The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

I don't know how many news stories I read about some dumb thing the police have done.

Like this, for instance. A couple got arrested and thrown in jail for 8 hours merely because they were asking for directions on a city street.

Duh.

I mean, who knows the real truth of the matter, but by the sounds of it, the officers were really behaving like imbecilic dipwads. The couple, Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, got lost after leaving an Orioles game, but came across some cops hoping they could help the couple get out of the area.

"I said, 'Thank goodness, could you please get us to 95?" Kelly said.

"The first thing that she said to us was no -- you just ran that stop sign, pull over," Brook said. "It wasn't a big deal. We'll pay the stop sign violation, but can we have directions?"

"What she said was 'You found your own way in here, you can find your own way out.'"

Talk about serving the public.

Serving arrest warrants maybe, but certainly not doing their job. Geez, the more I read about incidents like this, the more I believe the police are the real criminals.

I typically have a lot of respect for those who do their job the right way, but over the years, I've noticed more and more dumba$$ moves by the police.

Are they just not training them right or something?

Hmmm... this is really starting to sound similar to my views on teachers these days. I don't know how many embarrassing moves by teachers I've read about either.

Anyhow, after leaving the officer, the couple pulled up a few feet ahead and got on their phone to the girl's father (who's also a police officer) to get directions from him, but the officer, Natalie Preston, pulled up behind them again, and proceeded to arrest them.

The couple ended up spending time in jail and were released without being charged anything.

I wonder what was up that cop's a$$ to behave so stupidly.