Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student

Re:Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. s... by cujo on Saturday June 29, 2013 @11:46AM (#5962726)

I imagine it's pretty easy to be "technically, guilty of eluding police and such" when you haven't done anything wrong and half dozen people in street clothes come barreling at you screaming and jumping on the hood of your car.

Frankly, if half a dozen trained officers are so afraid to rationally approach a sorority girl who might have beer on her, then maybe these fuck-ups need to be fired. Paint the picture for me, where what they did would have provoked a rational response from the girl.

Did I mention they did this because they thought a sorority girl might have beer? Beer! Context is everything, and these people don't have it.

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Re:Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. s... by Natsu on Monday July 01, 2013 @10:09PM (#5975317)

> I imagine it's pretty easy to be "technically, guilty of eluding police and such" when you haven't done anything wrong and half dozen people in street clothes come barreling at you screaming and jumping on the hood of your car.

Yes, but in other cases, they've turned this technical guilt into actual guilt by charging them. That's why I'm glad they didn't do that this time.

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