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Originally Posted by SilverTransAm
she said the cops know this place doesn't card, but let them go so they can ticked kids when they come out (entrapment, anyone)
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Ahh Cops 'n Shops.....Thank you McGreevy.
I am very familiar with this program. About 2 years ago, while I was 20 and my friend was 21, we walked into a liquor store around the corner from my house that we had both been in dozens of times before. The only thing I touched in the store was a wine corkscrew, while my friend picked out a bottle of wine. He carried it to the counter, paid for it, and carried it out of the store.
Right away, 4 local cops in plain clothes rushed up to us flashing their badges. They demanded ID from both of us. *(side note - my friend looks like he is about 15, while I look much older) Once they saw that he was 21, and I was not, they didn't seem like they knew what to do (obviously they thought he was underage). They stood in front of us and asked each other what they should do (seeing as how technically no laws were broken). One cop (who to this day recieves dirty looks whenever either of us sees him) made the call to arrest us.
The cops tell us right away that we would be charged with some serious stuff, but that they would set up a plea bargain so that we would both get charged with municipal fines, and not have a criminal record.
Needless to say we both got lawyers, and I got off completely free (my lawyer is friendly with many local cops, and he basically threatened to sue for false arrest if they didn't drop the charge). My friend's lawyer wasn't as good, and he still ended up having to pay a municipal fine.
The cops said that the reason for the arrest was because we were "discussing the purchase", but they had no actual proof (our word against theirs).
Just goes to show what cops will do to keep their state funding coming in.....bastards.
- Justin