for months without trial.
I'll fix your headline: Don't go to a foreign country and act a fool getting blacked out drunk in a bar, break stuff and resist arrest. Maybe that's why crime is lower in Japan.
“accidentally scuffed one of the officers’ chins” is that American tourist in Japan speak for punched a cop? So he got drunk, broke a lamp, passed out in a bar, then punched a cop, and is now awaiting trial?
Why do I suspect there's more to this story? Oh, probably because it's in .
Is this the catholic student a few years later?
That's what happens when you try to steal a $10,000 lamp.
LA Times really looking for clicks.
He’s in jail for resisting arrest. That’s different from simply breaking a lamp.
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