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Back in May of 2022, a pair of officers from the Lubbock Police Department arrived on the scene of a domestic dispute between a man named Larry Pea...

A Texas man was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of spitting on police officers after he was detained for alleged domestic assault

A 36-year-old Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 70 years in prison after he was found guilty on two counts of harassment of a public servant for spitting at police officers.

During the man's trial, prosecutors asked jury members to consider a sentence that would "send a message."

Larry Pearson, 36, was taken into custody in May 2022. He grew angry after police refused to arrest the victim and began to kick the squad car doors and then he spit on officers.

A Texas man has reportedly been sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting at police officers during a 2022 arrest.

Update 04/14/2023 9:56am:

It seems like cruel and unusual punishment to me.

Prior convictions led the jury to the sentence.

A Texas man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on police officers during his domestic violence arrest. Larry Pearson, 36, was found guilty of harassing government employees and assaulting officers in May 2022. Pearson hit the victim, kicked squad cars, and spat on police officers while being arrested. Prosecutors urged the jury to "send a message," resulting in a 70-year sentence. Pearson's defense argued that it was a minor misdemeanor and situation went out of...