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I\'m kidding, of course. :p
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601652.html
Police Ticket Cars In Lieu of Teens, Liquor Fears at Md. Party Unfounded
By Nancy Trejos and Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; Page B04
Anna Phelan and Emily Adams wanted to end their four years at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School with a memorable backyard graduation party.
There was a blues band, a moon bounce, a popcorn machine and a pit for making s\'mores. Guests feasted on hot dogs, hamburgers and bratwurst. There was plenty of ginger ale, cranberry juice and root beer to go around. What there wasn\'t plenty of was alcohol.
"It was pretty low-key, and it was just sweet," Margaret Engel Adams, Emily\'s mother, said of the party for about 80 friends and relatives. "It was just pretty much out of Norman Rockwell."
All that changed about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Adams said, when a Montgomery County police officer knocked on the Phelans\' door, in the 4600 block of Rosedale Avenue in Bethesda, to say that someone had complained about the noise. The officer then asked Anna\'s mother, Kathy Phelan, if he and several other officers could give breath tests to the teenagers. She refused.
So police stationed patrol cars at each end of her street, six in all, and began giving the tests to guests as they left the party, she said. None of the teenagers tested positive for alcohol, she said.
Officers then began ticketing vehicles parked outside the Phelans\' house, she said, including ones that belonged to neighbors who weren\'t at her party. Some vehicles were ticketed for a wheel improperly touching a curb or for extending into a driveway. Emily Adams, 18, received a $35 parking ticket; her Honda Odyssey minivan was parked directly in front of the Phelans\' home.
"It almost seemed like they were angry that they didn\'t find anything," Kathy Phelan said.
The officers were part of an Alcohol Enforcement Section that combs the county around holidays and during prom season to guard against underage drinking. The eight-officer unit checks bars and restaurants and responds to citizen complaints when house parties appear to involve underage drinking.
"When they get calls that there may be underage drinking, their response is to investigate it," said Lt. Eric Burnett, a police spokesman. "We\'re trying to prevent teen deaths."
Margaret Adams and Kathy Phelan have written a letter to Montgomery Police Chief J. Thomas Manger and several other county officials. They are seeking disciplinary action against the officers and apologies to their daughters, best friends since middle school who graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Wednesday.
Burnett said that it was too early to discuss the allegations of the party hosts but that the incident was under investigation and that any proven misconduct would result in disciplinary action.
He said it is standard procedure for alcohol enforcement officers to cordon off a block if they are denied access to a property where they suspect underage drinking is happening. He added that the parking infractions described in the letter "are tickets that you can actually receive. We can\'t just make this stuff up."
Phelan said police never asked her if there was alcohol in the house. There was a small amount of beer at the party -- for adults -- but it was kept in the kitchen. The teenagers couldn\'t get to it without walking past an adult, she said.
John King, assistant Montgomery police chief, said the alcohol enforcement officers had "some indicators" of underage drinking at the party. "But it turned out those indicators were wrong."
Ryan Hamm, 17, said he was tested as he walked from the house to his car. No alcohol was detected, he said.
"We were like making s\'mores in the back and they had cake," he said. "It was just like people talking and a band playing, and it was fun."
WOOOWEEE! Root beer! Now that\'s criminal!
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wow..those cops were a$$holes...they were just pissed that they couldn\'t nail anybody so they resort to writing bulls**t ass tickets,...see? abuse of power...they didn\'t have to do that s**t,..f**kin idiots...
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And they\'re whities! Honkies! Crackas! CAN YOU BUH-LIEVE DAT? :p Where\'s Cochran? Suing Satan? Dammit!
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Clips why the fuck cant you just curse like the god dam mother fucking rest of us?
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Originally posted by Cyrus
Clips why the fuck cant you just curse like the god dam mother fucking rest of us?
Coz he\'s decent. Unlike you. Always bringin\' him down! ;)
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"Clips why the fuck cant you just curse like the god dam mother fucking rest of us?"
:laughing:...aw hell cy..i don\'t know :p those curse words look too harsh when i type them out..plus we have kiddies that frequent this site..;)
"And they\'re whities! Honkies! Crackas! CAN YOU BUH-LIEVE DAT? Where\'s Cochran? Suing Satan? Dammit!"
wow..whites discriminatin\' against whites...what is dee world comin\' too?..:p
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plus we have kiddies that frequent this site..
Yeah, I can think of about 2.
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Cops do that at every party they go to. Its common sense to park legally when you\'re going to a party.
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Originally posted by Halberto
Cops do that at every party they go to. Its common sense to park legally when you\'re going to a party.
i can see if some people were blocking another neighbors driveway, or just parking like they didn\'t give a f**k, but c\'mon just by the KIND of tickets they were givin out,..those cops were p.o.ed they didn\'t nail anybody..."a ticket for a wheel improperly touching a curb" :rolleyes:..they need to go get some sex or chase down a prostitute or something...
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Originally posted by clips
i can see if some people were blocking another neighbors driveway, or just parking like they didn\'t give a f**k, but c\'mon just by the KIND of tickets they were givin out,..those cops were p.o.ed they didn\'t nail anybody..."a ticket for a wheel improperly touching a curb" :rolleyes:..they need to go get some sex or chase down a prostitute or something...
ME TWO... Clips when I throw a party you better leave the wife at home and bring some hoes god damn it.....
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Originally posted by Cyrus
ME TWO... Clips when I throw a party you better leave the wife at home and bring some hoes god damn it.....
tru no doubt..when i come thru, i\'ll have every flavor for ya...white meat, dark meat, brown meat,..you name it and i\'ll regulate it...we\'ll put the AZ on blast bro!..:thepimp: :fro:
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we\'ll put the AZ on blast bro!
Uh...you live in Arizona too? Or did you mean something else by "AZ"?
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
Uh...you live in Arizona too? Or did you mean something else by "AZ"?
oh evi! *waves fist*:p...i meant that when i come thru to cy\'s crib...he lives in arizona..."AZ"
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I live in AZ, so that\'s cool. Not too many hot fems out where I live...except at the college I\'m going to. I can\'t wait to transfer to ASU (there are some [meaning a lot of] HOT ASS women there...good gawd).
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
I live in AZ, so that\'s cool. Not too many hot fems out where I live...except at the college I\'m going to. I can\'t wait to transfer to ASU (there are some [meaning a lot of] HOT ASS women there...good gawd).
oh aight,..i\'ll pick you up on the way to cy\'s crib, after we plex at cy\'s joint, all three of us will take a trip to ASU!...:fro: :thumb:
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Originally posted by clips
oh aight,..i\'ll pick you up on the way to cy\'s crib, after we plex at cy\'s joint, all three of us will take a trip to ASU!...:fro: :thumb:
Maybe one of these days.
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I take it "tasering" is the new buzz word (pun intended) round here
*cough*
:)
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I sure hope these weren\'t whiteys getting tickets.
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Damn black people and partying.
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
Maybe one of these days.
aw damn Evi, i was expecting a response along the lines of "hell yeah dog, come get me!"....oh but i get it now i\'m good enough to talk to over the internet, but i\'m not good enough to pick you up and meet your parents?...your black friends are better heard and not seen right?...:p..j/k bro!..i still think you\'re one of the coolest cats in hurr....:fro: :p
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Evi is not cool. He gets his lunch money stolen every other day, gets locked in his own locker and volunteers to bang erasers clean after each class. Plus he\'s a cross dresser.
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Clips bro if u come to AZ we will party!!! Evi what college you go to UofA??? I live on the WESTSIIIIIIDE...
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Damn black people and partying.
lol
where is everyone\'s azn pride?