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Originally posted by Argyll
reply to post by Hushabye
The thread (and source) title is a little misleading and sensational to be honest.
From your source:
“Other agents did not join the incident until the subject refused to cooperate,” the ABC said in a statement published by USA TODAY. “Rather than comply with the officers’ requests, the subject drove off, striking two officers. She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle.”
I know it's the norm around here to hammer the police, but remember there are two sides to every story.
Originally posted by LastStarfighter
reply to post by Hushabye
You left out the most important part of the article you cite:
"She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle.”
Originally posted by LastStarfighter
reply to post by Hushabye
You left out the most important part of the article you cite:
"She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle.”
Originally posted by Hushabye
Edited to add a link to more sources of the same story, if you dislike rt.com for whatever reasonedit on 2-7-2013 by Hushabye because: (no reason given)
Overzealous agents swarmed, jailed student for buying sparkling water
3 days ago
We wouldn't blame Elizabeth Daly for wanting a stiff drink after a disastrous encounter with seven Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control agents in Charlottesville that ended with her spending a night in jail. She's too young to drink, however. Mistaking the sparkling water she had just purchased for beer, plain-clothes agents with "unidentifiable badges" swarmed her SUV, frightening the 20-year-old and two companions. When she started the car to lower the power windows, all hell broke loose, with agents yelling, attempting to break windows, jumping on the hood and one allegedly pulling a gun. Daly fled, but stopped when the agents turned on the flashing lights and siren on their car. Daly will not be prosecuted for the three Class 6 felonies she was charged with in connection with the incident
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by Gazrok
It's a class 1 misdemeanor.... That kind of response is highly unnecessary.
I'm Canadian. When I was 14 I was your typical little 14 year old. Got busted with a bunch of friends for drinking underage, had a couple of beers and some whiskey no one was even drunk yet. Cops come, and I mean half of the cops in the town, chasing kids down into the woods, and what happens? What was the appropriate response for a call of a handfull of teens with a case of beer?
I was arressted at gunpoint. That's right, I got to stare down the barrel of a cops handgun because I stole a few beer from my dad. Right in my face, like something from a cop show, it was quite surreal at the time. They even handcuffed some of us before giving us an 84$ fine.
84$ fine, gun in the face of a 14 year old. This wasn't even a large city, it's a tiny little town with a crime-rate of about nothing unless you consider stealing garden gnomes and placing them across the street in someone elses's garden a killable offense.
Originally posted by NavyDoc
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by Gazrok
It's a class 1 misdemeanor.... That kind of response is highly unnecessary.
I'm Canadian. When I was 14 I was your typical little 14 year old. Got busted with a bunch of friends for drinking underage, had a couple of beers and some whiskey no one was even drunk yet. Cops come, and I mean half of the cops in the town, chasing kids down into the woods, and what happens? What was the appropriate response for a call of a handfull of teens with a case of beer?
I was arressted at gunpoint. That's right, I got to stare down the barrel of a cops handgun because I stole a few beer from my dad. Right in my face, like something from a cop show, it was quite surreal at the time. They even handcuffed some of us before giving us an 84$ fine.
84$ fine, gun in the face of a 14 year old. This wasn't even a large city, it's a tiny little town with a crime-rate of about nothing unless you consider stealing garden gnomes and placing them across the street in someone elses's garden a killable offense.
When I was a kid, cops would pour out your beer and then tell your dad. Heck, they might not even tell your dad if they were in a good mood. Times have changed indeed.
Originally posted by ItCameFromOuterSpace
All yuppies buying sparkling water should go through this. Same goes for Whole Foods customers. All vegan and vegetarians should be harassed as well.
Originally posted by Argyll
reply to post by Hushabye
The thread (and source) title is a little misleading and sensational to be honest.
From your source:
“Other agents did not join the incident until the subject refused to cooperate,” the ABC said in a statement published by USA TODAY. “Rather than comply with the officers’ requests, the subject drove off, striking two officers. She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle.”
I know it's the norm around here to hammer the police, but remember there are two sides to every story.
Originally posted by ItCameFromOute for what? What's it to yourSpace
All yuppies buying sparkling water should go through this. Same goes for Whole Foods customers. All vegan and vegetarians should be harassed as well.