Brickbat: Might As Well Jump

Two Sarasota County, Florida, sheriff's deputies seemed a bit miffed when Charles Ross jumped over a picnic table they were sitting on. But when they noticed he was recording them they got really angry. Threatening to ruin his day, they pulled him to the ground, handcuffed him and arrested Ross for breach of the peace and disorderly conduct.
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Giving wedgies to movie goers? Kissing people they dont know? Getting into cars without permission?
Getting into a car without permission could get you shot around here. I have a very hard time not thinking that this guy got off lightly.
Yeah. I thought the same thing when I read something recently about a guy getting a knife pulled on him in a gas station by a couple of 18-year-olds. "Around here, they would know better than to commit suicide that way."
We have a carjacker law here....anyone getting in your car or trying to force their way in can be shot....no charges filed.
It has happened a few times and the carjacking came to a screeching halt. Forgive the pun.
Breach of the peace and disorderly conduct? Those coppers must really have been pissed off to use two vague catchall laws on him. I wonder which embarrassed them more, being pranked or the dude's superior athleticism.
Nah, this is a guy who truly needs his ass kicked until he gets the idea to leave people alone.
I have trouble feeling sorry for a guy purposely acting like an asshole.
Dee-die-double-dog-ditto.
A truly bullshit arrest. Guy may be a giant pain in the ass, but nothing he did was illegal.
I don't know about arresting him, and the second charge seems superfluous, but the jerk begged for it.
Who wouldn't love the ability to forcibly detain the d-bags we come in contact with on a day to day basis? And have that funded by taxpayers? You'd go home feeling like you had a pretty powerful day.
Sometimes man you jsut have to roll with it. Wow.
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He should be sentenced to several consecutive wedgies. And forbidden to un-wedgie himself.
Good old Sarasota, the canker sore on the dick of America.
Sounds like they really turned the tables on that guy
They really flipped out when they saw the camera.
I remember once I was going through a toll booth on the highway, and commented to the worker about the trooper nearby with a truck pulled over. The worker said that the troopers, when they go through the booth, brag about how they love to ruin people's day. That's who serves and protects. People who take great pleasure in making others miserable.
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.
Please be Faith No More. Please be Faith No More. Yay!
Go on and wring my neck, like when a rag gets wet"
Great band.
aye