http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/2042/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/tn_cops_harass_old_lady_mistaking_buckeye_bumper_sticker_pot_leaf <p>Last week, the former president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Ohio State Alumni Club was pulled over in Tennessee while driving from her mother-in-law's funeral in Ohio back to Texas. The reason? Tennessee police mistook the Buckeyes sticker on her ride for a pot leaf sticker, and thought it meant she was trafficking drugs (because people do that).</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/tn_cops_harass_old_lady_mistaking_buckeye_bumper_sticker_pot_leaf#comments Bad Cop dumb cops News Article Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:53:22 +0000 TheAllen4 26165 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/kops_arrest_man_rescuing_stranded_girl_they_could <p>Obstructing government operations???<br /> Clear Creek sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested a rafting guide for swimming to a stranded young rafter who had tumbled from his boat on Clear Creek.</p> <p>Ryan Daniel Snodgrass, a 28-year-old guide with Arkansas Valley Adventures rafting company, was charged with "obstructing government operations," said Clear Creek Sheriff Don Krueger.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/kops_arrest_man_rescuing_stranded_girl_they_could#comments Bad Cop dumb cops News Article Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:21:15 +0000 berserker13 5455 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/cop_finds_hair_food_cook_arrested_media_silencedcopycat_fears <p>Cop Finds Hair in Food; Cook is Arrested, Fired; is charged with Aggravated Assault, Retaliation for a past Official action, food tampering and more. Bailed out for $25,000.<br /> From the Village-Voice, the punchline: The owner, the local PD, and and town manager all asked the Courier-Post not to run the story -- not because it embarrasses them, mind you, but because it "may trigger copycat acts and generally contribute to the discomfort of our officers." (The cop's name has not been released.)</p>