Girl buys water, spends night in jail

[Nightfyre]

I found this story interesting/entertaining.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...181104442.html

Felony charges were dropped on Thursday against a 20-year-old University of Virginia student who says she panicked when undercover agents from the state's Alcohol Beverage Control division mistook her water purchase for beer.

According to Charlottesville (Va.) Daily Progress, the student, Elizabeth Daly, was walking to her car on April 11 at approximately 10:15 p.m. with a box of sparkling water, cookie dough and ice cream she had just bought from a local supermarket when the agents—six men and one woman, all in plainclothes—approached suspecting the box, a blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water, to be a 12-pack of beer. One jumped on the hood of her SUV; another pulled out a gun, Daly said, as her roommates seated inside looked on in horror.

"They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," Daly wrote in an account submitted to the court. "I couldn't put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were ... terrified."

Daly's roommate in the front passenger seat told her to "go, go, go"—and that's what she did, apparently "grazing" two of the agents in the process.

The students called 911 as they left the parking lot, police said, and were pulled over by another agent driving a vehicle with lights and sirens, Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney Dave Chapman told the paper.

Daly apologized when she realized who they were, Chapman said, but agents arrested Daly and charged her with two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer and one count of eluding police—each carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $2,500 in fines. She spent the night in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

"This has been an extremely trying experience," Daly wrote. "It is something to this day I cannot understand or believe has come to this point."

Either can Chapman.

"It wouldn't be the right thing to do to prosecute this," he said.

Nonetheless, Chapman "stood by the agents' decision to file charges, citing faith in a process that yielded an appropriate resolution."

"You don't know all the facts until you complete the investigation," he said.

Is it common practice to draw a weapon on an underage person suspected of purchasing alcohol?

[oldandslow]

Originally Posted by Donger

Man, the whole kook brigade is invading. I hope teedubya is next.

Rain man, mylonsd and Pitt are Kook brigade? Look, no one, absolutely no one except you seem to think these officers acted appropriately. That says something, but you seem to have a bit of difficulty looking in the mirror at times.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls

see, this is why folks shit on you. because you've already stunk the room up.

I don't know what that means.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

I don't understand how it is appropriate to draw your weapon on someone at all in this context. Unless they were explicitly trying to run you over.

The story is a bit confusing about whether they drew their guns and hoodjumps first or whether she revved her SUV first. It also is unclear about whether she got in her SUV before or after being approached. These are kind of important details as we conduct the Chiefsplanet trial.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by oldandslow

Rain man, mylonsd and Pitt are Kook brigade? Look, no one, absolutely no one except you seem to think these officers acted appropriately. That says something, but you seem to have a bit of difficulty looking in the mirror at times.

I was referring to the folks who are engaged in hyperbole. I didn't see any of that from the three you mentioned.

And, I've already said that if it is shown that the officers drew weapons and tried to break the windows, that is most likely an over-reaction to the situation.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

The story is a bit confusing about whether they drew their guns and hoodjumps first or whether she revved her SUV first. It also is unclear about whether she got in her SUV before or after being approached. These are kind of important details as we conduct the Chiefsplanet trial.

The girl is guilty.

It is obvious.

She purchased sparkling water from the ABC store and deserved to be accosted by rent-a-cops who clearly crave action.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

The story is a bit confusing about whether they drew their guns and hoodjumps first or whether she revved her SUV first. It also is unclear about whether she got in her SUV before or after being approached. These are kind of important details as we conduct the Chiefsplanet trial.

Indeed, pig lover.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Donger

Not quite:

ABC spokeswoman Kathleen Shaw said in the agency statement released Friday afternoon that agents were working the area that night, concentrating on underage possession enforcement. Shaw said a female agent saw "what appeared to be an underage person in possession of what appeared to be a case of beer."

"The agent identified herself as a police officer and was displaying her badge," the statement said.

"Other agents did not join the incident until the subject refused to cooperate," ABC said. "Rather than comply with the officers' requests, the subject drove off, striking two officers."

This seems damning.

The girls definitely overreacted.

However, the police officers did go over the top in their reaction.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER

This seems damning.

The girls definitely overreacted.

However, the police officers did go over the top in their reaction.

At this point, the only people claiming that a gun was drawn and windows almost broken are the girls. If the agents acknowledge that as being true, I'll agree that the agents over-reacted.

[teedubya]

Donger is a Govt. shill, people. And a shit poster.

He defends all things govt., big oil, banks and corporate corruption. Donger gets a spot in the 7th level of hell near Hitler.

[stonedstooge]

Should have shot them

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

She wouldn't have panicked if they were in uniform? Girl going to get raped.

[SPATCH]

It's so terrifying seeing which of your high school classmates wind up in law enforcement.

[suzzer99]

Clearly the best use of police time – seven plainclothes agents busting one terrified 20-year-old for carrying this:

[Hammock Parties]

What's great is she took that sparkling water home, made cocktails, and boozed up in the privacy of her own home.

**** tha poleece.

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by the_spatula

It's so terrifying seeing which of your high school classmates wind up in law enforcement.

It's a well documented fact, that in many districts, police forces only hire people with IQs no higher than 105.

Here's a story from 2000.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-b...6#.UdDEaD5ATwU