Colorado's 'Mad Pooper' sorry; First Amendment Protection

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27 Sep 2017, 11:30 pm

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It’s not a Colorado jogger’s fault she’s pooping on people’s lawns — because she suffered a traumatic brain injury, and now simply can’t control where she does her business, according to a man who claimed to be “a family representative.”

Nevertheless, the Mad Pooper would like to apologize for her actions, said the unidentified man in a since-removed YouTube video, according to ABC affiliate KRDO.

Her bathroom behavior is similar to breastfeeding in public and is protected under the First Amendment, the unidentified man claimed.

But a criminal defense attorney said the man is full of crap.

“Defecating in someone’s yard is definitely not protected under the First Amendment and it is actually a crime,” Jeremy Loew said.

The woman could actually be charged with indecent exposure, which might land her in the sex offender registry, Loew added.

The jogger has been pooping outside the Colorado Springs home of Cathy Budde at least once a week and cops have been trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.

The supposed spokesman, who also claimed the woman underwent gender reassignment surgery, refused to provide any verification that he is representing the daring defecator’s family, but Loew said his videotaped statement was a bad move.

“This is actually the worst thing the family could do,” he said. “People all over the world are talking about this, and police will catch her. The man in the video will also have to be called into court to testify.”

His claim that public defecation is akin to public breastfeeding also was met with scorn.

“I breastfed all of my four children and that’s just ridiculous, as far as I’m concerned,” neighbor Shirley Thevenot said. “There is no comparison between those.”

Resident Julie Teffetteller concurred.

“Breastfeeding is nourishing your child — you’re doing something to take care of someone — but pooping in someone’s lawn is only damaging,” she told KRDO.



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28 Sep 2017, 12:49 am

SH90 wrote:
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It’s not a Colorado jogger’s fault she’s pooping on people’s lawns — because she suffered a traumatic brain injury, and now simply can’t control where she does her business, according to a man who claimed to be “a family representative.”

Nevertheless, the Mad Pooper would like to apologize for her actions, said the unidentified man in a since-removed YouTube video, according to ABC affiliate KRDO.

Her bathroom behavior is similar to breastfeeding in public and is protected under the First Amendment, the unidentified man claimed.

But a criminal defense attorney said the man is full of crap.

“Defecating in someone’s yard is definitely not protected under the First Amendment and it is actually a crime,” Jeremy Loew said.

The woman could actually be charged with indecent exposure, which might land her in the sex offender registry, Loew added.

The jogger has been pooping outside the Colorado Springs home of Cathy Budde at least once a week and cops have been trying to get to the bottom of the mystery.

The supposed spokesman, who also claimed the woman underwent gender reassignment surgery, refused to provide any verification that he is representing the daring defecator’s family, but Loew said his videotaped statement was a bad move.

“This is actually the worst thing the family could do,” he said. “People all over the world are talking about this, and police will catch her. The man in the video will also have to be called into court to testify.”

His claim that public defecation is akin to public breastfeeding also was met with scorn.

“I breastfed all of my four children and that’s just ridiculous, as far as I’m concerned,” neighbor Shirley Thevenot said. “There is no comparison between those.”

Resident Julie Teffetteller concurred.

“Breastfeeding is nourishing your child — you’re doing something to take care of someone — but pooping in someone’s lawn is only damaging,” she told KRDO.


About 4 years ago there was a man who posted a video of a jogger who would come by his house regularly and defecate on his property. This was in San Francisco but I wonder if it's the same woman.

My analysis of the situation is that she is one of those people for whom jogging stimulates the bowels, and rather than take measures to accommodate this, she merely decided to go where she happened to be so as to not interrupt her jog more than she had to.



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28 Sep 2017, 7:43 am

I would think this not be covered as the act is occurring on private property, not in a public.

I doubt the courts would consider this speech but vandalism.

People like this just give ammunition to people who oppose free speech to demonize those trying to fight back against the anti-free speech and censorship tide.


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28 Sep 2017, 8:07 am

Is she the Mad Pooper or the Butt-ler?


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28 Sep 2017, 8:36 am

There's one on the loose in Portland also,named The Portland Pooper.


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28 Sep 2017, 12:50 pm

Apparently, she is saying , her gender reassignment vaginoplasty is causing her to have involuntary pooping problems.



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28 Sep 2017, 1:51 pm

Bullsh!t! If she's that incontinent, then why isn't she wearing diapers?



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28 Sep 2017, 1:58 pm

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Bullsh!t! If she's that incontinent, then why isn't she wearing diapers?

She'll say they chafe when jogging.She needs to just get a treadmill.


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29 Sep 2017, 1:29 am

In either case, her non-solution is not legal, and for good reason.

In San Diego, they have a hepatitis A outbreak because the more troubled of the homeless individuals, and those who do not have easy access to bathroom facilities, have been defecating on the sidewalks.

They have had to pressure wash them with bleach solution in an effort to kill the virus.