Category: News and Views
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Imagine you're a young couple in love. A nineteen-year-old
woman, still in college, on a date with her boyfriend, home
from the Navy. You're on the town, enjoying yourselves, and
as the night wears on, and your hormones start to get the
better of you, you decide you can't stay out of each others
arms one minute longer. Being young and broke, as well as in
love, you find a dark, secluded place to park and begin to
make magic.
Immediately afterward you hear a sharp rapping on the foggy
windows and the harsh light from a flashlight splashes your
naked, sticky skin. It looks like the spot you picked wasn't
as secluded as you thought.
This scenario, which really isn't all that bizarre, occurred
in February of last year in a far north suburb of Chicago.
What is bizarre is what happened immediately after the cop
tapped on the window and interrupted the lovers.
The state trooper, in uniform, pulled the door open and
ordered the couple, still naked, out of the car and then made
them lie on the ground and make snow angels.
An unusual punishment for a little public indecency, don't
you think?
This week the officer entered a negotiated plea to official
misconduct and was sentenced to 30 months probation, paying
$500 each to Lake County CrimeStoppers and LaCASA, perform
200 hours of public service work, and consume no drugs or
alcohol.
And, as you can imagine, the couple have since filed a civil
lawsuit against the officer.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
They should have this guy patroling the streets where I live, humiliating the transgender prostitutes and the sickos that pick them up each night. Who knows, maybe it'll clean up the city a bit.
Rather a creative solution, if indeed it did solve the problem. or, perhaps, it was a power-hungry cop doing his chief gorella imitation.
I use to work at a rehab center for the blind, and rumor had it that a couple went to what they believed was a secluded spot to make passionate love. However, the quiet little place they chose was in fact a transparent ceiling in a recreation hall. Those with some vision got their voyeuristic delight until the administration found out and reprimanded the offending couple. Mind you, I only heard about this through rumor. Thought it was funny anyway.
Bob