"A job for two of job age"
Posted on 06/29/2013 6:34:09 AM PDT by massmike
When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she and two roommates panicked.
That led to Daly spending a night and an afternoon in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Her initial offense? Walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream just purchased from the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center for a sorority benefit fundraiser.
A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot. "They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," she recalled Thursday in a written account of the April 11 incident.
"I couldn't put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were ... terrified," Daly stated.
Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman read Daly's account and said it was factually consistent.
Prosecutors say she apologized profusely when she realized who the agents were. But that wasn't good enough for ABC agents, who charged her with three felonies. Prosecutors withdrew those charges Thursday in Charlottesville General District Court, but Daly still can't understand why she sat in jail.
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Sounds like some pretty stupid agents.
After the PO’d dad takes them out (clandestinely of course) here come the lawyers.
Sounds like some pretty stupid agents.
Well, yeah, but it could have been a lot worse: she might have shot for barking at the cops.
Jaysus! Is this becoming a trend, or what? (Incredibly stupid law-breaking cops, I mean)?
In the first place, even if it had been beer, is carrying beer to your car now a crime?
Breaking windows? We trust cops to exercise restraint and not fire guns into a crowd, for example, this is yet another example where common sense and judgement are lacking.
I’m guessing Affirmative Action hires.......
law enforcementthis dumb would have no sympathy from me if they got shot.
Imagine what they would have done if these girls had CIGARETTES!!!!!!
No, just more government goons heady with power undeserved.
By the time she settles her case she should be able to buy her own micro brewery.
Wow, they had no idea how old she was, and weren’t sure what she was carrying, and that is their probable cause.
I guessing a desire to hit on a couple of chicks and try to get lucky that turned bad cause they didn’t drop to their knees with “My, what a big night stick you have”.
It's a freakin' wilding.
IOW, they need time to build their cover story before the civil suit hits.
"A job for two of job age"
ABC agents in plain clothes with guns looking for underage drinkers in a college town? How about a SWAT doing no nock raids on dorm rooms?
Good thing she didn’t buy condoms.
There were 7 of these thugs operating together?Sounds like they got the message about going out in squad strength when harrassing the public.
It's a college town fer chrissakes. These so-called officers are dumb, but the higher ups who put this whole charade into motion are even dumber.
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