re: Bama Scholar Elias Ricks arrested

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This is true, and if it’s some podunk county (most of them are there), they’ll write tickets for about anything just for the money they generate for the county. However, with this kid, wouldn’t shock me if he’s uninsured. The number of players who are cited for driving without a or suspended license and/or without insurance is amazing. They’ll get speeding tickets, ignore them, then get arrested when they speed again and say they didn’t know their license was suspended.

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In my history of Mississippi traffic violations, no proof of insurance was a tack on charge if you were being a smart arse to the cop. This was pre-smart phone where you can pull up your insurance card on an app even if you forgot to put the new one in the glove box though. I doubt Ricks is the type of guy to have the GEICO App on his phone though.

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Sure. But it is still state law to prove you have proof of insurance. Just like it is state law to have proof of registration. Doesn't matter if the officer can just "look it up"

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While technically true, they arent running around writing tickets for this I've ever heard of when they just run your tag for registration and insurance. There's pretty much no cop dumb enough to ask someone to provide proof of registration/insurance if they already verified they are good via by running their tag. The potential of writing a ticket with a very tiny fine (here in Ga it's like $25 if you have it but cant provide "proof") is far outweighed by pissing someone off asking to prove it and them having to potentially rummage around in the car which makes any cop uncomfortable. Now it's definitely different if they run it and registration or insurance is not up to date, then they have to ask. But that's a different situation we're talking about here.

My feeling exactly on the insurance. Hopefully he has it but it just wasn't with him -that happened to me once before I could just pull it up on my app. I just had to get a copy to have it dropped.

So he was just booked on this stuff with no bond? And . . . he just signed himself out.

The dude ain't a criminal. He was just in possession of a small amount of weed and was driving too fast (not even reckless driving).

Oh well. He'll be fine.

I see the same ole losers/idiots are out today though.

We're offically into the off-season!

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This is true, and if it’s some podunk county (most of them are there), they’ll write tickets for about anything just for the money they generate for the county. 

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It was the Free State of Jones, my man.

Not surprised.

Kid was probably going up I59 headed back to Tuscaloosa.

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Lack of insurance could just mean he didn't have the card to prove it. He wouldn't be the first person who didn't put their latest insurance card in the glove box.

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Not true at all. Police can enter your license plate # into their laptop and instantly see if you have insurance.

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There will be some serious parties all over Baton Rouge tonight. Never saw a school so obsessed with another, even moreso than Auburn and thats saying A LOT. Saban coming did a number on that fanbase.
We just sit back and laugh, not with LSU fans, at LSU fans.

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stfu bitch. You Gumps jump at every opportunity to flame LSU on this board.

(At least 90% of gumps do).

Hey Willie... when you you plan on updating your graphic for LSU's losses to Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss last year... all without Ricks.

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So he was just booked on this stuff with no bond? And . . . he just signed himself out.

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One of the nation’s top transfers through the controversial NCAA portal, Ricks was still at the Jones County jail on Monday afternoon, according to a spokesperson there. He was booked at 5:14 p.m. Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Bail will not be set until his court appearance, which is expected to be later today, the spokesperson told OutKick. At the latest, his court appearance would be in 48 hours after the booking time, which would be Tuesday.

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