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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday February 13, 2014 @06:31PM (#7235494)
> I was retina scanned and placed in a holding cell with around 10 other criminals. Charges ranged from domestic abuse to armed robbery. One man was on the floor going through drug withdrawals. Everyone scoffed at the idea that I was there because of a traffic violation, and likely assumed I was making that up

"...Running a red light.... and creating a disturbance" is what you should have said. herbig's situation sounds reminiscent of a modern-day Alice's Restaurant Massacree.

This policing technique is also known as "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."

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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by netcan on Friday February 14, 2014 @04:36AM (#7237676)
..After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he was going to put Us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your Wallet and your belt." And I said, "Obie, I can understand you wanting myWallet so I don't have any money to spend in the cell, but what do you Want my belt for?" And he said, "Kid, we don't want any hangings." I Said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?"

Obie said he was making sure, and Obie was, cause he took out the Toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself over the head and drown, and he took Out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the - roll the Toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape. Obie Was making sure, and it was about four or five hours later that Alice (remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), Alice came by and with a few Nasty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back To the church, had a another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, And didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to court."

It's a long song, there's a lot before and after this bit.

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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by jey on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:24PM (#7236185)
What was the "disturbance"?
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:29PM (#7236216)
It's just a pop-culture reference to Arlo Guthrie's song. Look it up if you like humorous 12 minute long folk-monologues.
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by wiredfool on Thursday February 13, 2014 @11:10PM (#7236859)
12?

  I've been singing for 20 minutes, I can sing for 20 more.    
  I'm not Proud.
  Or Tired.
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by dllthomas on Friday February 14, 2014 @01:03AM (#7237186)
Clearly, we all need to walk into our local police station, sing a bar of Alice's Restaurant, and walk out.
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by jevinskie on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:26PM (#7236196)
Asserting your rights.
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by o0-0o on Thursday February 13, 2014 @11:05PM (#7236831)
Even if you don't assert your rights, you are subject to a militarized police state's rules:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5928424

Keep your powder dry!

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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by grkvlt on Saturday February 15, 2014 @06:26AM (#7243457)
> retina scanned

He was IRIS scanned. I don't know where this idea that retina scanning is a thing comes from, but there are literally no products that do this. All eye-scanning technology for biometrics are iris recognition systems.

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