Plum City man reacts violently to joke during card game

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RIVER FALLS - Maybe it was inevitable. A group of people late last Tuesday night, April 3, were playing Cards Against Humanity, a politically incorrect party game. Someone apparently joked about child molestation. A 38-year-old Plum City man erupted angrily, allegedly scattering the cards, breaking a beer bottle, a lamp, throwing a chair and later smashing a wine bottle.

Some of the card players raced to a bedroom, locked the door and called 911. River Falls police responded.

The suspect, who had just lost an election bid to the Pierce County Board, was described as drunk.

He was found alone in the kitchen and persuaded to come peacefully outside.

The man said he took the pedophile remark personally.

An officer said that while such a reaction was normal, the man’s violent outburst was abnormal.

Taken next to the police station, the man was said to be uncooperative. He insisted that his constitutional rights were being violated and he demanded to see a judge -– by this time it was past midnight.

After being ticketed for disorderly conduct, the man allegedly used the phone in the police station lobby to call the county dispatcher and ask for a judge.

Stymied with his judge quest, the man allegedly walked back to where he had violently ended Cards Against Humanity at 709 Bartosh Lane. Now he wanted some belongings from inside and his dog.

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