Actually, the reason why he is in jail is because the Springfield Police Department enforces the law.   And very much unlike Eugene, if a person commits a misdemeanor crime in Springfield, they go to jail too.

It is simple.  Break the law in Springfield, and you go to jail.   And he most definitely committed the crime of 2nd degree Disorderly Conduct, as defined in our state laws:

http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/166.025

Why on earth would you support a criminal???

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