Posted on 08/14/2007 4:24:24 AM PDT by WesternCulture
A well-built man was forced to take a drugs test in Stockholm recently after a police officer assumed that muscles like his could only have been developed with the help of illegal substances.
The female assistant police officer got into a conversation with Tomislav Boduljak and his friend late at night in central Stockholm.
According to Boduljak, 27, the police officer was pleasant at first, but changed her attitude when he said he worked out. Saying his muscles were 'abnormal', she said he must have used drugs.
"I asked if she didn't think it possible that I work out a lot and eat well. She said that if someone looks like me, she assumes they have taken drugs," he told Metro.
Despite Boduljak's assurances that he didn't use steroids, she forced him to go to the police station and give a urine test. In her report, the officer said he had "unusually large muscles, particularly large arm muscles, which are a sign of steroid use."
The test was negative, and Boduljak made an official complaint against the police officer. Prosecutors looked into the case, but decided not to pursue it.
Janne Magnusson, an officer at Stockholm Police's drugs unit, told Metro that he thought that the officer had been "a bit too ambitious".
TT/The Local
Musta been the shortarm inspection where she went too far......
From gun control
to ‘arms’ control.
Drink Beer To Increase Muscle Tone?
http://beerinfood.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/drink-beer-to-increase-muscle-tone/
I didn't know that, or about the Chinese doing the same as well. But one (sincere) question: Does the group purchased house (or car) then become person's private property, as if he had bought and paid for it himself? Or an unspoken, understood assumption that the house (or car) is sort of "community property" with this fellow a kind of care-taker? (Obviously not to the point of it becoming a taxi service, or gasthaus)
That's a trick question. Liberals and conservatives can both be statists. What this story describes is a statist approach to law enforcement, not necessarily a socialist one, though statism and socialism go hand-in-hand.
Hey, they have Bonds Derangement Syndrome in Sweden, too! ;)
new meaning to “don’t hate me because I am beautiful”
If the NAGs get a hold of this they will arrest women for gross public beauty.
Are you volunteering to be a breast-checking?
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. I can “handle” it with sensitivity.
Being on the receiving end of the asset forfeiture laws is very good business if you can get into it. Unfortunately, right now, government seems to have a monopoly in that area.
I’ll bet you can, Tiger! I admire you self-sacrifice.
Another official who thinks she is a “brilliant EXPERT” of personal health and fitness... Prejudiced at it’s finest.
The officer should be reprimanded and forced to give a public apology.
Ok, where is the picture. We ladies need pictures too! ;-)
We are already at: "You've got a lot of money, huh? Well, you must not be playing fair, prepare to be taxed all to heck."
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