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forgotmylogin

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13. Oh man...

Reply to alphafemale (Reply #6)

Mon May 7, 2018, 10:45 PM

May 2018

I'm trying to think of the reasons to weigh a tomato you've already bought...maybe he was making a recipe that specifically called for 8oz of diced tomato and was second guessing and thought he'd use the in-store scale?

I know I'm making this up...it's such an odd action and doesn't justify what this cop did.

I suppose possibly stopping him and asking what happened was too much?

Yeah. It's a fucking tomato, not a television set.

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Ex-Atlanta cop gets 5 years for beating Walmart customer over 'stolen' tomato [View all] 7962 May 2018 OP

do you know if Mr. Carnegy was able to get any restitution rurallib May 2018 #1

I would imagine theres a lawsuit somewhere, but haven't heard of one yet. 7962 May 2018 #3

There is a lawsuit: dalton99a May 2018 #5

Good!! Thank you for posting that. 7962 May 2018 #9

Agreed BigOleDummy May 2018 #2

Broken bones, illegal search, falsified report Blue_Tires May 2018 #4

Even if the tomato was stolen. Which it was not. alphafemale May 2018 #6

Oh wow, Winn-Dixie... Jedi Guy May 2018 #10

Oh man... forgotmylogin May 2018 #13

Checking Against The Receipt? ProfessorGAC May 2018 #18

Lol, i love that Winn Dixie story. Calista241 May 2018 #14

Anyone want to bet that if he hadn't falsified the report Downtown Hound May 2018 #7

Aaron Sorkin expressed it best when he wrote: "The only way to get them to stop doing that Aristus May 2018 #8

Good. Jedi Guy May 2018 #11

Questions: Liberalagogo May 2018 #12

It was a side job. Calista241 May 2018 #15

I think he's "ex" because of this incident. He was wearing his uniform 7962 May 2018 #17

cops are in high demand and can make good $$$ doing Blue_Tires May 2018 #22

Despicable. The whole 5 years should be for the Hortensis May 2018 #16

Makes me sick. Too many cops have a God complex they think gives them the right to judge Nitram May 2018 #19

heartbreaking for Mr. King, for his family. He's a father. skypilot May 2018 #20

Never thought of that. good point. 7962 May 2018 #21

When I was growing up... skypilot May 2018 #23