The highway patrol has no authority to arrest a man fore “DWI” for driving an off road vehicle on a golf course.
All you guys buying beers from the girls in hot pants on the beer cart are in trouble.
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”
My “favorite” was a DWI I prosecuted early in my career where a guy was driving on I-95, pulled into the truck Weigh Station, got out of his car and demanded the Trooper weigh him.
Ping.
I presume there were no small children or toddlers around to flash-bang?
Thomas Lineberry must not have seen the squadron of camoed MRAPs or the ninja-suited SWAT teams hidden in the crowd...
Since NBC has the money to pay Cheslea Clinton $600K to curry favor with her parents, they should have much trouble coming up with a lawyer who can walk this one into the Lee County Courthouse and give everyone including the judge a good laugh. And, while the lawyer is at it, he should ask for a few delays after ensuring the the Highway Patrolman is in court each time. Hopefully, the patrolman lives in Asheville.
Oopsie!
Media Golf Cart Driver Arrested For Felony Assault On A Police Officer After Allegedly Running Over Officer’s Foot
http://jonathanturley.org/2014/06/16/media-golf-cart-driver-arrested-for-felony-assault-on-a-police-officer-after-allegedly-running-over-officers-foot/
Apparently, there was drama at Pinehurst on Sunday (as a non-golfer any drama would be welcomed in my view). It came in the form of an arrest on the green after North Carolina Highway trooper Ryan Ashley Goodin said that a golf cart run over his foot (witnesses said it was more like an unintentional brush). Goodin ran after golf reporter Roger Maltbie’s cart driver, Thomas Howerton Lineberry, 59. Lineberry is a volunteer. Goodin reportedly jumped on the cart and put Lineberry into a headlock and then arrested him. He then hit Lineberry with a dubious array of charges, including assaulting a police officer.
Linesberry apparently didn't realize his place in the King's scheme of things, and now it's gonna cost him.
If you see Blue Barrage Balloons and Shiny Badges, and you can't IMMEDIATELY exit stage left, grab your forelock, look down at the ground, and mumble "Yessir, Yer Lordship, sir" as many times as you need to.
DON'T make eye contact.
So this cop charges a guy with felony assault for rolling over a foot uninjured enough to run after a golf cart, resisting arrest for defending himself from an assailant who attacked from behind, DWI for driving an offroad vehicle on private property, and delaying an officer for not stopping his cart when one a-hole in a crowd of people yells stop.
I really wish there was a way to punish these power tripping jack boots but it seems like the judge and prosecutor involved are just a gung-ho as this rambo wannabe cop. I guess it’s easy when it’s not their lives and money on the line.
If the cop was able to chase him down his foot
wasnt hurt very bad.
Sounds like the cop just felt dissed.
Best to treat `em like gangstas..keep away from `em
If driving a golf cart drunk is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
I want to see the tire marks on the occifer’s shoe!
Balls on golf courses naturally lead to all sorts of hilarious situations.
Lineberry is accused of hitting Trooper Ryan A. Goodin, who was treated at a
medical trailer for a minor leg injury. Goodin had instructed Lineberry to
stop before he was hit, according to multiple media reports. Lineberry was
driving the cart for NBC Sports analyst Roger Maltbie, according to news reports.
Goodin, who is assigned to the Statesville office, is one of approximately 170
state troopers assisting with security during the U.S. Open Championships.