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Apparently Ohio State � and college football in general � isn�t very popular in the state of Tennessee. At least not with the police. Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni, 65, and her husband were driving home to Plano, Texas from Columbus after attending her mother-in-law�s funeral when a pair of black police SUV�s stopped the couple a few miles outside of Memphis. �Knowing I wasn�t speeding, I couldn�t imagine why,� Jonas-Boggioni told the Columbus Dispatch. �They were very serious. They had the body armor and the guns.� On the back of Jonas-Boggioni�s car was a Buckeye leaf decal, similar to the one players� have on their helmets, and cops mistakenly thought it was marijuana leaf. Yes, really. �What are you doing with a marijuana sticker on your bumper?� one of the cops asked Jonas-Boggioni. (AP)After trying to explain that the sticker was not a marijuana leaf and that she and her husband were not trafficking drugs cross-country, the police advised Jonas-Boggioni to remove the sticker as to not cause any more confusion. You know, just in case there were any other moronic drug cops out there that didn�t actually know what a marijuana leaf looked like. From the Columbus-Dispatch:
[Jonas-Boggioni] was too rattled to notice what police department the officers represented. But she suspects that a joint drug-interdiction effort was under way because they had passed several law-enforcement vehicles from different agencies. Neither the Tennessee Highway Patrol nor the Shelby County sheriff�s office in Memphis had information about the traffic stop. A marijuana sticker would not be a sufficient reason to stop a car, said a spokeswoman for the West Tennessee Drug Task Force. Regardless, Tennessee police apparently aren't botany experts. If they were, they�d know a marijuana leaf has seven leaflets (see above picture) and a narrow shape as compared to the Buckeye leaf, which is fat and has five leaflets. At least that�s what it says on the Internet. I have no firsthand knowledge of this. As for Jonas-Boggioni, she acknowledged the cop�s wishes, but got back in her car without removing the sticker. �I didn�t take it off,� Jonas-Boggioni told the paper. �This little old lady is no drug dealer.� Just an avid Ohio State fan.
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IF all that's true, then it was a stupid stop followed by an even stupider question then command from whatever LE agency was represented.
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Dood, probably the TSA lol
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
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Because every drug trafficer advertises with bumper stickers. Thought everyone knew that!
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EVERYBODY is pro-gun, some just don't know it. When an anti-gun person is in trouble, the first thing they do is call 911 and demand that they send somebody with a gun!
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Truth is, he just hates Buckeyes.
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I have no doubt at all that the story is 'true'. I see is as just another example of cops out of control. The poor guy involved is lucky he was not executed on the spot.
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We'd appreciate all non-residents do not drive thru our great state of Tennessee. Please go around......or you may not make it out alive.
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As Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Walburg) put it in Shooter, "Welcome to Tennessee, the patron saint state of shooting stuff".
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The drug task force. Guess those special cameras they use in that area picked up the design.
On any given day there are up to 20-30 from Nashville to Memphis on I-40. Few between Nashville and Knoxville . . .
That says something, but not sure what.
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There are far more unmarked in E Tn than you think. If you ever have a Dodge Ram ( white) with blacked out windows and a 300M get behind you.....your day just went south.
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It's Memphis, what do you expect? He probably thought someone new was operating on his turf without paying his "respect" money first.
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Looking at Ironbender's picture, the similarity is remarkable. But.... It's Memphis, what do you expect? He probably thought someone new was operating on his turf without paying his "respect" money first. I expect it's just run of the mill JBT on his pissant little self-righteous crusade to rid the world of those evil drugs. Fuggin liberals. They're sure an obnoxious bunch of ass wipes.
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No'uns ever accused us of being smart, but we can and do, KICK BUTT IN FOOTBALL!
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close enough! Git the sniffin dogs!
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As Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Walburg) put it in Shooter, "Welcome to Tennessee, the patron saint state of shooting stuff". Dont know who the old guy was that Walburg went to see, but that one scene he was in was the best part of the movie. (apologies for the thread hijack) "Still got the shovel"
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I am fairly sure I know the man, and he don't live in Tennessee.
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Not to be Debbie Downer, but I officially call bullshit.
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I wouldn't say such a thing, but the man still builds some of the finest rifles around. Google Landtec rifles. If you have ever had a chance to meet Randy Landen, you'd feel kinda eerie when you watch the Shooter scene.
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