Police stupidity at its finest over an over-salted burger.

[Trogdor]

Our men in blue at their finest :roll:


UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.

Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.

Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."

On her break, she ate a burger made with the salty meat. "It didn't make me sick," Bull told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But then Police Officer Wendell Adams got a burger made with the oversalted meat, and he returned a short time later and told the manager it made him sick.

Bull admitted spilling salt on the meat, and Adams took her outside and questioned her, she said.

"If it was too salty, why did (Adams) not take one bite and throw it away?" said Bull, who has worked at the restaurant for five months. She said she didn't know a police officer got one of the salty burgers because she couldn't see the drive-through window from her work area.

Police said samples of the burger were sent to the state crime lab for tests.

City public information officer George Louth said Bull was charged because she served the burger "without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it."


Reasons like this are why I have no respect for police these days. Try going out and arresting some REAL criminals, you clod. :P

[tsntx]

"Police said samples of the burger were sent to the state crime lab for tests."

wow. thats just... wow.

[alphanumeric]

"sigh" Humans...

[manbearpig]

our tax dollars at work...war on "terror" and oversalted hamburgers.

[peggygee]

It wasn't salt, it was that secret sauce that you see in all the teen movies. :lol:

[ducktales]

the ducks did it

[SarahG]

the judge wouldn't dismiss it, they're actually gonna try her over this.

Can't say I am that surprised anymore...

[Felicia Katt]

It was a clear cut case of assault (a salt) get it???

When his pancakes were undercooked, the charge was batter-y LOL

meow

FK

[evilash]

Our men in blue at their finest :roll:


UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.

Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.

Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."

On her break, she ate a burger made with the salty meat. "It didn't make me sick," Bull told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But then Police Officer Wendell Adams got a burger made with the oversalted meat, and he returned a short time later and told the manager it made him sick.

Bull admitted spilling salt on the meat, and Adams took her outside and questioned her, she said.

"If it was too salty, why did (Adams) not take one bite and throw it away?" said Bull, who has worked at the restaurant for five months. She said she didn't know a police officer got one of the salty burgers because she couldn't see the drive-through window from her work area.

Police said samples of the burger were sent to the state crime lab for tests.

City public information officer George Louth said Bull was charged because she served the burger "without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it."


Reasons like this are why I have no respect for police these days. Try going out and arresting some REAL criminals, you clod. :PYo one time i got hit wit a salted quarter pounder...wit cheese!!! Dat shit hurt yo! Yo there a lot of dat shit happening lately, Yo da cops gotta act quick and start cracking down on da Sodium Brathahood. Yo they no joke!!!

[Tall_Young_Jock]

It was a clear cut case of assault (a salt) get it???

When his pancakes were undercooked, the charge was batter-y LOL

meow

FK

lmao

[BlackAdder]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

[BBaggins06]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

Oh really? So that makes you an expert? STFU

As a fireman, I work with the CPD and Illinois State Troopers every day so I have first hand knowledge that the VAST MAJORITY of coppers are hard working people who do a thankless job. What the f*ck is wrong with this country when the police are reviled and criminals are revered? Go back to your ivory tower jerkoff. Mahalo

Matt

[Legend]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

Oh really? So that makes you an expert? STFU

As a fireman, I work with the CPD and Illinois State Troopers every day so I have first hand knowledge that the VAST MAJORITY of coppers are hard working people who do a thankless job. What the f*ck is wrong with this country when the police are reviled and criminals are revered? Go back to your ivory tower jerkoff. Mahalo

Matt

This is a country where people can have something called an opinion.

[BBaggins06]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

Oh really? So that makes you an expert? STFU

As a fireman, I work with the CPD and Illinois State Troopers every day so I have first hand knowledge that the VAST MAJORITY of coppers are hard working people who do a thankless job. What the f*ck is wrong with this country when the police are reviled and criminals are revered? Go back to your ivory tower jerkoff. Mahalo

Matt

This is a country where people can have something called an opinion.

Well, he didn't say that was his opinion, rather it looked like he was making a declarative statement. And anyways libelous statements like that aren't protected. And another thing, how is that statement any different from saying something like "Tranny chasers are diseased douchebags for the most part." Mahalo

Matt

[SarahG]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

Oh really? So that makes you an expert? STFU

As a fireman, I work with the CPD and Illinois State Troopers every day so I have first hand knowledge that the VAST MAJORITY of coppers are hard working people who do a thankless job. What the f*ck is wrong with this country when the police are reviled and criminals are revered? Go back to your ivory tower jerkoff. Mahalo

Matt

I think what it is, all the bad stuff that happens with cops- even if it is no where near being in the majority, it has a more lasting effect. Every time someone hears, sees, or experiences blatant abuses of power or misconduct, they're going to have a harder and harder time seeing the good things cops do.

People have, notably, become desensitized to alot of these misconduct stories as time has gone on. What causes an outcry yesterday probably wouldn't be noticed at all today. I doubt the King incident would have resulted in riots if it occurred today and if it occurred somewhere outside of california.

Of course, it doesn't help that most of these stories usually get buried and never find widespread media coverage.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-08-05/news/dog-day-afternoon/full

Are most cops good? Probably, but it becomes a moot point if the few bad ones that do exist, get free range without proper oversight, and without a legal system willing to act to ensure innocent parties aren't falsely held to punishments for crimes that either did not exist, or did not exist as was accused.

How many times has someone been cited for speeding, in a case of she said, cop said, without any evidence whatsoever to present to the system proving the infraction occurred... all the while allowing the citation to stand in the verdict?

It is like that all the way up to the very top in severity of crimes. If we really cared about who really did a given crime, and who really was falsely accused, would we ever have a murder trial lasting under 3 days (including jury deliberations)? Would we have the same (lack of) standards in whom we use as jurors, in terms of education, and intelligence?

I don't say this as a hater, I have a great many friends in law enforcement... oddly they are more cynical about the system than I am, and not always in a "we let all the bad people go free on the streets" lens that seems to prevail.

[BlackAdder]

Your not the only one who has worked with the police, but i see i must have touched a nerve lol....

I think you protest a bit too much.. Who said criminals are revered??? The COPS are the fucking criminals as well nowadays. Illinois is a little isolated shit city....Try spreading that crap around NYC, DC, LA, PHL, or Miami and see what people say.

As a liaison between the juvenile crimes division in philadelphia and montgomery county children and youth, By and large the police, social workers and parole officers are little better then the criminals there supposed to be apprehending....and dont you think its a little fucked up that a corrupt government is the decision maker on who gets to be labeled a "criminal" in the first place???

Yeah okay....Try telling it to someone who hasnt been down and dirty in the field Mr. Fireman. My Ivory Tower is located right at the block at Susquehanna and Dauphin....

sheesh...

[Felicia Katt]

Well, he didn't say that was his opinion, rather it looked like he was making a declarative statement. And anyways libelous statements like that aren't protected. And another thing, how is that statement any different from saying something like "Tranny chasers are diseased douchebags for the most part." Mahalo

Matt
For his statement to have been libel it would have had to have been a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of the individual or group. Saying someone is a shitbag can only be considered an opinion, unless you think he was literally saying they were a sack full of excrement. Statements of opinion are NEVER libelous. Neither are statements that are truthful. And given the context of this thread, a person charged with a crime for an overly salty fast food burger, the cop doing that charging was a shitbag and any cop or other member of the law enforcement community who backed him in that is one too. If you get a bad burger, you complain at the restaurant, you don't tip, or you don't go to that restaurant anymore. That makes them a bad cook, not a criminal.

by the way, saying someone is diseased is a statement of fact, not opinion, and is considered to be slander or libel per se, a special category where the victim doesn't have to prove any damages. Thats how its different.

FK

[Willie Escalade]

First someone cries about McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee, now this? Is this really the world we live in? :roll:

[SarahG]

First someone cries about McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee, now this? Is this really the world we live in? :roll:

Regrettably, we are left in a time & place with few statesmen and merely endless supplies of career politicians, lawyers and special interests filling the role of Catiline.

[dgtlmstry]

Well, he didn't say that was his opinion, rather it looked like he was making a declarative statement. And anyways libelous statements like that aren't protected. And another thing, how is that statement any different from saying something like "Tranny chasers are diseased douchebags for the most part." Mahalo

Matt
For his statement to have been libel it would have had to have been a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of the individual or group. Saying someone is a shitbag can only be considered an opinion, unless you think he was literally saying they were a sack full of excrement. Statements of opinion are NEVER libelous. Neither are statements that are truthful. And given the context of this thread, a person charged with a crime for an overly salty fast food burger, the cop doing that charging was a shitbag and any cop or other member of the law enforcement community who backed him in that is one too. If you get a bad burger, you complain at the restaurant, you don't tip, or you don't go to that restaurant anymore. That makes them a bad cook, not a criminal.

by the way, saying someone is diseased is a statement of fact, not opinion, and is considered to be slander or libel per se, a special category where the victim doesn't have to prove any damages. Thats how its different.

FK

Well said FK. Thanks for the explanation.

DGTL

[BBaggins06]

Your not the only one who has worked with the police, but i see i must have touched a nerve lol....

I think you protest a bit too much.. Who said criminals are revered??? The COPS are the fucking criminals as well nowadays. Illinois is a little isolated shit city....Try spreading that crap around NYC, DC, LA, PHL, or Miami and see what people say.

As a liaison between the juvenile crimes division in philadelphia and montgomery county children and youth, By and large the police, social workers and parole officers are little better then the criminals there supposed to be apprehending....and dont you think its a little fucked up that a corrupt government is the decision maker on who gets to be labeled a "criminal" in the first place???

Yeah okay....Try telling it to someone who hasnt been down and dirty in the field Mr. Fireman. My Ivory Tower is located right at the block at Susquehanna and Dauphin....

sheesh...

LOL Illinois is an isolated shit little city? It's a good thing you weren't a geography major bro. Not to mention there are over twice as many people living in the Windy City than the city of Brotherly Hate. Looks like I touched a nerve as well.

Michael Vick, OJ Simpson, Ray Lewis, Al Capone, Jesse James, John Dillenger, Bonnie & Clyde, John Gotti, any random hip/hop or rap artist, Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Phil Spector, Mike Tyson Hmm, what do all these people have in common???

As a liaison, I'm sure you have an unbiased opinion about the people trying to keep your clients off the streets and make your little irrelevant city a wee bit safer. Though if you're as good a liaison as you are knowledgable about basic 1st grade geography, I doubt your clients ever reintegrate into society.

Anyways, I'm done hijacking this thread. If you want to continue this, please feel free to PM me. Mahalo

Matt

[BBaggins06]

Well, he didn't say that was his opinion, rather it looked like he was making a declarative statement. And anyways libelous statements like that aren't protected. And another thing, how is that statement any different from saying something like "Tranny chasers are diseased douchebags for the most part." Mahalo

Matt
For his statement to have been libel it would have had to have been a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of the individual or group. Saying someone is a shitbag can only be considered an opinion, unless you think he was literally saying they were a sack full of excrement. Statements of opinion are NEVER libelous. Neither are statements that are truthful. And given the context of this thread, a person charged with a crime for an overly salty fast food burger, the cop doing that charging was a shitbag and any cop or other member of the law enforcement community who backed him in that is one too. If you get a bad burger, you complain at the restaurant, you don't tip, or you don't go to that restaurant anymore. That makes them a bad cook, not a criminal.

by the way, saying someone is diseased is a statement of fact, not opinion, and is considered to be slander or libel per se, a special category where the victim doesn't have to prove any damages. Thats how its different.

FK

Thanks for the clarification. I'm no legal scholar, though I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Mahalo

Matt

[Trogdor]

Police are shitbags by and large. And this coming from a CJ major.

Oh really? So that makes you an expert? STFU

As a fireman, I work with the CPD and Illinois State Troopers every day so I have first hand knowledge that the VAST MAJORITY of coppers are hard working people who do a thankless job. What the f*ck is wrong with this country when the police are reviled and criminals are revered? Go back to your ivory tower jerkoff. Mahalo

Matt

you put police on way too high a pedistal.

Come over to Detroit, buddy, and you're gonna be in for a rude awakening. Over here, the police are worse than the criminals they are supposed to 'protect' us from......don't make me have to bring up the rake incident again. Plus the police department somewhere in Michigan turned down an applicant cause...get this....he scored TOO HIGH on the IQ test. :roll: That bit seals it all for right there.

Police and other authority figures expect us to follow the laws and so on of our country.....why don't they do the same thing?

Anyone see on youtube that dude with the camcorder, busting traffic cops for violating the same traffic laws they enforce? We need more people like that and authorities must be kept in line, otherwise we have tax paid bullies shoving everyone around. The pig who arrested the 20 year old girl at McD's overstepped his authority and should not only be fired, but made certain that he never polices again, since we don't need folks like that......I could see him beating down someone for putting way too much sugar in his coffee or something.

I hope someone shits in his next meal, I tell you what.....since you are what you eat. 8)

[SarahG]

You are talking about Jimmy Justice. here's his youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyJustice4753

The charges against the McDonald's employee will eventually be dropped. this story has gone national. The police in Union City, GA have goten enough bad publicity.

And what of the poor citizens of equally absurd charges, of which no real crime had occurred, that do not get national press coverage.

Are they doomed to be screwed by a troubled system merely because their story didn't happen to find use as a sensationalized story in a ratings based media industry?