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Murphiroth posted...

My guy you defend and argue for the police all the fuckin' time, you even give police unions undeserved benefit of the doubt, what are you talking about?

"All the time"

3 times.

Same thing.

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

Maybe he didn't know it was a deadly accident?

That's what seems to be his side. He thought the police that were on the scene of the accident were just added security for the event.

divot1338 posted...

Supercop jumps on hood of car when Masters Champion mistakes police at a traffic jam for the ones running security right next to where he was.

If your interpretation of events were correct they wouldnt have given him a police escort back to the course.

I literally just repeated what the guy that ACTUALLY SAW WHAT HAPPENED said when he was on ESPN this morning. It wasn't "my interpretation".

But whatever. ACAB *shrug*

Tyranthraxus posted...

The reason he got arrested was also kind of bullshit tbh.

The road was blocked of because there was an accident where SOMEONE DIED.

He then tried to drive on the shoulder to circumvent the traffic.

An officer attempted to step in front of his car. Instead of stopping to explain who he was/why he was trying to go around, he kept driving WITH THE COP ON HIS CAR.

That seems like a good reason to be detained, no?

I can't believe this place has be defending the decisions of police officers 2 days in a row.

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40162983/scottie-scheffler-detained-police-prior-start-pga-championship

According to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident, Scheffler was trying to drive around the crash scene on a median. A police officer instructed Scheffler to stop, but Scheffler continued to drive about 10 to 20 yards toward the entrance.

At one point, an officer attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car. Scheffler stopped his car as he turned into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club.

After about 20 to 30 seconds, Scheffler rolled down his window to talk to the officer. The officer grabbed Scheffler's arm to pull him out of the vehicle, according to Darlington. The officer reached inside the vehicle to open the door, and once Scheffler was pulled out, he was pushed against the car and placed in handcuffs.

A cell phone theft ring gets busted because cops are doing their job.

6 responses.

Police officer pulls over teen in the McDonalds drive thru for using his phone. Officer Claims he was also using it while driving.

83 responses, majority saying the cop was being a dick.

Dont ever change, CE

Enclave posted...

I'm open to the possibility that the cops told the truth and I would like proof before I actually believe it. It's perfectly reasonable to have this position. Frankly after how often cops have been caught in lies it's a bit ridiculous to just believe them by default. They've long since lost that trust.

Compared to the thousands and thousands of tickets issued that the offender pleads guilty to, or pleads not guilty despite actually being guilty, but negotiates the infraction to something that wont put points on their license.

saspa posted...

What's wrong with Juno?

Every character is WAY to quirky. The movie just oozes "teenage angst"

Prestoff posted...

One word that best describes this movie: pretentious. It's basically the Juno of 1999, winning a bunch of awards and being lauded as one of the best movies ever made, but upon rewatch you realize how it was just a product of its time.

I don't know if pretentious is the right word, although you may be right.

Upon rewatch, like Juno, it's definitely a movie that thinks it's more "clever" than other movies.

I always said that about Gilmore Girls whenever I watched it.

AnsestralRecall posted...

Not going to celebrate people profiting off of a global system of designed wealth inequality.

Well then you dont get a party hat!

So take THAT!

project_night posted...

S&P and Nasdaq >>>>> DOW. I really don't know why the news keeps mentioning the DOW when a price weighted index with only 30 chosen companies is basically pointless. Hardly anyone buys a DOW index fund/etf unlike S&P and Nasdaq funds.

S&P and Nasdaq hit an all time high today as well.

AnsestralRecall posted...

How nice for you

Economy being good for people who already have money isn't impressive

Yeah. Heaven forbid we be happy for people who are succeeding.

I didnt plan on upgrading until GTA6 came out, but my wife surprised me with a PS5 on Xmas this year.

Still wild to me that the teen admitted he was on his phone, driving through the drive through, and were all STILL saying Fuck this cop unless he can prove the kid was driving while using his phone!

GOP Sen. Buck Newton brushed off the concerns, saying no one saw Granny getting arrested in the Walmart pre-COVID and thinks law enforcement will use good common sense when applying the law, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

Under the bill, if a person is arrested for protesting while masked, it would elevate the classification of a persons crime, either a misdemeanor or felony, to one class higher.

So, hes just outwardly saying the law is being made to dump extra charges on protesters they dont like.

wackyteen posted...

It just seems silly to see someone then tail them for minutes then pull them over and expect them to actually know why they're being pulled over.

This is assuming thats what happened, as opposed to the officer having his lights on the whole time and the teen not noticing it was for him because he was on his phone.

Again, this is all speculation on all of our parts. And in reality, I doubt any of us will follow up on this story to ever find out what ends up happening

Enclave posted...

What's ridiculous about wanting proof before believing something? Do you think cops don't lie?

Do you think teenagers that just got their licenses dont lie about their cell phone usage while driving?

Enclave posted...

And like I said earlier, I'll believe it once they present proof beyond the cops word.

Not sure why I'm having to repeat myself here.

Understandable. But you originally made it sound like you thought the ticket was being issued for using a cell phone in the drive through, not on the road.

And you dont have to repeat yourself. You can easily not comment anymore if you feel you says what you needed to say.

Cheater87 posted...

Wicked came out like 20 years ago, this is a long time to wait to adapt it into a movie.

The rights to make it onto a movie were bought in 2010, it just went through a few hands before it finally went into production in 2021.

Enclave posted...

Who do you think the department gets their statement from? If they say the kid was being issued a ticket due to what he did on the road rather than the drive through then it's the cop who told the department that.

Exactly. And I'll reiterate, you do know that procedure for making a traffic stop isn't to pull the person over at the exact spot the violation takes place and to do it in an area where it is safe for the driver to pull over, right?

Like the statement said, the officer began the process in the road, and the driver then pulled into the drive through (again, assuming the RCMP statement is true). And the violation was given for using the phone on the road, not in the drive through.

Funkydog posted...

Cops tackling the REAL serious crimes.

In 2022, 3,308 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. Distracted driving accounts for one in every six deadly vehicle accidents.

Yes. I get that a kid pulling up the McDonald's app while in the drive through (assuming he's telling the truth and wasn't also using it while on the road) sounds like a silly thing for a cop to go on a "power trip" about, but let's not pretend that cell phone usage while driving isn't a major problem, or that there's at least a *slight* chance that kid was driving around on the app, placing his order as he was driving to the McDonalds, and that's what the officer observed and ultimately pulled him over for.

Sorry if this kid gets zero sympathy from me and it sounds very "bootlicker" of me to side with the cop, but a friend of my lost their grandfather to a car accident where the person that struck him was distracted by their cell phone.

There's only so many times we can post the clip of Bugs Bunny sawing Florida off the edge of the U.S. before we seriously try to make it a reality.

They fell off for one of two reasons, depending on who you vote for.

If you vote Republican, it's becasue Trump was SO tough on them for his four years, they're too afraid to come over anymore.

If you vote Democrat, they were never a problem in the US to begin with, and it was just redcap fear mongering.

Living on Long Island, there is still a pretty heavy gang problem in certain areas, so I feel like it's a mix of the two.

This was from only 3 months ago...

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bloodhound-brims-gang-arrests-long-island/

The Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings and MS-13 gangs are still active on Long Island, but less so since the tragic murders of two teenage girls from Brentwood whose parents went to Capitol Hill in 2018 to raise awareness of the growing threat gangs pose to young innocent lives.

Undercovers based across Long Island are arresting alleged gangsters who are armed with machetes, baseball bats, clubs and axes as tools for drug trafficking, extortion, home invasions and robberies.

"We are committed to assist our state and local partners with apprehending the most violent individuals who commit the most violent crimes," U.S. Marshal Vincent DeMarco said.

Enclave posted...

And if the cop had said that was the moment he decided to ticket the kid I'd be a hell of a lot more sympathetic since that's actually provable based on what the kid themselves said, however that's not why the cop gave the ticket according to the cop.

The cop didn't say anything. All we have is the statement that was made by the department.

"RCMP can confirm that on May 13, 2024 the individual was observed driving a vehicle on a public roadway while using a cellphone. A Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan RCMP officer initiated a traffic stop with the individual. The individual then pulled in the McDonalds parking lot, where the traffic violation was issued," the statement said.

But if the statement is true, that's exactly what happened. Whether or not the teen was or was not using his phone prior to pulling into the drive thru is something the cop will now have to prove in court, should the teen plea not guilty (assuming the process in Canada is the same as the US).

The procedures of pulling an individual over for a traffic violation vary, but it's usually not a situation like you see in the movies where an officer will turn his lights the second he sees someone make a violation. They'll usually follow the vehicle and not turn their light on until they feel they're in an area where the person can safely pull over. This could have been one of those situations, as there really isn't a ton of information about exactly what happened.

Whether the stop was initiated on the road, like the RCMP statement claims, or if the officer's lights weren't turned on until the teen was in the drive-thru, that will be proven by dash cam footage, assuming they have it.

I know we live in an ACAB society, especially here on CE, but "That cop is an asshole for giving someone a ticket for doing something that is illegal" is a wild take for the majority to have.

If you were in the drive through and that same kid rear ended you becasue he was on his phone and idle rolled into you bumper, I'm sure you'd be all "Well, the code does time out, so I understand. I wouldn't want you to lose your free meal, after all."

nocturnal_traveler posted...

Hopefully each movie is 90 minutes. I'm tired of 2.5 hour long movies.

Zero chance.

Theyre not going to break the story into two parts only to have each movie be 90 minutes.

Theyll expand the story enough that each movie is 2 hours

Hayame_Zero posted...

Yeah, this movie is part one. The second part comes out November of next year.

It's a profoundly stupid decision.

Supposedly it was done this way because the creator of the original Broadway show didnt want to leave anything out, and the musical is about 3 hours

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/859296a9.png

Thank You Obama

With inflation, prices for new games have actually raised at a slower rate than most products.

I remember when SMB3 came out and was $49.99.

That would equate to $135 now.

The retail giant said in a press release last week that it plans to offer its collection of products to celebrate Pride Month including adult clothing and home decor during the month of June both online and in "select stores," depending on "historical sales performance."

On one hand, this sounds like corporate BS, but on the other hand, not selling items in places that know it won't sell, and (fuck 'em becasue they shouldn't want their business anyway, but I digress) know it will cause you to lose customers, does seem like a sound business decision.

It does kinda suck though that large companies that actually CAN make a difference choose not to just becasue the bottom line may get an insignificant dent in it.

Other.

I park there when I go to the local sports arena becasue it's across the street and the parking is free.

GranQroppoop posted...

I had a thing that would go in the back like Gameshark would that when combined with a spring to make it think the lid was always closed would let you swap out discs to play Japanese games.

Huh, I still have it in the closet actually. Was called "Gamehunter"

I had the same, where you had to swap out a regular game with a copy of a game to get it to work.

Amazon used to have it's own auction site, and I would get games for $5 each. It was awesome.

Remove Tinkerbell, but keep the character that wears seashells as a bra.

Makes sense.

TheGoldenEel posted...

imo conceptually it sounds cool but most of the songs dont live up to their potential

Album bats around .600, which is more than you can say from most soundtracks.

In my opinion, Disorder, Freak Momma, Missing Link, and Come and Die are the only real misses.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Grocery did the same. There are minimal options to avoid being gouged on food.

And grocery stores, at least by me, go out of business all the time.

Waldbaums, Best Market, PathMark, all supermarkets that were HUGE on Long Island that no longer exist. And I'm sure there's dozens upon dozens of other examples across the US

WingsOfGood posted...

ever heard of a food desert?

Yes. And I can't imagine a situation where fast food is a better option on a daily basis than travling an hour or so for real groceries.

TendoDRM posted...

Oh like John Cena.

More like Roddy Piper

For my son, yeah.

Bought a T-Shirt of one of his favorite YouTubers

ironman2009 posted...

No that's Robert Van Dam

No, youre thinking of Robert Lashley

Giacomo_Hawkins posted...

If it's an acquaintance or distant relative padding out the guest list out of a sense of obligation or leaning heavy on their wedding registry, not so much.

Those are some of the ones Ive had the most fun at.

Went to the wedding of a co-worker of my wife, and we were literally one of only 4 couples there that wasnt black. But my musical taste is so rooted in hip hop and old Motown music, I was out on the dance floor the whole night and it ended up being one of the best weddings Ive ever attended despite knowing literally no one there other than my wife.

Fight Clubbing

Rival dance clubs that have to cooperate to defeat a THIRD dance club opens that opens up on the block.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

stop eating there. it's really that simple. is it shitty of them to do that? yes. does anyone need to eat there? no.

Exactly.

This isn't about the price of healthcare, or even clothes or groceries.

As silly as it sounds, fast food is a luxury.

It's like complaining about how expensive it is to go to football game. If it's too expensive, stay home.

-ZIO- posted...

I just want some context. What were the prices in 2004, 1994, 1984 and 1974?

Yes, I know they're inflating their prices with their greed, but that's an ongoing thing. This isn't new.

The post above confirms it, but when I was a senior in HS (1995-96) there were 3 meals that were $3.25 with tax.

I only remembered it becasue each of the 4 fast food places that were in driving distance from my school all had at least one meal that was $3.25 after tax.

McD's - The 3 mentioned above
Taco Bell - 4 Soft tacos w/cinnamon twists and a soda
BK - Whopper Meal
KFC - 3 chicken strips and potato wedges

Iris if it was a girl.

Richard if it was a boy.

Pay me.

Southernfatman posted...

Corporations price gouge because they can and they know nobody in government will do a thing about it and people will keep buying.

The market dictates the price.

Once people stop buying, either the price will go down, or the company goes out of business.

Spiderman23J posted...

Can I invest the 5K?

Once it's yours, it's yours.

It just stops if you get a job.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

Depends on the day. Can be between as little as two hours and then literally all day.

Yeah, kinda the same.

In theory, I work in accounting, but the company I work for is so small, there's days where I only work on posting payments for 2-3 hours, and the other 5 hours are spent helping the guys in the warehouse load/unload shipments, count inventory, stock shelves, etc.

But then there's days they don't need that help, I do my 5-6 hours of "real" work, and then spend 2 hours dicking around on the internet

Glob posted...

Dont get me wrong, I dont mean to imply that nobody would take it when theyre older, just that the appeal is probably broader among younger people.

Definitely agree. I feel like I would go with Option 2 up until I was around 55ish because my goal right now is to retire when I'm 60.

Glob posted...

I think most people, if they were presented this option at the age of 18 or so, would choose the second option.

Im 46, and Id STILL take option 2.

Working a 7-7 office job instead of 9-5:30 for 5 years in order to retire at 51 would be cake.

This album got, and still gets, HEAVY play time in my car.

The_Popo posted...

Easiest to rig? (Baseball)

Or easiest to rig and get away with it? (Basketball)

You picked the one sport (basketball) that has a recent example of a ref actually getting caught rigging games?