THE STORY:
Amish teen ticketed for having beer in buggy
Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed a
teenager for having beer in his horse-drawn buggy when they pulled him
over on a western New York road. They said the 17-year-old was charged
with underage possession of alcohol after he was stopped by deputies
late Monday night in the town of Leon, 40 miles south of Buffalo.
Detective Nathan Root said the teen admitted drinking beer, but passed a field sobriety test.
Root
says another Amish man in the buggy, a 22-year-old, was charged with
providing the beer. Both are scheduled to be arraigned June 22.
Patrols
were stepped up after an Amish elder's property was vandalized when he
confronted youths about their drinking and listening to radios.
THE LINK TO THE STORY:
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MY OPINION!!!
AFTER LOOSING THIS DANG STORY ONCE! AFTER GETTING IT ALL TYPED OUT - I WILL TRY AGAIN...I AM POSTING THIS AS A BULLITIEN TOO!
OKAY -
WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THIS COP THINKING?
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE POOR AMISH TEEN!
WHAT DID HE STOP HIM FOR?
SPEEDING?
NOT USING HIS TURN SIGNAL?
WHAT?
I MEAN REALLY FOLKS!
IT WAS NOTHING, AND HE JUST STOPPED AND GOT LUCKY WITH SOME BEER IN THE BACK!
WHAT'S THE MATTER? CATHOLICS DRINK! LOTS OF PEOPLE DRINK!!!
I JUST CAN IMAGINE HOW THIS ALL WENT DOWN...
KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK
KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK
KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK KLUCK
TEEN: OH MAN - A COP IS PULLING US OVER.
TEEN: HURRY EAT THIS POT. THE BEER IS BAD ENOUGH. BUT EAT THIS!
THE ADULT MALE WHO IS THE PASSENGER, BUT, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO IS THE PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER, I MEAN IN A HORSE DRAWN BUGGY, CAN'T EITHER DRIVE? BUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE AMISH, THEY TELL THE TRUTH!
YES SIR I WAS DRIVING.
DID HE ASK FOR A LICENSE - REGISTRATION -AND PROOF OF INSURANCE?
WHAT WAS THE REASON HE PULLED THEM OVER?
SPEEDING?
GOING TO SLOW?
THE ADULT MALE TRYING TO NOT SPEAK, AS HE DRY SWALLOWS POT...ADMITS HE BOUGHT THE BEER
THE TEEN ADMITS HE HAS DRANK, BUT HE PASSED A SOBRIETY TEST FOR DRIVING THAT HORSE AND BUGGY. I MEAN IT'S SO LIKELY THAT THAT HORSE IS GONNA GO NUTS, TO FAST AND HIT THE BACK OF SOMEONE - CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HORSE AND THE VEHICLE IT HIT.
DOESN'T A HORSE KNOW TO STOP?
I MEAN I HAVE SEEN WESTERNS - THEY DRANK AND DROVE BUGGIES ALL THE TIME.
THEY SHOT EACH OTHER IN THE STREET FOR CYING OUT LOUD. I HAVE SEEN HORSE REFUSE TO GO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE OF LURKING DANGER!!!
CAN'T YOU JUST SEE THIS TAKE PLACE!!!
HE SITED THEM!
YES, A HORSE AND BUGGY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THOSE AMISH TEENS ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!
HOW FUNNY!
DO YOU EVEN REGISTER YOUR BUGGY AND HAVE BLINKERS!
THAT'S LIKE STOPPING A PERSON RIDING A BYCICLE AND SITING THEM FOR HAVING BEER IN THERE FRONT BASKET INSTEAD OF WATER!
I HOPE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO HABVE SITED HIM WITH DRINKING AND DRIVING IF HE HAD NOT PASSED THE TEST.
I LOVE THE AMISH. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASINATED BY THEM. THE LIVES THEY HAVE, THE LOVE, THE TOGETHERNESS, THE FRUGAL LIFE THE LIVE. I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY CUT A LITTLE LOOSE. BUT - LETS BE REAL, IT ALL STARTED OVER AN OLD AMISH MAN BEING MAD AT SOME AMISH TEENS. WAS THIS THE SAME TEEN?
I THINK NOT.
OLD FOLKS CAN SOMETIMES REALLY BE JUDGEMENTAL AND CAN EXAGERATE.
WAS THE ELDER - HALLUCINATING? WAS HE SOBER?
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THE COP EVEN PULLED THEM OVER.
I MEAN - DUDE! YOU ARE IN NEW YORK!
ISN'T THERE REAL CRIME TO FIGHT INSTEAD OF STOPPING A HORSE AND BUGGY!
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE - WITH THIS??
NOT MOVING UP WITH THE REST OF CIVILIZATION AND OVER WORKING A HORSE?
I CAN JUST ONLY IMAGINE THIS TEEN.
I HAVE A SON WHO JUST TURNED 18. HE DIPS AND BEFORE HE COULD BUY IT ON HIS OWN HE HAD TO HIDE IT, HE HAD TO LIE. HE WAS STOPPED ONCE FOR NOT USING A TURN SIGNAL, AND THE COP SEES HIS DIP AND SAYS, WHAT'S THAT - HE SAYS, OH IT'S MY DADS! THE COP SAYS OKAY....YOUR DAD WILL NEED TO COME UP AND PROVE THAT. SO, HE DID! NO CHARGE!
IF THIS 17 YR. OLD WAS SOBER, THE BEER WAS NOT OPENED AND THE 22 YR. OLD BOUGHT IT, WHY IS THE TEEN GETTING CHARGED WHEN HE HAD NOT CONSUMED THE BEER IN FRONT OF THE OFFICER?
HELLO?? AM I THE ONL ONE THAT THINKS THIS IS TOTAL IDIOTS ON THE STREET.
IT WAS NEW YORK, I AM SURE SOMEONE WAS BEING MUGGED, RAPED, BEAT UP, SHOT, DEALING DRUGS! BUT HE IS STOPPING AN AMISH TEEN IN HIS HORSE DRAWN BUGGY AND CHARGING HIM WITH POSSESION OF BEER.
WHATEVER!!!
I HOPE THE AMISH GUYS BEAT THIS AND I HOPE A DECENT JUDGE GETS THIS - THROWS IT OUT AND PUTS THIS COPY IN THEARPY!!!
YOU KNOW, MENTAL THERAPY!!!!
LATER!
THAT'S IT FOR IDIOT OF THE DAY.....
TRACY