Why Men Don’t Ask for Directions
Maryland apparently has their own brand of protecting and serving.
WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins said Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday. Collins reported a city officer arrested them for trespassing on a public street while they were asking for directions .
“In jail for eight hours — sleeping on a concrete floor next to a toilet,” Kelly said.
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Hopelessly lost, relief melted away concerns after they spotted a police vehicle.
“I said, ‘Thank goodness, could you please get us to 95?” Kelly said.
“The first thing that she said to us was no — you just ran that stop sign, pull over,” Brook said. “It wasn’t a big deal. We’ll pay the stop sign violation, but can we have directions?”
“What she said was ‘You found your own way in here, you can find your own way out.’” Kelly said.
Collins said the couple spotted another police vehicle and flagged that officer down for directions. But Officer Natalie Preston, a six-year veteran of the force, intervened.
“That really threw us for a loop when she stepped in between our cars,” Kelly said. “(She) said my partner is not going to step in front of me and tell you directions if I’m not.”
And adding insult to injury:
Collins said the couple was released from jail without being charged with anything…
Collins said police left Kelly’s car unlocked and the windows down at the impound lot. He reported a cell phone charger, pair of sunglasses and 20 CDs were stolen.
Baltimore City police said they are looking into the incident.
Welcome to Baltimore.
paul Said,
January 30, 2007 @ 8:24 am
the police suck so im not suprised by the fact that they was assholes
Vivian Said,
February 6, 2007 @ 6:08 pm
Although there may be a lot of dumb criminals out there, your inability to use spell check on your pages makes your site look stupid as well. In almost every article that I have read, I have found spelling errors or mis-worded references. Even the comment above from one of your readers has a grammatical error. You can’t call anyone dumb until you wise up yourself.
mal Said,
February 20, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
What was the resolution of this case?
Jon Said,
March 9, 2007 @ 11:15 am
Vivian, two words:
Shut.
Up.
If you don’t like the site, LEAVE. Don’t just hang around to bitch about spelling errors. Geez, grow up.
Shawn Said,
May 8, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
No Kidding. If you dont like it, Leave.
Eva Said,
August 15, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
I know this ‘blog’ is probably fairly old, but I ran into it today by browsing for stories of corrupt cops and it caught my attention instantly.
I can’t believe some of the crap these cops/law enforcement officials are getting away with. I’m planning on writing a letter to a judge and I was going to include multiple stories that had to do with corrupt cops and cops abusing their power, this story is definitely one I plan on using, now.
I am so amazed at the different stories I have come across not just about police officers, but about security guards, border patrol, and even judges themselves. I have always hated how they get away with so many things that us “civilians” would NEVER get away with. Like here, where I live, a police officer beat a teenage boy to a bloody pulp just because he supposedly tried to run away from him; the punishment, stuck behind a desk for a few months was what I heard on the news. Had any other person, not with the law enforcement, done it, we all know where they would be right now and what kind of stupid charges they would be held for. (aggravated assault-attempted murder)
It’s the law, they’ll find some way to exaggerate it if it’s not “one of their own.”
Man, this topic gets me so flared up……I could just keep going and going. But I won’t. I’ll just leave with one more thing to say;
Vivian, get over yourself….if you haven’t already. The only time it’s remotely alright to get on someone about their grammatical and spelling issues is if/when their trying to offend you personally. (In my opinion)
And you can’t blame the creator of the site for another persons errors in their comments. That’s just……stupid.