Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

You're Bob Dylan? NJ police want to see some ID
Associated Press ^ | Aug 14, 8:49 PM (ET) | WAYNE PARRY

Posted on 08/15/2009 11:41:02 AM PDT by Dadofmany

Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood. A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday. "I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work," Woolley said. The incident began at 5 p.m. when a resident said a man was wandering around a low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront looking at houses. The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name. According to Woolley, the following exchange ensued: "What is your name, sir?" the officer asked. "Bob Dylan," Dylan said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: banglist; bobdylan; civilrights; donutwatch; dylan; henrygates; howardwoolley; identification; johnmellencamp; lakewood; leo; longbranch; mrskippy; msmcoverup; nationalid; newjersey; papers; police; profiling; robertzimmerman; tangledupinblue; willienelson
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-93 next last
To: microgood
"The cops should be fired, prosecuted and sent to a work camp in Siberia."

For not knowing one of the Leftwing moonbats demi Gods and daring to as who he is? Yea, if they had their way, she would be.

Maybe in a few more years...

21 posted on 08/15/2009 11:59:25 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Nathan Zachary

You obviously don’t know a damn thing about Dylan’s political beliefs!!

Anyway, at least he’s not a “freak” like MJ or Elvis turned out to be.


22 posted on 08/15/2009 12:00:19 PM PDT by MrLee (Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalyim!! God bless Eretz Israel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany
Photobucket

I couldn't help but get at least one photo of Zimmerman's Gulfstream to show. : )

23 posted on 08/15/2009 12:00:42 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prophet in the wilderness

I think the officer, Dylan, and Nobama should all get together. Maybe they could all share a drink in the Rose garden!


24 posted on 08/15/2009 12:00:53 PM PDT by Dadofmany
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany

Why is 20 something old cop supposed to know who he is?
I don’t see why this is a story.


25 posted on 08/15/2009 12:02:59 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Just say no to Soylent Green health care)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #26 Removed by Moderator

To: Dadofmany

How dare a citizen walk the streets minding his own business. I like how the cops had to walk him back to his hotel.

NJ is crazy.


27 posted on 08/15/2009 12:03:42 PM PDT by conservativefromGa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Virginia Ridgerunner

White guys wandering around black neighborhoods are usually hoping to score some druge.


28 posted on 08/15/2009 12:05:44 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: HereInTheHeartland

I think the story is that he is a star, a legend, and didn’t cause a scene. A story with a happy ending. one that can be an example to others. Thats all.


29 posted on 08/15/2009 12:05:44 PM PDT by Dadofmany
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

Sorry, I posted before I got to your post.


30 posted on 08/15/2009 12:06:30 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany

LOL. Yeah, you can get into a heap of trouble looking at houses in Long Branch. He should have gone a little further west toward Norwood Ave, you can still get a good eyeful there.


31 posted on 08/15/2009 12:07:40 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Rebellion is not brewing. Frog is brewing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany
Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood.

And yet Mellencamp roams free. Amazing!

And Willie too, with all his priors and everything!

32 posted on 08/15/2009 12:07:46 PM PDT by x
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: HereInTheHeartland
Why is 20 something old cop supposed to know who he is? I don’t see why this is a story.

Exactly. My wife (who is in her 30's) didn't know who George Harrison was. She got along fine without the information.
33 posted on 08/15/2009 12:09:02 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: MrLee
"You obviously don’t know a damn thing about Dylan’s political beliefs!!"

More like YOU don't. Someday when you get off your knees from the Dylan alter you should check them out.

Bob Dylan says: " Barack Obama is 'changin' America". He has backed the Illinois senator to do for modern America what the generation before did in the 1960s.

Times interview: Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is "redefining the nature of politics from the ground up".

Asked about his views on American politics, he said: "Well, you know right now America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralising. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor".

"But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up...Barack Obama."He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to."

He added: “You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future."

Dylan's endorsement contains much symbolic significance. The legendary singer-songwriter, who has an art exhibition opening in London next week, became a focal point for young people worldwide when he released the album 'The times they are a-changin'," including the famous song of that name, in 1964.

The track, which he wrote as the social liberation of the '60s astonished politicians and parents, included lines urging people to accept and embrace what was happening around them.

Memorable lines included: "Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call. Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall," and: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, and don't criticise what you can't understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin'."

Dylan songs are played loud and proud by all the hope and change leftwing moonbats.

34 posted on 08/15/2009 12:10:52 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany

Well it sure is a good story.
I have to admire someone like Dylan who doesn’t have the need to be to an object of adoration, but seeks to have privacy.


35 posted on 08/15/2009 12:11:06 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Just say no to Soylent Green health care)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany; All
Calm down everyone ... this story was run in a thread on FR last night and the consensus in that thread was pretty much that it is a non-story, the only thing making it a 'story' is that there was a well known person involved. That's all there is to it, nothing more.

Bob Who? Dylan Gets Treated Like a Commoner (How does it feel?)

36 posted on 08/15/2009 12:12:34 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: garyhope

They’ll stone you when you’re walking on the street
They’ll stone you when you’re trying to keep your seat
They’ll stone you when your walking on the floor
They’ll stone you when your walking to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned


37 posted on 08/15/2009 12:13:21 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: savedbygrace

Isn’t this like expecting a young cop in 1968 to recognize
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy?


38 posted on 08/15/2009 12:19:40 PM PDT by donna (Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Dadofmany

Sure looks like he wanted to do his rollin’ stoned.


39 posted on 08/15/2009 12:22:26 PM PDT by Kenny500c
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nathan Zachary
For not knowing one of the Leftwing moonbats demi Gods and daring to as who he is?

No, for harrassing a citizen without any cause whatsoever. These cops are spitting on the graves of all those brave souls who have died to protect our freedoms, and I take that personally.
40 posted on 08/15/2009 12:23:02 PM PDT by microgood
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-93 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson