Vermont farmer crushed cop cars with tractor, police say

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/08/vermont_farmer_crushed_cop_car.html ^ | 8/2/12 | Dave Gram

[JimRed]

Arrested for pot possession. Title should read, “Another left-wing hippie goes postal.” No doubt he’s been smoking a little to much of what he’s been farming.

There are a few libertarian FReepers who might be displeased by that statement.

[thackney]

Roger Pion, who was recently arrested by Newport police, is accused of using a large tractor to smash seven Orleans County Sheriff's Department vehicles Thursday afternoon, including these two cruisers. Damage was estimated at about $250,000. / Courtesy Photo/Vermont State Police

Link with video:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120802/NEWS07/308020022/Demolition-derby-Newport?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cimg%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1

[Bigh4u2]

” one count aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer”

Who might that be?

They said there was no one in the cars..

[kenavi]

If he wanted to get even, he should have run over their personal cars.

[IYAS9YAS]

Don’t see how this count will hold... Where was the accident?

Nope. No accident. Quite on purpose. Do they have a "leaving the scene of a purpose" charge?

[southern rock]

Wonder if he was yelling “Yeehaw” the whole time. (or whatever the New England equivalent is)

Take that, the South! LOL! Dukes of Hazzard my butt. !!

[Fresh Wind]

Good question. Cops NEVER exceed the speed limit when they’re on routine patrol, or using their cop cars for personal business.

[tiki]

It has been awhile back but one day a state cop came on our property with his lights on and stopped my husband who was on a tractor. OMG! That poor cop.

The stupid idiot said that my husband was making dust.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Another dangerous assault tractor.

[Eye of Unk]

I see an image from future events...

Its cars with Internal Revenue Service on them.

[dagogo redux]

Probably one of those black “assault tractors” with high capacity gas tanks.

[Dr. Sivana]

A Vermonter would be most likely to maintain a steel, stoic gaze, perhaps only allowing a light smirk and even a cross between a chuckle and a cackle only after observing his finished handiwork.

Which reminds me of something from E.B. White:

To the world, a Yankee is an American
To an American, a Yankee is a northerner
To a northerner, a Yankee is from New England
To a New Englander, a Yankee is from Vermont
To a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who has pie for breakfast

[shadeaud]

He was singing ‘’Green Acres” along with Ava Gabor as they smoked some weed and some cop cars.

[antisocial]

“Any idea on where I can get a good deal on a really big tractor?”

http://www.bigiron4sale.com/

[coon2000]

me too, I side with the farmer.

[Paine in the Neck]

To a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who has pie for breakfast

To a pie eater, a Yankee is one who has apple pie with a slice of jack cheese for breakfast.

Mmm,mmm, but try getting that in TX.

[MachIV]

A picture showed the tractor to be a fairly large IH Case, but I’m surprised it wasn’t done with something bigger like an articulating Steiger or such. I’m actually amazed a nonarticulating piece of equipment was big enough to do that.

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep, that's crushed alright.

/johnny

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

This guy is gonna be in a world of hurt, but I gotta laugh at this...somehow I can’t feel sorry for the cops in this.

I’ve thought I would like to have an old WWI or WWII tank, operational (no need for weaponry) that I could use when the SHTF and they start coming for whatever...just roll it down the drive and crush ‘em. And maybe have a big dozer blade on the front to then push ‘em out of the way.

[pingman]

“Which reminds me of something from E.B. White:

To the world, a Yankee is an American
To an American, a Yankee is a northerner
To a northerner, a Yankee is from New England
To a New Englander, a Yankee is from Vermont
To a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who has pie for breakfast”

“Pot” pie?