And I believe that I am tall, good looking, and slim.
Well, maybe as good looking as a short, fat guy can be.
LOL
And I believe that I am tall, good looking, and slim.
From the article.
Smith, a 25-year-old Elkhart resident, said she and a friend, Felicia Bradley, had gone to Benchwarmers early Sunday morning to join some friends.
So the women show up at the bar after (possibly) arriving after work,
They were met at the door by the owner and a security guard for Benchwarmers, Smith said. The men told them to wait outside for a few minutes while they dealt with an incident inside.
The owner and the bouncer tell her to wait outside until the crowd thins out. So far, no problem.
So that's what they did. They waited on the sidewalk outside of Benchwarmers. They said they have visited the bar before and been made to wait outside on other occasions, too.
Not an isolated event, it seems. They were on private property with the permission of the owner to be there.
Cpl. Jess Elliott, a South Bend police officer, was working in the downtown area that night. Smith said he approached and ordered her and Bradley to leave. He told them nobody else was going to be allowed inside the bar, she said.
So now the fine upstanding police officer decides who will be allowed to enter the bar against the wishes of the owner.
Does the police officer have the right to decide, on a whim, who may or may not enter an establisment? I don't think so.
Smith said she tried to explain that the men from Benchwarmers had instructed them to wait outside, but the officer didn't want to hear it. He ordered them again to leave.
Once again...they had permission from the owner to be there. The logical thing for the brave overworked police officer to do (as if police are capable of using logic or common sense) would be to check with the owner of the bar to see if these women were indeed customers, BUT...
"He was talking kind of rough to us,'' she said. "We asked what his problem was, and he said 'you're my (obscenity) problem.' ''
The fine upstanding police officer copped an attitude with these women.
Yeah, I'd say these guys were looking for someone to abuse.