Girl buys water and gets charged with felony

[Chimi]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/uva-girl-water-beer-jail-181104442.html

 

[mtangelsfan]

Law enforcement protecting us from the dangers of bottled water.

[tdawg87]

One jumped on the hood of her SUV; another pulled out a gun, Daly said, as her roommates seated inside looked on in horror.

 

What a perfectly reasonable reaction to seeing someone who kinda looks underage buying something that kinda looks like beer.

[mtangelsfan]

That is what I'm wondering.  These people are literally out of control.

[nate]

Insane.  Pulling guns on someone who they thought was underage buying beer???  Insane.  All of those cops should be fired immediately.

[gotbeer]

Well, on the bright side.  College is paid for.  And considering what they are charging for admission, that's a big plus.

[mancini79]

Seeing that the girls are alive to tell the story, this didn't happen in LA.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

"It wouldn't be the right thing to do to prosecute this."

 

And, after all, doing the right thing is what this is all about. 

 

Seeing that the girls are alive to tell the story, this didn't happen in LA.

 

I'm not sure about that. They would probably still be alive, while the LAPD shot up five or six vehicles that looked nothing like the one they were in.

[mrwicked]

lol. some dukes of hazard style cop'ing.

 

"One jumped on the hood of her SUV; another pulled out a gun"

[Brandon]

Sounds like an episode of Reno 911.

Officer Dangle new boot goofin.

[arch stanton]

Undercover cops making armed arrests for misdemeanor suspects, secret courts issuing warrants, data collection without warrant or suspicion. Mandatory insurance purchase. Indefinite detention of citizens authorized. What country is this?

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA?

[LBHalos17]

wow.  over-react much?!

The problem with ABC is that they don't do much "street work".  Their experience is limited to tv-training, which is why they are usually accompanied by a minimum of at least one local, uniformed Officer.  This may have prevented her reaction to their tactic of pounce on the car.

[gotbeer]

Article looks like it was updated and they dropped the felony charges.  

 

Bu as LBHalo stated.  If they had uniformed officers, this probably could have been prevented.  Although, I can't even tell uniformed officers anymore, since most sherrifs where Tshirts and jeans, and you can barely see if they have a badge that's usually hooked onto their belt.  

[mtangelsfan]

why would anyone with a gun be chasing college students possibly buying alcohol, uniformed or not.

 

This is crazy. 

[St1ck]

why would anyone with a gun be chasing college students possibly buying alcohol, uniformed or not.

 

This is crazy. 

 

 

 

Would you feel better if they chased her with a shoe? 

[ELEVEN]

Would you feel better if they chased her with a shoe? 

I certainly would

[mtangelsfan]

Would you feel better if they chased her with a shoe? 

 

I'd prefer they didn't chase her at all.  Maybe in Idaho cops patrol the convenience stores looking for possible underage drinking, but that isn't the norm nor should it be.

 

I'd rather have the police dealing with a little more serious crimes.

[CaliAngel]

So when a group of people wearing street clothes ambush me and my girlfriend getting in our car, point guns at us, and I don't see a badge or flashing red and blues, I'm just supposed to sit there and take it "just in case it's the cops"?? What if they aren't cops and end up just being street thugs and I just let it happen? Now I'm putting both of us in danger. 

 

There need to be obvious visual requirements for undercover law enforcement officers to just start jumping on cars and pointing guns in peoples faces. 

 

When you point a gun at someone, you are obviously considering firing and injuring/killing. And over what, underage beer purchases?

 

These dumb low life pigs need to start being held accountable for their over-use of power and authority, because this type of stuffs just getting worse.

[Stradling]

I agree with everything you said Cali, but calling them dumb low life pigs basically ruins your credibility. You can use big boy words and make your point.

[HaloFan85]

Fearing for her life, I'm surprised she only grazed a few of those idiots while driving away.  At the same time, those idiots could've easily opened up fire on their car for fearing for their lives.  It's really a miracle no one was killed during this incident.

 

This should never happen, ever. This is the type of shit that just gets my blood boiling.

[tdawg87]

All they had to do was walk up to the window, and ask for her ID. This is a case of underage drinking (actually it isn't because it was water), not terrorism, murder, or being black.

[mrwicked]

sounds like she was asking for trouble.

[mancini79]

That's what you get for buying french water.

[Futch Winkleman]

Where's YK, praising the actions of these ABC officers?  I'm surprised he hasn't made an appearance here.

 

Surely, there must be a department he can send cookies to.