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eodoll  Posts: 1,028
Registered: 2002-2-14 12:35:42
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
Sansfear posted:
The police were moronic to charge him.
The police chief is even more of an idiot. Whatever happened to being a good Samaraitan? He actually said that the guy should have called the police and have the police give them a ride home. I didn't know that being a Taxi service was part of their duties.
exactly.. police get offended if tou ask them for a ride. they are not taxis ( ive asked and thats what i was told).
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Kjarhall  Title: The Pungent One
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Registered: 2002-3-1 15:47:21
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Kjarhall posted:
You guys are pretty quick to believe his side of the events without hearing anything else.
That's because, as already stated earlier, disturbing the peace ordinances are bullshite laws applied when someone isn't really doing something wrong, but somehow managed to upset some poor neurotic. (Real laws include: noise ordinances which are based on specific proven decibel levels, assault, battery, etc).
If he was doing something wrong, there's some "real" law he'd have been charged with breaking.
Not necessarily. See Al Capone. Besides, what would be the charge for "this guy fell just short of attempted kidnapping"?
Sometimes cops have to press charges short of what they'd like to, simply because they're not sure it will stick in court, even if they're 99% sure it was committed.
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IMHO Title: Official Outpost Greeter
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Registered: 2001-11-1 03:55:02
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
Kjarhall posted:
...what would be the charge for "this guy fell just short of attempted kidnapping"?
Sometimes cops have to press charges short of what they'd like to, simply because they're not sure it will stick in court, even if they're 99% sure it was committed.
WTF... are you serious?
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
Kjarhall posted:
Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Kjarhall posted:
You guys are pretty quick to believe his side of the events without hearing anything else.
That's because, as already stated earlier, disturbing the peace ordinances are bullshite laws applied when someone isn't really doing something wrong. If he was doing something wrong, there's some "real" law he'd have been charged with breaking.
Not necessarily. See Al Capone. Sometimes cops have to press charges short of what they'd like to, simply because they're not sure it will stick in court.
Those... were real crimes. It's just that Capone was doing a LOT of crimes, and when you do lots or repeat crimes you will eventually screw up. System working as intended there.
When you've gotta step down to "disturbing the peace"... not so much.
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paulg_68 Posts: 2,469
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
The parents who called the police should be punched in the face. The cops who arrested him should be punched in the face.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
paulg_68 posted:
The parents who called the police should be punched in the face. The cops who arrested him should be punched in the face.
I have no clue how you can say that based on the information the story gives you.
If some weird old guy tries to pick two female teenagers up and sends off the wrong vibes I see nothing wrong with them calling the police.
The fault is with the police and especially the prosecutor. Disorderly conduct is 100% a BS charge. WTF do they think fining him $750 is going to do to improve public safety?
It's stupid in the extreme. Charging him with a BS charge like that accomplishes nothing at all.
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
Yukishiro1 posted:
paulg_68 posted:
The parents who called the police should be punched in the face. The cops who arrested him should be punched in the face.
I have no clue how you can say that based on the information the story gives you.
If some weird old guy tries to pick two female teenagers up and sends off the wrong vibes I see nothing wrong with them calling the police.
The fault is with the police and especially the prosecutor. Disorderly conduct is 100% a BS charge. WTF do they think fining him $750 is going to do to improve public safety?
It's stupid in the extreme. Charging him with a BS charge like that accomplishes nothing at all.
Isn't it the DA that is pressing the charges? Wouldn't he be the dumbass in this scenario?
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
IMHO posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
paulg_68 posted:
The parents who called the police should be punched in the face. The cops who arrested him should be punched in the face.
I have no clue how you can say that based on the information the story gives you.
If some weird old guy tries to pick two female teenagers up and sends off the wrong vibes I see nothing wrong with them calling the police.
The fault is with the police and especially the prosecutor. Disorderly conduct is 100% a BS charge. WTF do they think fining him $750 is going to do to improve public safety?
It's stupid in the extreme. Charging him with a BS charge like that accomplishes nothing at all.
Isn't it the DA that is pressing the charges? Wouldn't he be the dumbass in this scenario?
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eodoll Posts: 1,028
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Man arrested after offering ride to girls walking home in a snowstorm |
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investigate and move on... maybe the guy was really a creep though.
many of these creeps seem very normal except when they go into creep mode.
i took a ride from a stranger once, it was an older dude. he seemed nice but at the same time it was kind of risky.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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If he's a creep and it seemed really sketchy the police should be doing something but charging him with a 100% BS fine is not what they should be doing.
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