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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-03-08/news/0503080089_1_bolesta-pole-baltimore-county

Seriously, wtf? A man decides to pay an installation fee with $2.00 bills, so they arrest him, humiliate him, compare him to a mass murderer, and the police are so incompetent they have to call the secret service.

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

Surely he's in for a big pay day?

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>For Baltimore County police, said spokesman Bill Toohey, "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."<

I love how this is just a blanket response for any time any police force screws up.

We occasionally have a similar issue here with Scottish

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

That article is from 7 years ago though...

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5 Reply by The Yell (edited by The Yell 27-Aug-2012 00:01:43)

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

what a pussy

you used cash
in sequential numbers
with smearing ink

you're going to sit in a cell dumbass.

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Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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Wow. I hope he sues them into bankruptcy. Children need to learn that there are consequences to their actions.

And I'm talking Best Buy, the local PD, and the local town/borough who empowered such incompetence and lawlessness within their jurisdiction.

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

unfortunately most states have sovereign immunity for their public workers so probably nothing will come of it unless maryland is one of the states that has done away with their immunity.

So I told the cop, "No YOU'RE driving under the influence... of being a JERK!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c

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Best Buy doesn't, and neither do many government agencies: He should sue the agencies, not individuals. It's the agencies' fault this nonsense happens, and the elected/appointed people in charge need to be held accountable. Ultimately that means the people of the area paying, and that's what I'm getting at: The people need to stop electing morons, and be held to account when they do.

Even agencies which cannot be sued can have claims of damages filed against them, though I think that's just for protected federal agencies. Either way. tongue

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

I'm pretty sure he got ankle restraints for something more than cooperating calmly

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Re: News: Man arrested for using legal tender

Scottish notes aren't legal tender in England.

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11 Reply by V. Kemp (edited by V. Kemp 27-Aug-2012 21:18:22)

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It could be a horrible and dishonest article leaving out significant information, which literally any respectable journalist would include. But, in the absence of any evidence of this being the case, we're left with Best Buy having no comment and the police saying OOPS. All available information suggests Best Buy and the local PD may actually have gone THAT overboard.

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