Arrested Jets Fan Speaks Up
by David_Wyatt on Jan 21, 2010 12:02 AM EST
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PrintBy now all of you will be aware of the Jets fan that was arrested in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, seemingly only for cheering his team on to victory. Well the New York Post tracked him down and he spoke up for the first time about his arrest and the circumstances leading to it:
In what has become a YouTube sensation, several San Diego officers are seen roughly handcuffing New York native Bill Carroll for allegedly being drunk and resisting police.
Carroll -- who had been shouting "J-E-T-S, Jets! Jets! Jets!" near the off-duty officer -- told The Post yesterday, "I wasn't doing anything wrong. I was just watching the game.
"What's wrong with me saying, 'Jets, Jets, Jets?' "
He said he had just three beers over four hours and cops refused to let him take a Breathalyzer test to prove he was sober.
The officers "were just totally out of line, and they wouldn't listen to reason," said Steve Sevigny, a Charger fan who witnessed the arrest.
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I'd like to know what rights does one have at a play off game?
This isn’t like a baseball game where the ticket prolly cost you under $100. This is a play off post season foot ball game AWAY! The costs are in the thousands with the ticket, airfare hotel ect… I understand the Police need to keep law and order, but what authority do they have to remove some one who has paid a months salary to attend, when they are not committing any crime?
In this case the officer is judge jury and executioner. Just like that you an be out a few grand with nothing to show for it. I honestly would have resisted arrest too if they would have started that come with me crap.
So what rights do we have as consumers who are spending a small fortune to attend these games?
Charger fans are well known for being like this
Tim “The Barrel Man” McKiernan (RIP) was at a Denver game in SD and the SD fans tried to push him down the stairs.
My cousin George Moore was mugged in the South Entranceway at Qualcomm because he was wearing a Broncos T-Shirt. They tried to rip the shirt off his back and security just stood off to the side. When he confronted Stadium Security he was told that he should not start trouble. He is over 60 years old and walks with a limp from his service in Vietnam. Yeah, like he was starting trouble with a bunch of SD fans half his age.
SD fans are as classy as their team. Keep on choking in the playoffs, guys, you deserve the humiliation on national TV.
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SD fans are as classy as their team. Keep on choking in the playoffs, guys, you deserve the humiliation on national TV.
Idiot.
The charger fans were defending him. You want to talk about class let’s look at Mr. jets-jets-jets douchebag..
"I don’t dance too much." --Mike Holmgren
by johnnyphoenix on Jan 21, 2010 4:21 AM EST up reply actions
you deserve the humiliation on national TV.
I’ll stop by to return the favor after this week.
Good luck against the Colts.
lol.
"I don’t dance too much." --Mike Holmgren
by johnnyphoenix on Jan 21, 2010 4:22 AM EST up reply actions
Check his profile, you will see that he is a Broncos fan not a Jets fan.
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True…my mistake. Noticed that.
"I don’t dance too much." --Mike Holmgren
by johnnyphoenix on Jan 21, 2010 4:27 AM EST up reply actions
The question I always ask myself everytime a hunk a living bacon abuses a citizen..
For every case of brutality and abuse of power caught on video, how many more are not caught on video?
And for anyone who wants to defend all the good cops, I suggest that they stop protecting the pigs. Until then they are all pigs.
This kind of crap goes on every day in America
Police have gone from a “protect and serve” model of community involement to a para-military model of intimidation and use of excessive force. These guys get off on having the authoritah to arrest someone for nothing, then throwing him on the ground and handcuffing him.
The best thing we can all do is video-tape them at all times. (and try not to get arrested for doing so, because they will pull some wire-tapping laws out on you if you piss the wrong person off).
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Jan 21, 2010 9:00 AM EST reply actions
crap like this happens at almost every NFL stadium nowadays
The fact is, there arent that many NFL stadiums you can go to now while wearing the jersey of an opposing team. It’s just not safe.
It’s not quite so bad in other sports, but football is getting worse — both in the college and pros.
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True criminals escape
While the pigs were harrassing that poor Jets fan they missed the true criminals! All day the NY JETS assaulted and mugged the CHARGERS while stealing the hopes and dreams of there sad a$$ fans!
SDPD
Obviously those San Diego cops were pissed off because they hasd to work the game and miss the big sale at Dunkin Donuts. Fat bastards had absolutley no right to treat the guy that roughly simply because he was rooting for the opposing team. Quaalcom Stadium AND the SDPD owes Mr. Carrol an apology.
Typical
Nothing will come of it though. Bastards are protected within and out. So they lean on the fellow low-to-middle class citizens.
Chargers fans were objective and classy. I couldn’t even believe my eyes. The overzealous cops didn’t surprise me though.
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