juan ramon munguia and enrique trevino rivera (san luis potosi, mexico)
mexican motorcyclists given terrorism charges for loud exhaust juan ramon munguia and enrique trevino rivera sent a crowd celebrating holy week into a frenzy when their exhaust pipes backfired and the noise was confused for gunshots. then, apparently, the motorcyclists kept revving their engines causing a stampede. some people were trampled, although no injuries reported. the two claim they had just gotten off work and always rev their engines at the same spot at that time. nonetheless, terrorism charges have been filed and the pair are facing a 20 year prison sentence. overreactions anyone? let’s just suppose these guys intended to cause a panic. there is still a distinct difference between being a public nuissance and being a terrorist. revving a motorcycle engine often does create a loud noise, but motorcycles are hardly body bombs. more questions came up about why the vendors were in the street without proper permits in the first place, creating the counter argument that had the people not been in the street in the first place, they wouldn’t have been spooked. in any case, people need to just chill out and laugh it off when something funny happens, not panic at the first sign of discomfort. ok, give the guys a $1000 fine. that seems appropriate. but they are anything but terrorists. and what would a prison sentence be worth? probably more harm than good.
salecia johnson (midgeville, georgia)
six year old taken out of school in handcuffs for throwing a tantrum
what really needs to be said more than just the caption? a six-year-old girl throws a tantrum. big f***ing deal! that’s what little kids do. preschool or kindegarten teachers are paid to be able to deal with that. i could be wrong, but i am pretty sure that babysitting is not in a policeman's job description. certainly, taking a six-year-old to jail is redicuolous. i would question whether a six-year-old should go to jail even if they were an accomplice in a robbery, much less for simply crying about the fact that their teacher or principal sucks. now, salecia johnson is kicked out of school until fall. seriously? maybe she was being difficult, but i would bet her teachers are more difficult to put up with. someone needs to grow up here, and it is not the girl. to salecia, i say, throw more tantrums! maybe then you can mimic the behavior of your school officials.
john brennan (portland, oregon)
portland man strips at airport
so this guy gets fed up with the tsa security measures and decides enough is enough. the security person wipes him down with the bomb detecting cloth and tells john he tested positive for explosives. of course, john knows he doesn’t have explosives but he is tired of going through this kind of thing on a weekly basis and decides to just prove to everyone that he doesn’t have any bombs. he strips down to nothing, not even socks, and stands there for a few minutes until he gets draped with a blanket and escorted away. but not before someone takes a video of the incident and let it go viral. the worst part of the story is that this guy is going to face some fines for interfering with airport procedures, as if this really does anything to slow things down. if this guy deserves to be fined, then what about tsa? oh yeah, they're the ones handing out the fines. they slow things down more than anyone. yeah, maybe they have made things safer, but mostly they have made things a hassle. kid yoshida really wishes more people would stand up for themselves such as john brennan did at portland airport.
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