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Arenas, Storey Arrested on South Beach
AJC via AP ^
Posted on 05/30/2006 7:05:58 AM PDT by SmoothTalker
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and forward Awvee Storey have been arrested on charges of disobeying police.
Storey was blocking traffic in the middle of a busy street when an officer told him to get back to the sidewalk Saturday night, according to police reports. Storey didn't get out of the street, and the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command.
While police were arresting Storey, Arenas got out of a vehicle and walked toward the arresting officers. According to reports, an officer told Arenas to get back in his vehicle, but he refused, saying he wanted to stand next to his teammate. The officer took Arenas into custody and charged him with resisting without violence.
As Arenas was being arrested, according to reports, he said, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."
Both players were then taken to jail for processing.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: arenas; athleticimmunity; basketball; realityknocking
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"As Arenas was being arrested, according to reports, he said, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."
I love this quote.
To: SmoothTalker
"You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate." That's like telling a Boston Cop that you play for the Yankees.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:07:55 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: SmoothTalker
This too are not too bright if you axe me.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:08:01 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(What is is about "illegal" you don't understand?)
To: isthisnickcool
I'm ROTFLMAO with this one....I'm a basketball player....hahahahahaha!!! What a doofus!
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:09:34 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: SmoothTalker
"You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."
Funny how massive infusions of cash can turn an ordinary idiot into an extraordinary one.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:09:57 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: SmoothTalker
Well, it's nice to read such arrests did not include possession of drugs, a fight, or driving to endanger.
Slap on the wrists...
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:11:13 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
To: SmoothTalker
Their other teammate, Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, said
"You can't arrest me. I'm a Congress player. I play for the Washington Overlords, and I'm not going to leave my teammate.".........
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:12:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: SmoothTalker
These guys are acting like they are black democrat congress persons...
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:12:39 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: dfwgator
That's like telling a Boston Cop that you play for the Yankees. That like telling a DC cop that you on the way to vote and they can't stop you.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:12:54 AM PDT
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: Baynative
Correction. He should have said "We are illegal aliens." Law enforcement personnel would have left them alone.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:14:53 AM PDT
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: SmoothTalker
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:17:22 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
To: SmoothTalker
Well, he didn't leave his teammate.
To: SmoothTalker
I had to read this to find out who Arenas and the other guy were.
To: SmoothTalker
To: SmoothTalker
Yahoo, why do people with so much talent so darn dumb? LOL. Amen.
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:43:17 AM PDT
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: SmoothTalker
...
the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command. Failure to obey a command? Sounds like something out of the Third Reich! Obstructing traffic, disorderly conduct, etc. I can see, but failure to obey a command???
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:48:49 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
To: aculeus; Dog Gone; Senator Bedfellow; hellinahandcart; Larry Lucido; Tijeras_Slim; Billthedrill; ...
“You can’t arrest me. I’m a basketball player.”
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posted on
05/30/2006 7:53:23 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: SmoothTalker
I've always hated watching him play. A huge ball hog. I hate chuckers.
To: dighton
“You can’t arrest me. I’m a basketball player.”"I have . . . athletic immunity! Somebody call the Commissioner!"
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posted on
05/30/2006 8:01:41 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
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