“Officer Matthew Parco was behind Merola in line and had received his drink; he asked her to move up so he could get around her but she didn’t respond. Parco went to talk to her when Merola yelled at him, according to the report.”
“Parco spent about 20 minutes asking Merola to move the car before she was arrested. Merola kept asking for the police chief and making a scene at the drive-through, according to the report.”
“In a separate statement to another officer, the McDonald’s manager gave an account similar to Parco’s, police reports show.”
So, let me get this straight. Some cranky old hag decides that she can single handedly stop the flow of traffic at McDonalds. In doing so, she also traps in a cop. He asks her to move, she curses him out for 20 minutes.
First of all, that IS disorderly conduct, which can be brought on private or public property. Secondly, he asked her to move for TWENTY minutes. I’m sorry, but that doesn’t sound like jack booted thug. That sounds like more patience than anyone on THIS thead would be willing to show.
I hope to God some day a crotchety old woman just parks her car in your driveway as you’re trying to go to work some morning. And then refuses to move when you ask her. Then tells you that your wife will divorce you, your kids hate you, and that you’re going to hell. And that she won’t move unless the police chief himself tells her to move. Because if you even breath wrong, that makes YOU a jackbooted thug. After all, she’s just showing “spirit”.
But cop bashing on this site is the norm, which is sad. It doesn’t matter how obvious it is that this old hag had it coming to her. It doesn’t matter that the McDonald’s manager agreed with the cop. You Cop Flamers only can see three words in the title...”Grandma”, “Arrested”, and “Officer”. Who cares about anything else, like reason and logic?
You don’t understand. Asking someone to move is emblematic of a police state.
When you see some of these folks show up on this type of thread you can be certain that things are slow over at the anti-wod threads.
Reason and logic would dictate that the cop had alternatives to the behavior he chose. He could have urged the restaurant staff to expedite the lady's order. He could have walked into the restaurant to order his own meal. He took advantage of the fact he is a cop and did what an ordinary citizen could not have done: arrest her.
I am aware of the real dangers that police officers face, especially in this big city where I live. And I have defended them in many cases. But this is instance is one of the officer purely throwing his weight around on an easy target, which is an abuse of authority. I do not respect that.
First, she refused to move up one foot so the cop (and others behind him) could drive around her giant Medicare Sled. But no. The cop can't tell her what to do; she was told to park there and won't budge. And how dare he tell her what to do like that; why she knows the police chief!
The incident could have ended there, very shortly after it began, when she got her salt-less fries. She could have driven away, as the cop suggested she do. But instead, she insisted on continuing to block the drive-thru and insulting the cop for 20 freakin' minutes.
I'm quite sure this old battleaxe's husband is long dead and, whereever he's looking down from, is glad of it.
“You Cop Flamers”
I spent the last 25 years of my working life servicing law enforcement agencies with my own business.
In the last 10 years, I have noticed a considerable decline
in the quality of police officers... Yes, many are now “jackbooted thugs” that take the job to show their power.
It is an entirely different class from what I knew in the past.
I do not know any details of this story, but it seems suspicious. Yes, if the owners of the property filed a complaint then the old bag should have been carted away.
Here, here! Awesome post!
Great post!