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Hypothetical Question about Alabama and the Tuscaloosa PD

Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:26 pm
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64179 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:26 pm
Situation:


Starting linebacker pulls up to a convenience grocery store in downtown Tuscaloosa, no spaces in front of store. Starting linebacker double parks, puts on flashers, runs inside for one minute, runs back out.

Cop is standing there waiting on the driver to issue a citation.


Now choose the most likely scenario in Tuscaloosa:



Scenario A:

Cop asks for license. Starting linebacker gives him license. Cop says do you have weed in your car? I think I see sprinkles. Maybe I smell some weed too. "No sir" says the starting linebacker. "Can you get out of the car please, and put your hands behind your back". Starting linebacker complies, and is handcuffed. "Now" the cop says, "Just tell me where the weed is at, and everything will be ok". The linebacker says "In the console". An hour later the linebacker is booked in the county jail with $1000 bond.



Scenario B:


Cops asks for license. Starting linebacker gives him license. Tuscaloosa cop issues a warning for illegal parking. Starting linebacker and cop part ways and go about their business.




Choose which is closer to reality.
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72248 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:27 pm to
A
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
12619 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:27 pm to
Posted by td01241
Savannah
Member since Nov 2012
22856 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:29 pm to
B. Athens PD is full of traitors and traitors should always pay with their life.
Posted by MontyFranklyn
T-Town
Member since Jan 2012
23832 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:29 pm to
Probably thought he was just a random black guy and wanted to start the process of ruining his life
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62871 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:31 pm to
I know not a cop, but it's worthy to note that the Tuscaloosa County DA is an Auburn grad and fan.
Posted by jbond
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2012
4938 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:31 pm to
Black player? A.
White player? B.
Posted by AU4real35
Member since Jan 2014
16065 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:31 pm to
It's always B. Trash PD, Trash fans, Trash football players.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:33 pm to
Don't know about Tuscaloosa specifically, but it's been my experience that local cops in college towns, be it Athens, Tuscaloosa, or Baton Rouge, can be oddly hostile to the university's athletes. They probably hate the influence of the athletic department in the area.
Posted by SavageOrangeJug
Member since Oct 2005
19758 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:33 pm to
quote:

Choose which is closer to reality.

Scenario C:


Cops asks for license. Starting linebacker gives him license. Tuscaloosa cop asks for autograph for his son and takes selfie with starting linebacker. Cop wishes starting linebacker well and immediately gets on the radio to brag to other cops who he just met and let go.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64179 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:34 pm to
Only at UGA does a parking ticket turn into an arrest of a football player.

Literally nobody else does this.


It's not like he was stumbling, or belligerent, or uncooperative, it wasn't late at night, there were literally no other escalating conditions or circumstances.

Parking ticket turns into weed bust.

I'm so sick of this shite.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
65066 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

Cop asks for license. Starting linebacker gives him license. Cop says do you have weed in your car? I think I see sprinkles.

I guess you're glazing over the part where starting LB's wallet was in his car. When he opened the door, the cop saw weed in plain sight and smelled it.

In summation, starting LB is a moron for parking illegally in front of a store and having weed sprinkled on his car seat. I have no problem with people smoking weed, but I do have a problem with stupidity. Lesson learned IMO. Honestly, he should prob start vaping. All the cool kids are doing it now, and there's nothing for the cops to smell and no weed sprinkles for the cops to see.
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 12:37 pm
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:35 pm to
Yes everyone covers it up except cops in athens.


That is what you are looking for isnt it...
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
8439 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:38 pm to
Quit whining.
Or how about :
D. You are on a possible historic run and could compete for a NC. Don’t be out breaking the law and don’t be smoking weed to put you and your team in jeopardy.
Posted by Drebin
Member since Aug 2017
4446 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:38 pm to
We're talking about Alabama here, so you forgot option C:

Cop asks for license. Starting linebacker gives him license. Cop goes back to run tags and license. Cop learns that car isn't his and license is suspended. Cop orders starting linebacker to get out of the car and place hands on the hood. Starting linebacker jumps in car and speeds off,leading in high speed chase. Cops force car off road, drag starting linebacker out of the vehicle, and forcibly arrest him. Al Sharpton promises a protest march the next weekend. Nick Saban makes starting linebacker run a little bit extra at next practice as punishment.
Posted by JustGetItRight
Member since Jan 2012
15715 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:44 pm to
You'd have a much better chance at arguing your point if Alabama hadn't recently seen a player arrested for DUI while sleeping in his car in a parking lot.
Posted by brucevilanch
Fort Worth, Tejas
Member since May 2011
24333 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:53 pm to
Why have people not learned that doing two illegal things at the same time is how 90% these situations happen?

Have weed or guns in the car? Don't speed or park illegally. It's not hard.

Posted by TeddyWestside
Georgia
Member since Jul 2017
2872 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 12:56 pm to
I think it's stupid as hell that weed is illegal, but it is illegal. What the hell is the cop supposed to do when he sees weed in plain sight in someone's car?
Posted by Mobtro
Daphne, AL
Member since Aug 2012
2598 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 1:13 pm to
The majority of TPD hates UA athletics.
Posted by GameCocky88
Mount Pleasant, SC
Member since Dec 2015
4837 posts
Posted on 10/6/17 at 1:44 pm to
The lesson from this, as it always fricking is, is that you can do dumb shite and you can do illegal shite just don't do both at the same time.
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