Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student - Richmond Times Dispatch: Virginia News

Posted by gwcalvert 10 years, 10 months ago to Government
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When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she and two roommates panicked.That led to Daly spending a night and an afternoon in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Her initial offense? Walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream just purchased from the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center for a sorority benefit fundraiser.

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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    probably my computer...it's been a bugger all day with trying to watch youtube.... I think my Spartacus viewing problem is back....need to remember how I fixed it last time.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Better than the golashes that yours wears. (I really had to clean that up.)
    And IS NOT! Running from the police when you KNOW they're the police is different than trying to get away from a bunch of men you DON'T know are the police.
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't.

    My youngest son was busted at a frat party where under-aged kids were drinking quite freely. My son was the only one arrested, and that was because he was the only one that tried to outrun the campus cops. He was wrong, and spent the night in jail for this.

    I see this story the same.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    yea. I understand that. hence my above comment. to what end? tell me rocky, when did you have your first beer? If a student can sign on to 6 figure debt and serve our nation in the military-how can you justify gestapo tactics to enforce oppressive laws?
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    ABC agents work my town pretty heavily...we have three universities.

    They are not after the underage drinkers, per se, as much as the businesses that sell to minors. They have to have the evidence to nail the establishment, hence they have to catch the under-aged kids with the booze while still on the premises. It is the store owners that they are really after....
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Would you pull your car over to the side of the road for an unmark car with a flashing red light behind you?
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    and now you're name calling, again!
    Why do we have plain clothes officers targeting convenience markets on the "hope" they will catch them serving under age kids-in this case whom are ADULTS?
    everyone is beside themselves that we do not have enough cops on the streets protecting citizens from robbery or violence. Is this a good use of scarce resources?
    Did they pick your pocket or break your leg? I think this is Jefferson.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2itQkiQU......
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman read Daly's account and said it was factually consistent."
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun."

    No, I was not there. this from the article. The DA dropped all charges.
    Why are you being so law and orderly?
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