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‘I just kept asking: Why am I being arrested for sitting in my aunt’s driveway?’

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‘I just kept asking: Why am I being arrested for sitting in my aunt’s driveway?’ - The Washington Post

Joshua Hampton saw the big black police truck from down the block. He saw the lights, and the officers in military garb clinging to the sides. He wasn’t worried. It was around 2 a.m. Sunday, two hours after the new curfew mandated for Ferguson, Mo., but Hampton was sitting in his own car, smoking a cigarette in his aunt’s driveway. He thought he was obeying the law.

Wait.. So I thought the media was trying to portray the 7 arrested as rowdy. (not said directly but it sure seemed that way)

Turns out 5 of the people arrested that night were smoking in a car on private property??? Ummmm. If this is true then all the leadership in this police force needs to be stripped and re-established by the community. This is really starting to sound like some NAZI crap. Are the police trying to inflame the local populace on purpose or something? Who the **** pulls a gun out on someone for sitting in a car? Is curfew enough to aim a deadly weapon at someone??
 
it doesn't sound anything like a Nazi camp. Nazis rounds up millions of people and murdered them. this sounds like cops ****ing up. big difference.
 
If this is true then all the leadership in this police force needs to be stripped and re-established by the community.
No, what needs to happen is folks start obeying the law.
 
it doesn't sound anything like a Nazi camp. Nazis rounds up millions of people and murdered them. this sounds like cops ****ing up. big difference.

Well I didnt say nazi camp. I more mean like the begining of their rise. With the curfews and such. How are we free if we cant even smoke on our own property? They even took the extra step to sit in a car so it didnt look like they were standing outside in protest.
 
It is a common practice for the government to blame the citizens for their failures. When the government sets a curfew they are admitting that failed to do their job, but instead of doing it better they strip the people of their liberty. It is a classic example of exactly what is wrong with any government model.
 
I gotta ask here, how high does one's IQ have to be in order to fully comprehend that there has been death and destruction and now a curfew is in place for the good of everyone?

At a certain point I have to say, if you have no common sense, if the need to be defiant, or stupid over-rides basic common sense, I have no further sympathy.

With all that has occurred in this community WHY do people have to stretch the limit out?

They guy does not deserve to die for being stupid, but he didn't so I say, man up be glad you are still breathing and don't be a wiener.

wow hey dude, there's a curfew, it not be pertaining to me though, I be right in a car, in my auntie's driveway smokin'...they be arrestin' me, not my fault bro

yes it is, and if you need an explanation here as to why, your road is going to be a rocky one in the real world
 
So why arent the cops out arresting looters? Why are they arresting some dude smoking a cigerette on private property? Then including that in the "7 arrested" news while keeping specific info (5 of them were smoking a cigerette on private prop) separate. That doesnt seem odd to you? Do the cops want the looters to keep going while pissing off innocent people by targeting them? I just dont get it.
 
No, what needs to happen is folks start obeying the law.

What law was broken by this person sitting in his car which was in turn sitting in his aunt's driveway? You need to specifically cite the wording of the law and not make some vague reference of what you think the law says.
 
I gotta ask here, how high does one's IQ have to be in order to fully comprehend that there has been death and destruction and now a curfew is in place for the good of everyone?

At a certain point I have to say, if you have no common sense, if the need to be defiant, or stupid over-rides basic common sense, I have no further sympathy.

With all that has occurred in this community WHY do people have to stretch the limit out?

They guy does not deserve to die for being stupid, but he didn't so I say, man up be glad you are still breathing and don't be a wiener.

wow hey dude, there's a curfew, it not be pertaining to me though, I be right in a car, in my auntie's driveway smokin'...they be arrestin' me, not my fault bro

yes it is, and if you need an explanation here as to why, your road is going to be a rocky one in the real world
The guy was not protesting or rioting. He was in his driveway. Why are cops driving by looters yet stopping for people in their own drive way? Common man. Its obvious the curfew was meant for protesters and looters. If he didnt leave the home premises then he didnt violate curfew. Even a kid can sit on his porch as long as he wants and cops cant do anything about it, even if children are susceptible to "non-rioting" curfews.
 
‘I just kept asking: Why am I being arrested for sitting in my aunt’s driveway?’ - The Washington Post



Wait.. So I thought the media was trying to portray the 7 arrested as rowdy. (not said directly but it sure seemed that way)

Turns out 5 of the people arrested that night were smoking in a car on private property??? Ummmm. If this is true then all the leadership in this police force needs to be stripped and re-established by the community. This is really starting to sound like some NAZI crap. Are the police trying to inflame the local populace on purpose or something? Who the **** pulls a gun out on someone for sitting in a car? Is curfew enough to aim a deadly weapon at someone??

Well, maybe it had something to do with the fact that about an hour before a bunch of folks with guns were chased away from the BBQ joint after somebody got shot.
 
I gotta ask here, how high does one's IQ have to be in order to fully comprehend that there has been death and destruction and now a curfew is in place for the good of everyone?

At a certain point I have to say, if you have no common sense, if the need to be defiant, or stupid over-rides basic common sense, I have no further sympathy.

With all that has occurred in this community WHY do people have to stretch the limit out?

They guy does not deserve to die for being stupid, but he didn't so I say, man up be glad you are still breathing and don't be a wiener.

wow hey dude, there's a curfew, it not be pertaining to me though, I be right in a car, in my auntie's driveway smokin'...they be arrestin' me, not my fault bro

yes it is, and if you need an explanation here as to why, your road is going to be a rocky one in the real world

It is the job of the police to handle the demands of their service. They should not tell me as a customer that I must say inside because they can not deal with the demand for their service. If that is the case they are not serving their purpose and failing their customers.
 
The guy was not protesting or rioting. He was in his driveway. Why are cops driving by looters yet stopping for people in their own drive way? Common man. Its obvious the curfew was meant for protesters and looters. If he didnt leave the home premises then he didnt violate curfew. Even a kid can sit on his porch as long as he wants and cops cant do anything about it, even if children are susceptible to "non-rioting" curfews.
Buddy was only sitting in his car, minding his own business. Agreed. However, think about the big picture here, a curfew has been placed, police behaviour has been put into question, protesters behaviour has been questioned, why oh why, take a chance with your life for a cigarette? Why pick now to be defiant, is buddies life worth being right... I say no...if you have to smoke do so from the house with your window up and your head out, I don't care. A curfew is just that. This is exactly what that black preacher was talking about in the other thread...don't do stupid things...use your head. Stay safe.

It is the job of the police to handle the demands of their service. They should not tell me as a customer that I must say inside because they can not deal with the demand for their service. If that is the case they are not serving their purpose and failing their customers.
okay kudos to you, if you thinking dying for a cigarette in your car is worth being right. I personally am into choosing my battles and living to fight another day, when I can win.
Bottom line, might is right, they have the curfew and the fire power, you have one life...why waste it?
 
It is the job of the police to handle the demands of their service. They should not tell me as a customer that I must say inside because they can not deal with the demand for their service. If that is the case they are not serving their purpose and failing their customers.

The cops have a responsibility to maintain a generally safe environment for the population at large. Under the circumstances in Ferguson that is requiring unusual tactics and procedures. There are people in Ferguson who are not part of the local community and have come there specifically to start trouble. Since the cops can't readily separate those people from the local population they, at the behest of the State government, have imposed a curfew.

While the right of the people to peaceably assemble must not be infringed the operative word is "peaceably". Actions such as causing property damage and tossing bottle at cops isn't peaceable. While some in the crowd were certainly not causing problems others were so, at that point, the whole crowd is deemed to be less than peaceable.

I would also like to point out that a lot of the folks who are pissed off about the cops in Ferguson are the same ones who were seeking to have the Bundy Ranch protesters hauled off even though at that event no property was destroyed and nobody got shot.
 
okay kudos to you, if you thinking dying for a cigarette in your car is worth being right. I personally am into choosing my battles and living to fight another day, when I can win. Bottom line, might is right, they have the curfew and the fire power, you have one life...why waste it?

At some we need to stand against the government blaming the citizens for their own failings and this is a good time as any. It also just doesn't make any sense in the first place. The police are having serious problems in the area with their customers and here they are proving them right by stepping on them one little bit more by forcing them all to stay inside.
 
At some we need to stand against the government blaming the citizens for their own failings and this is a good time as any. It also just doesn't make any sense in the first place. The police are having serious problems in the area with their customers and here they are proving them right by stepping on them one little bit more by forcing them all to stay inside.

Why do you keep using the term "customer"? We don't hire cops to do whatever we want. We hire them to maintain a safe public area. If we're stirring **** up and then asking them to walk away that isn't a cop problem. It's an "us" problem.
 
The cops have a responsibility to maintain a generally safe environment for the population at large. Under the circumstances in Ferguson that is requiring unusual tactics and procedures. There are people in Ferguson who are not part of the local community and have come there specifically to start trouble. Since the cops can't readily separate those people from the local population they, at the behest of the State government, have imposed a curfew.

While the right of the people to peaceably assemble must not be infringed the operative word is "peaceably". Actions such as causing property damage and tossing bottle at cops isn't peaceable. While some in the crowd were certainly not causing problems others were so, at that point, the whole crowd is deemed to be less than peaceable.

I would also like to point out that a lot of the folks who are pissed off about the cops in Ferguson are the same ones who were seeking to have the Bundy Ranch protesters hauled off even though at that event no property was destroyed and nobody got shot.

When the government sets a curfew they are not just stepping on the peoples right to assembly, but their liberty at large. The people become prisoners of their own homes and if they dare to even sit in their own drive way the police will come in and arrest them. Why is a police force that can't even keep peace out arresting people for doing nothing but sitting outside their homes? Why are they making all their citizens nothing but prisoners? How is that keeping peace, How is it protecting my rights and exactly how is that the police doing their job? It's not.
 
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What law was broken by this person sitting in his car which was in turn sitting in his aunt's driveway? You need to specifically cite the wording of the law and not make some vague reference of what you think the law says.
:doh :lamo
No I don't.
Folks (except for the stupid ones like in this article), know what curfew means. And if they really didn't know, would be part of a wider problem.

They were charged with failure to disperse. So now they know for sure.

The reality is that they most likely knew, but were trying to push the boundaries.
 
:doh :lamo
No I don't.
Folks (except for the stupid ones like in this article), know what curfew means. And if they really didn't know, would be part of a wider problem.

They were charged with failure to disperse. So now they know for sure.

The reality is that they most likely knew, but were trying to push the boundaries.

Disperse to where? OMG! They all went into the house, but they're still together! That's still a failure to disperse! They were observing the curfew. They were home. Show me where it says otherwise.
 
Disperse to where? OMG! They all went into the house, but they're still together! That's still a failure to disperse! They were observing the curfew. They were home. Show me where it says otherwise.
iLOL
Being in a car in a driveway is not being inside the house. :doh
 
At some we need to stand against the government blaming the citizens for their own failings and this is a good time as any. It also just doesn't make any sense in the first place. The police are having serious problems in the area with their customers and here they are proving them right by stepping on them one little bit more by forcing them all to stay inside.
we ARE the government. They were to blame, they broke curfew even if on their own property, common sense would dictate, stay inside. If I am a law abiding citizen and a curfew has been called, I am staying inside not pressing the issue. If someone would have been hurt here it wouldn't have mattered about rights. Which is my point. This is not the time to press the issue.

Choose your time, choose your battle and win.
 
Disperse to where? OMG! They all went into the house, but they're still together! That's still a failure to disperse! They were observing the curfew. They were home. Show me where it says otherwise.

lol how about this to make it clear, get the freak in the house now, ya morons, in three, two, one...

my god, parents have failed or people's IQ is dropping exponentially
 
iLOL
Being in a car in a driveway is not being inside the house. :doh

Inside the house, out on the lawn, it is all being at home. Show me where the curfew requires you to be inside the physical structure of the residence.
 
‘I just kept asking: Why am I being arrested for sitting in my aunt’s driveway?’ - The Washington Post



Wait.. So I thought the media was trying to portray the 7 arrested as rowdy. (not said directly but it sure seemed that way)

Turns out 5 of the people arrested that night were smoking in a car on private property??? Ummmm. If this is true then all the leadership in this police force needs to be stripped and re-established by the community. This is really starting to sound like some NAZI crap. Are the police trying to inflame the local populace on purpose or something? Who the **** pulls a gun out on someone for sitting in a car? Is curfew enough to aim a deadly weapon at someone??

Oh, lookie lookie. Here we are again in post-racial America dealing with yet another double-stupid racial conflict. One hundred black men killed in St. Louis this year and the one guy killed by a cop sets everyone off. Holder and Obama pandering to these guys is just making things worse. Where were they when the other 99 guys were killed? Are their lives worthless because they were mostly killed by other blacks? Well?

Every. Damn. Thing. Obama does turns to crap. I hope the country will last until we can be rid of him, then maybe we can pick up the pieces.
 
Inside the house, out on the lawn, it is all being at home. Show me where the curfew requires you to be inside the physical structure of the residence.
You are just playing a stupid game.
Anybody intelligent enough knows what curfew means.
 
When the government sets a curfew they are not just stepping on the peoples right to assembly, but their liberty at large. The people become prisoners of their own homes and if they dare to even sit in their own drive way the police will come in and arrest them. Why is a police force that can't even keep peace out arresting people for doing nothing but sitting outside their homes? Why are they making all their citizens nothing but prisoners? How is that keeping peace, How is it protecting my rights and exactly how is that the police doing their job? It's not.

So the people of Ferguson are stuck with the option of a tyranny of the masses or a tyranny of the state. So far the masses have managed to shut down the town and destroy several properties owned and operated by people wholly uninvolved in the point of their frustration. If you want to see that continue I'm all for it.
 
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