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Beer Lands Tourist in Jail
Another day in the 'Land of the Free.'
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The really sad thing about this story is that this sort of thing happens thousands of times a day everywhere in America but which is never reported on. If on the other hand you are a racial or ethnic minority this stuff is old news. We've always been treated this way.
"Gordon put her hands on her head and cried. She told the officer, "Don't you have anything better to do than to pick up a 50-year-old retired taxpayer for drinking a beer?"
I'm surprised "the officer" didn't taser her and take her to jail too.