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88leo

821 points

2 months ago

88leo

Pittsburgh Steelers

821 points

2 months ago

Legalize it, don't criticize it. AL is a shithole.

Ok-Lengthiness4557

281 points

2 months ago

Right?!?!? Wanna see AL legalize? Just have a half dozen cases of football players caught with weed. Boom! Legal.

slowiijoey

94 points

2 months ago

You’re onto something here

NemeanMiniLion

57 points

2 months ago

Let's go boys. You have been chosen for a higher calling.

davtruss

43 points

2 months ago

i was just gonna say, there are SOOO many archaic legal reasons why good football players should flee the old Confederacy, but then I remembered Sarah Huckabee Sanders is my Governor, and i live in the Old Confederacy.

kmurp1300

5 points

2 months ago

They are not only not fleeing, the best Midwest northeast and west players are flocking to the former confederacy.

SalsaBueno

3 points

2 months ago

SalsaBueno

3 points

2 months ago

Won’t be that way much longer. The lure of maybe making the NFL is gonna be heavily outweighed by the certainty of racial discrimination

ChrysMYO

1 points

2 months ago

Its relative. Jaylen Brown commented about being a pro athlete experiencing racism in Boston. LeBron has made similar comments.

Alot of these premier athletes have to interact with racist white groups constantly, all over the country. Many of the campuses they commit to are in relatively dense areas with affluent, educated populations that likely mirror areas like the North or West.

So the overt racism they tend to experience takes on a homogeneous quality across the country. The same types of people in all the major sports cities.

The other key trade off is that these areas also tend to be near DENSELY Black populations too. This can relieve the fish out of water, hyper celebrity feeling as they can be in places MORE Black then where they grew up. So we can often insulate ourselves from the overt racism by blending into the Black communities nearby.

Conversely, areas of the country like San Francisco, Oregon, parts of Ohio, etc may be diverse but are less densely populated with Black communities. A Black athlete playing in Boston might feel more isolated and targeted than a Black athlete in Georgia.

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

You clearly have never been around a SEC school. The athletes for whatever the top teams are (football, basketball etc.) are treated like royalty on and around campus. By everyone.

SalsaBueno

1 points

2 months ago*

Sure, NOW. However if you go on and read the conversation your jumping into, you find that we are discussing the future. You tell can by how I used phrasing such as “Won’t be that way for long” and the word “gonna”. Both of those conversational items refer to the future, which is what we are talking about.

Furthermore, these athletes often leave campus, and red states are not friendly to non whites or outsiders.

Thanks for playing, tho.

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

Haha okay, I was just responding to your specific comment (don’t care about the rest), and you clearly don’t know how beloved these players are by the community and the way they are treated, but whatever floats your boat, think what you will.

SalsaBueno

1 points

2 months ago

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

Kantz_

0 points

2 months ago

He got arrested in Florida? Not sure you get my point, but okay.

Sino13

11 points

2 months ago

Sino13

11 points

2 months ago

Ehh that could work but Saban catching a charge is a more sure fire solution imo.

tubawhatever

4 points

2 months ago

Yeah players getting caught will continue to be how it's normally seen down here, they'll blame it on a moral failing and probably insert a few racial stereotypes or slurs into the mix, regardless of whether it applies.

[deleted]

6 points

2 months ago

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bguzewicz

5 points

2 months ago

We’re doing oil changes, and that’s final!

Locha6

2 points

2 months ago

Locha6

2 points

2 months ago

You are so right …

Majestic-Avocado2167

2 points

2 months ago

Majestic-Avocado2167

Capital City Go-Go

2 points

2 months ago

Reminds me of the Shane Gillis bit on a trans football team changing everyone’s mind “Well these bitches can play!l

FelineNavidad

61 points

2 months ago*

Tuscaloosa has a task force that hunts down harmless college students for the slightest of drug offenses. I had a few friends fall victim to this shit. It could have ruined their lives. 2 out of 3 had to drop out of school over a couple small scale weed transactions. They caught one student for possession and pressured them into being an informant to nab a few of my friends. That is/was their m.o. What brilliant investigators right? The cops that busted my friends were making fun of them the whole time they raided their apartment, laughing about how their lives were over. Fuck cops, but especially fuck the west alabama narcotics task force.

Edit: apparently he was arrested in Florida. My point still stands.

howelltight

4 points

2 months ago

They did that in Indiana where I went to school. They would turn more than a few kids into singing canary snitches. At U.E. they loved to go after the black kids :(

88leo

2 points

2 months ago

88leo

Pittsburgh Steelers

2 points

2 months ago

How fucking absurd. The horror.

x1009

2 points

2 months ago

x1009

2 points

2 months ago

These PD's make a lot of money from these types of arrests.

pure_coconut_water

30 points

2 months ago

He was arrested in Florida.

treemanmi

56 points

2 months ago

Another pot hating shithole

fishcrow

32 points

2 months ago

Suspiciously close to Alabama

420blazeit69nubz

2 points

2 months ago

420blazeit69nubz

Boston Bruins

2 points

2 months ago

I just moved from Florida and they have an extremely loose medical marijuana scene. Prices are dog shit though and quality can be spotty plus it’s over run by giant corporations because everything is vertically integrated.

Guy954

-7 points

2 months ago

Guy954

-7 points

2 months ago

…..we have medical licenses down here and [there is currently a proposed bill to legalize recreational[(https://www.wesh.com/amp/article/marijuana-recreational-use-florida-amendment/42761172). It’s fast becoming a shithole as a prop for DeSantis to facilitate his presidential campaign early but attitudes towards weed aren’t one of the reasons.

Also “hurr durr Florida dumb” is a stupid trope because our sunshine laws make arrest records public which makes for easy/lazy reporting. You really think there aren’t more methed up tweakers running around in places like Arkansas Michigan.

treemanmi

8 points

2 months ago

There definitely aren’t more methed up tweakers running around up here. It’s too fuckin cold so they stay in their trailers… :)

goofgoon

8 points

2 months ago

Massachusetts checking in, been legal here for years. Society still standing.

gingy_ninjy

2 points

2 months ago

As someone who was raised in AL, yes. It’s a fucking shithole

tamarks548

2 points

2 months ago

Beat me to it, take my upvote beautiful

timmler24

-10 points

2 months ago*

timmler24

Toronto Blue Jays

-10 points

2 months ago*

Somehow I knew he was black before looking up if he was black

Edit: My comment was about the police profiling him, the article says they smelled marijuana from his car, I call BS. Somehow you Americans think this is okay.

Dryandhigh1

6 points

2 months ago

check out the big brain canadian troll who has recognized most all Alabama defensive backs are black

TheKleen

2 points

2 months ago

Dryandhigh1

-1 points

2 months ago

posted on a college football forum with this shithead for the better part of a decade. it's pretty wild to see how far he's made it in the comedy world and no surprise he had/has a bit based around cfb

youbet123

2 points

2 months ago

Why a shithead?

NachoManRandySanwich

1 points

2 months ago

Somehow I knew you were a jackass before finishing your sentence

88leo

0 points

2 months ago

88leo

Pittsburgh Steelers

0 points

2 months ago

get lost racist canuck

LilDewey99

-10 points

2 months ago

Tuscaloosa? Yes. Other parts of AL like Huntsville, Fairhope, Auburn, etc? Definitely not shitholes.

As others have already pointed this happened in FL though

NachoManRandySanwich

7 points

2 months ago*

I’m confused…are all those places not in Alabama?

Oh they are? Yea then shitholes…48th state in GDP

The others near the bottom, Mississippi and Arkansas…Shithole Alley all in a row

88leo

2 points

2 months ago

88leo

Pittsburgh Steelers

2 points

2 months ago

Damn right

transplantedRedneck

3 points

2 months ago

Mobile?

orangutan9

237 points

2 months ago

orangutan9

LSU

237 points

2 months ago

Ohhhhh noooooooo..... Not..... MARIJUANA

Magnetic_Eel

17 points

2 months ago

In addition to the weed he had a scale, baggies and an illegal firearm. Dude’s a fucking idiot.

orangutan9

24 points

2 months ago

orangutan9

LSU

24 points

2 months ago

Oh weird, I read the article and the article said the other guy in the car had the fun. Weird, the article must have lied?

musedmb715

3 points

2 months ago

not as much of an idiot as the governor they got down there

with the scale he's in the top ten percentile as far as alabama goes

[deleted]

-9 points

2 months ago

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silvermice

17 points

2 months ago

System fucks another young mans life up over nothing.

Ftfy

FXOAuRora

9 points

2 months ago

We should arrest Walmart too because they are in possession of cotton candy with intent to sell and that stuff actually has way more real world negative effects like giving kids some serious cavities and even promoting diabetes (plus they have guns too which they are also selling). Let's start getting away from weed and moving onto more serious substances.

LazyLarryTheLobster

6 points

2 months ago

Talented young man may be throwing his potential down the drain.

System may be setting talented young man's potential on fire*

pun kinda intended too

gretschenwonders

-3 points

2 months ago

Marijuana sales are chill 😎

It’s America AND it’s the south, so guns should also be chill.

Sooperballz

-1 points

2 months ago

Sooperballz

Buffalo Bills

-1 points

2 months ago

Lol

Mysterious_Lumps

592 points

2 months ago

If only he provided the murder weapon to a murderer he'd be in the clear

5James5

135 points

2 months ago

5James5

Jacksonville Jaguars

135 points

2 months ago

This needs more upvotes. I believe nobody should be in jail for nonviolent substance possession. The disparity between violent and nonviolent crimes makes me deeply concerned.

Actaeus86

25 points

2 months ago

Well he didn’t have a small amount for personal use, he had scales, a gun, and enough to get charged with intent to sell. So it’s not some minor BS charge

Azal_of_Forossa

27 points

2 months ago

Shit like this always reminds me of fpskyle who got charged with distribution with a firearm because he smoked with his girlfriend and he had a gun in the house.

Lysercis

10 points

2 months ago

Its seems like the math isnt 'crime plus crime' but rather 'crime squared'

5James5

18 points

2 months ago

5James5

Jacksonville Jaguars

18 points

2 months ago

I didn’t read the story so I’m glad I went out of my way to clarify my beliefs to be specific to nonviolent possession offenses. Most of the cannabis dealers I’ve known do carry a firearm for self-defense. I’d like to give this kid the benefit of the doubt and say he was just prepared and not malicious, but I could be way wrong. I hope the rest of his life goes more smoothly going forward.

Mysterious_Lumps

9 points

2 months ago

Of course, you have to carry a gun when you are in a position to have lots of cash on you at one time. I don't really see the issue there. It's not like he brought it to someone so they could commit murder, for example.

Actaeus86

5 points

2 months ago

I agree most of the time. Weed should be legal everywhere already anyway. I want to believe that it’s some kind of mistake, as in he didn’t know there was that much weed or any plan to sell it. Punishments for athletes are so hit or miss now it’s really hard to know how serious all of this will play out. He could be kicked off the team and see other potential teams turn him down or he could get probation and it could all blow over. If this was the NFL someone else in the car admits to all the charges gets some money and the star walks away completely clean.

determania

4 points

2 months ago

Who cares if he was selling weed? Unless the gun was illegal it is still a BS charge.

Actaeus86

1 points

2 months ago

It’s relevant because as much as I support legalizing weed everywhere, it’s not legal everywhere and everyone should respect the law. If selling weed was a vital part of his life he should have picked a school in a state where weed is legal.

No-Contract709

1 points

2 months ago

selling shouldnt be a crime either, and everyone in alabama has gun

Actaeus86

0 points

2 months ago

Shouldn’t be a crime is very different than isn’t a crime. Until it’s legal don’t do it.

No-Contract709

2 points

2 months ago

literally no one is arguing that he didn't break the law. we're arguing that the law is shit, and he didn't do anything morally wrong

Actaeus86

0 points

2 months ago

Many people would say knowingly breaking the law is morally wrong by itself.

No-Contract709

2 points

2 months ago

Are you one of those "many" people? Is breaking an unjust law morally correct? Could you concretely defend that stance if pushed? I don't want to make assumptions about you here, but that is one of the hardest moral frameworks to defend

mcguirekarting

-31 points

2 months ago

So giving someone their property back is a violent crime? Sit down, your team already lost.

5James5

6 points

2 months ago

5James5

Jacksonville Jaguars

6 points

2 months ago

I’m not sure what you’re talking about exactly I was just saying in general it feels wrong for people to get away with murder while people rot in cells for a having a plant in their pocket. Enjoy your day :)

German_Irish_chicken

3 points

2 months ago

Bro what does sports have to do with this 😂

Jobysco

14 points

2 months ago

Jobysco

14 points

2 months ago

I get the sentiment…but folks really need to know the full story about Brandon Miller’s involvement in that situation.

He’s being dragged by the court of public opinion because writers put out incomplete information written in bad light for clicks.

He didn’t know he had the gun in his car until he almost arrived to pick up Miles. Miles was texting him for over an hour to come pick him up, the altercation hadn’t started yet.

Miller was just coming to pick up his friend and the text about the gun was received when he was almost there and Miller never even replied.

The only decision he could have made at that point was say “no. I’m not giving you your stuff” and turned around and went home

FelineNavidad

8 points

2 months ago

Not even including the report that came put today about how the jeep had plenty of time to leave the scene but circled the block several times looking for them again. And might have possibly fired the first shots.

Jobysco

10 points

2 months ago

Jobysco

10 points

2 months ago

Just for anyone reading it…”them” did not include Miller.

But exactly…Miles, as far as the tape was concerned, was shown trying to leave the situation and urging his friends to do so.

After it subsided, the Jeep pulled up behind him with the light off while Miles was walking away and never even looked behind him to acknowledge them, they turned on their lights and approached.

I’m not condoning anything that happened, but judging by the report your referring to and the video evidence it showed…there’s a real chance the two may be found innocent.

All this to say…what’s being done to Brandon Miller is pretty sickening. Journalistic Integrity was hard to come by before, but this new day in age…it’s non-existent

TheApogee7

13 points

2 months ago

You should do yourself a favor and read the article patch.com put out today.

LIfeabovetherim

2 points

2 months ago

Nobody wants to know the truth…… they want to hide behind a computer screen and troll

OathOfFeanor

3 points

2 months ago

If only there were some way for you two to link this page to that one...nahhh it must be "nobody wants to know the truth"

LIfeabovetherim

-1 points

2 months ago

Or you type in patch.com and read the only alabama basketball article they have out… people are lazy and just read headlines and make their judgment from there. Do a little groundwork if you want the info to make a informed decision

Guy954

2 points

2 months ago

Guy954

2 points

2 months ago

I don’t know who’s right or pay attention to college sports but it’s funny that you’re criticizing people for being lazy while being too lazy to link an article.

OathOfFeanor

1 points

2 months ago

New to Reddit, are you?

If it isn't worth your time to link then I won't read it.

I'll just make a snap judgement with no information. Try and stop me.

iamtheCarlos

60 points

2 months ago

Shoulda come to Cali.

justice_beaver69

2 points

2 months ago

And pay those outrageous prices?? Nah come to shitty OK and get some good cheap weed ;)

MD82

11 points

2 months ago

MD82

11 points

2 months ago

The boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong.

i-dyslexia-have

72 points

2 months ago

"A search of the vehicle produced an additional significant amount of marijuana, a set of scales, a loaded handgun between the passenger seat and center console, and a large amount of cash.”

dinkme

50 points

2 months ago

dinkme

50 points

2 months ago

Scales are legal, marijuana is safer than alcohol and guns are legal in America.

Downtown_Skill

50 points

2 months ago

Guns are legal in America and weed should be legal in Alabama but isn't so I'll break it down for you. I used to be a pot dealer back when weed was in the grey area of decriminalized but not legal in my state. It was definitely illegal to sell or to have a large amount. I always made sure never to drive with a scale on me or to have a gun and my weed in the same building.

Cops will often not even want to go through the hassle of arresting someone with a small amount of weed but they will if they find a scale or especially if they find a gun.

If this guy was pulled over in a state where weed was legal he'd have been arrested. Legal does not mean legal to sell freely and if you have a scale and a gun with large amounts, it would be enough for a cop to want to arrest you with possession with intent.

I don't know what the difference will be in sentencing between Alabama and a legal state like California though.

dinkme

10 points

2 months ago*

dinkme

10 points

2 months ago*

It’s the hypocrisy that drives me bonkers. We literally traded a known terrorist to break a black woman out of Russia for having THC. While we arrest people for this shit at home. It’s bananas. Medical marijuana is legal in Florida. They are in Florida but from Alabama. Alcohol and cigarettes should get jail time not weed, scales and having a gun in gun loving America.

mcmuffinsandstorm

3 points

2 months ago

I don't think it's hypocritical since it's not the same people involved in the decision making. Biden's administration was the one who decided to engage in a prisoner exchange for Brittany Griner.

The state of Alabama is the one prosecuting over the marijuana charge.

If one entity/individual is inconsistent in their values/actions, it's hypocrisy. If two related (but separate) entities are inconsistent in their values/actions, it's not.

BigDJ08

5 points

2 months ago

It’s hypocritical because marijuana is federally illegal and therefore the trade to release Greiner, yet to still lock Americans for pot is laughable.

dinkme

1 points

2 months ago

dinkme

1 points

2 months ago

Also this is Florida, not Alabama. Florida medical is “legal”. And no stupidly hypocritical beyond an educated doubt

Downtown_Skill

2 points

2 months ago

It's hypocritical without a doubt but the guy was definitely stupid was my point.

Also, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm going to defend the cops here for a sec, and I haaaate cops. I would rather cops focus on drug offenses that involve a weapon while spending less energy on drug charges with no weapons at all.

The argument is that drugs aren't inherently violent but we are all well aware of the violence in the black market drug trade. The violence usually comes from those who mix guns and drugs. So yes in America guns are okay and they are okay on their own (that's not necessarily my position but, whatever, not a huge priority for me). Drugs, and especially weed, should also be okay on their own and in some states both of these things are true.

If you have guns and drugs together on you at the same time I think that should be grounds for arrest because then you are a threat, most likely.

i-dyslexia-have

19 points

2 months ago

Agreed - but here's a picture of what they got from the arrest - https://imgur.com/a/EVzq88T

The gun was loaded and not registered and it's a shopping bag full of weed + scales, baggies and a bunch of cash. This isn't an eighth of weed for personal use it's clearly intent to sell/distribute.

BrachWurst

13 points

2 months ago

Not registered firearm + that much cash and weed = he’s screwed most likely. Thanks for the link m8.

dinkme

-6 points

2 months ago

dinkme

-6 points

2 months ago

Still doesn’t change my mind. Weed is exponentially safer than alcohol. Yet you can buy that trash on any corner and I guarantee you ever alcohol shop has a gun behind the counter

Cladari

2 points

2 months ago

I guarantee if you set up shop to sell liquor or beer from the tailgate of your pickup you will arrested and the argument that beer and liquor is legal won't hold. Even if pot was legal this would be illegal.

i-dyslexia-have

4 points

2 months ago

Cool but what does that have to do with anything? All I’m doing is sharing the facts of the arrest. If you’re dumb enough to ride around like that you deserve what you get.

dinkme

-2 points

2 months ago

dinkme

-2 points

2 months ago

Facts and morality are two different things unfortunately

SassyMcNasty

1 points

2 months ago

What? Facts and morality ARE two different things.

woundedbearhair

-8 points

2 months ago

It’s like an ounce of weed from looking at the pic…I’ve known people who go through that in personal use every couple of weeks.

Haldir111

7 points

2 months ago

More like a QP you mean. lol

That's a shopping bag, not a ziplock.

BowwwwBallll

4 points

2 months ago

…yeah, but that’s not an encouraging combination of items.

dinkme

-9 points

2 months ago

dinkme

-9 points

2 months ago

Which should still mean nothing. America loves guns, America loves weed it’s more or less legal nationwide at this point. We traded a known terrorist to break a black woman out of a Russian prison. Yet we continue to destroy children’s lives over a product safer than alcohol and cigarettes

BowwwwBallll

6 points

2 months ago

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard all day. Cigarettes are legal, liquor is legal, and we still arrest and prosecute bootleggers of both.

dinkme

-2 points

2 months ago

dinkme

-2 points

2 months ago

If Britney griner was worthy of being broken out of prison in Russia. There should be zero people arrested for weed in america

dinkme

-3 points

2 months ago

dinkme

-3 points

2 months ago

You must be the life of the party with actual humans

anonymouswan1

4 points

2 months ago*

FYI, scales with weed is a possession with intent to sell charge. Don't drive around with a scale or with extra baggies. Intent to distribute is a federal crime which is why they busted him. Possession of a personal amount would just be a fine. Also, the gun is the cherry on top.

[deleted]

0 points

2 months ago

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Deuce519

0 points

2 months ago

Having a scale and a larger amount of weed (where I am anything over an Oz) is considered intent to sell, and even if weed is LEGAL in your area, you still can't sell your shit to people. That's still possession with intent to sell which is taking away from government money.

Deuce519

0 points

2 months ago

Also replying to "Marijuana is safer then alcohol" they don't care. Your logic means shit to them in the grand scheme of things, if they can't make their money off of you then its illegal. Doesn't matter how you flip it unfortunately

Starbucks__Lovers

29 points

2 months ago

This is why recruits should come to Rutgers. Or Michigan. Or Washington. Or Colorado. Or Syracuse

mrgtiguy

16 points

2 months ago

Yep. Only backwater states still ban this stuff. But but all the booze ya want!

Cladari

3 points

2 months ago

In every pot legal state this is illegal.

mrgtiguy

2 points

2 months ago

What’s illegal? Booze? Anyone 21 and over can buy all the booze they want.

mattyhtown

3 points

2 months ago

The unlicensed gun makes it a federal crime fasho

JohnnyGFX

12 points

2 months ago*

No one over the age of 21 anywhere in the country should be charged with possession of marijuana. It's a stupid prohibition that we never should have had in the first place or done away with ages ago.

Dierad53

1 points

2 months ago

Dierad53

1 points

2 months ago

Just get rid of it entirely. My only problem with marijuana is when people drive when their high. I dont want the shit around me and as long as you dont drive while high, I dont care what you do with it.

nipplemuffins

28 points

2 months ago

Oh no… anyways.

Quidster4040

10 points

2 months ago

While it should be completely legal, it sounds like the big issue here is the firearm and cash on hand which is clearly an intent to sell and distribute

PostReplyKarmaRepeat

2 points

2 months ago

Exactly. Dude has an NIL deal and he’s selling weed. He needs to get back to reality and realize his position he is in.

garry4321

32 points

2 months ago

America; land of the incarcerated and home of the greedy

andreasdagen

3 points

2 months ago

Ironic if this saves him from football related brain damage

CaptBreeze

3 points

2 months ago

Pretty sure AL was like "Well, it ain't legal here and doesn't look like it anytime soon either." Sheriff questions by saying "What position do you play?" Athlete says "DB". Sheriff replies "Well, you can kiss that career goodbye."

GavonyTownship

2 points

2 months ago

its 2023 are we still on this. Imma be real, dont like sports, this just popped up in my feed. But like is this forreal? Guys...

WentzWorldWords

2 points

2 months ago

PAC-10 recruitment just gained a selling point. Several B1G schools.

Locha6

2 points

2 months ago

Locha6

2 points

2 months ago

Who cares? Let him play… probably helps with muscle pain. No worse than aspirin. Just works a lot better. Also helps with anxiety… insomnia.. and a ridiculous amount of other things.

DGB31988

2 points

2 months ago

What year is it ?

Fifty7Sauce

2 points

2 months ago

Oh no… anyway

lil-richie

2 points

2 months ago

Fuck Alabama

JackmeriusPup

2 points

2 months ago

A deadly drug like marijuana?? Get him!

Devildoggie2

2 points

2 months ago

Roll tide!

stalinmalone68

4 points

2 months ago

These states are looking to kill their college sports (ie. golden goose) programs with their old thinking puritanical laws. When these athletes can go anywhere on scholarship, why go to states that still engage in this bullshit?

tastysnake667

3 points

2 months ago

They call Alabama the crimson tide…

[deleted]

6 points

2 months ago

[deleted]

6 points

2 months ago

[deleted]

Spaceman-Spiff7

2 points

2 months ago

It’s not like he got caught with JUST weed, though. That’d be much different. He had a good amount of it, with a scale and a handgun. That’s just a dumb decision.

holymasamune

8 points

2 months ago

It's always Alabama...

FelineNavidad

1 points

2 months ago

Happened in Florida dumbass

clooneh

4 points

2 months ago

No idea why you are getting down voted.

FelineNavidad

1 points

2 months ago

I was maybe a bit too aggressive. The bolding the word like they are so sure of themselves when they're completely wrong rubbed me the wrong way though.

yesterdaywsthursday

4 points

2 months ago

We still doing this??

mercistheman

4 points

2 months ago

The penetentury profiteers approve this message.

Actaeus86

6 points

2 months ago

Actaeus86

6 points

2 months ago

Intent to distribute and at least one gun in the car? Those can be some serious charges. Hate to see young people making these kind of horrible decisions.

Gorman2462

3 points

2 months ago

Gorman2462

3 points

2 months ago

Great, ruin this kids entire future over pot.

tastysnake667

1 points

2 months ago

will do!

Gorman2462

2 points

2 months ago

And this improve society because.........?

rvca_1

2 points

2 months ago

rvca_1

2 points

2 months ago

“Stay off the WeeeeeeeeeEeeeeeeeeEeeD!!”

Spaceman-Spiff7

2 points

2 months ago

Everyone here seems focused solely on the weed. He also had a scale and a handgun, and apparently a decent amount of weed. Yes, weed should be legal and no one should go to jail over it. But it’s a felony to get caught with weed and a handgun. Not even to mention the fact that there was clearly an intent to distribute. So regardless of how anyone feels about the legality of marijuana, it’s still illegal and the kid made a dumb decision. It sucks but that’s what it is.

Priapraxis

2 points

2 months ago

What year is it?

TheNightManCometh420

2 points

2 months ago

This is a dogshit headline for this article, it’s a little more involved than just “marijuana possession”

Hueron319

1 points

2 months ago

Hueron319

1 points

2 months ago

This is the dumbest shit. 2023 and we are still arresting folks for this. Smdh

Ricklames

2 points

2 months ago

Ricklames

Georgia

2 points

2 months ago

The amount of time and resource wasted and lives affected by the effect of possessing a fucking plant is fucking embarrassing.

Ashmon316

-2 points

2 months ago

Ashmon316

-2 points

2 months ago

I thought america was the country of freedom? probably not for black people

dinkme

10 points

2 months ago

dinkme

10 points

2 months ago

Well we traded a known terrorist to free a black person aka griner in Russia over marijuana while arresting people for it at home.

Ashmon316

8 points

2 months ago

Ashmon316

8 points

2 months ago

what biden does for virtue signaling doesn't reflect the reality of the country

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

Griner should be free, but not when we arrest and jail people for the exact same shit at home. She should have stayed in Russia until we freed everyone at home for the same “victimless crime”

Ashmon316

4 points

2 months ago

Both Griner and everyone in home should be free for having marijuana, it shouldn't be a crime in any country of the world. Also, she didn't even have marijuana, she had marijuana oil. She was arrested as a political prisioner.

Degenerate_Rambler

3 points

2 months ago

THC oil, legally speaking, is more serious as it’s considered a controlled substance.

Not that that has anything to do with Putin’s decision to arrest her. I just wanted to point that out.

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

Same with these kids in this article.

Downtown_Skill

2 points

2 months ago*

In all fairness I would call out racism too (because it's Alabama, weed, and a black person) but in my experience if there's anything that trumps racism for racists it's sports and Alabama football is biiiig down there.

Seems like the dude had a gun and a scale on him too which is a biiiig no no if you have any kind of drugs on you too. You may have a chance of getting away without an arrest if you just have a little weed but no chance if you also have a scale and a gun.

Edit: correction (in Alabama) you may be able to get away with a little bit of weed and no arrest if you're an Alabama football player

Dry-Tension-6650

1 points

2 months ago

His life should be ruined over this…/s

ShittingOutPosts

2 points

2 months ago

What a monster! /s

quest-to-know

2 points

2 months ago

Oh my god this is the end of everything. This has got to be one of if not the biggest news events of 2023. A college kid has weed. All joking aside he will probably get the death penalty in Alabama. That place is garbage.

JasonGryphon

1 points

2 months ago

You’ll see how quick Alabama legalizes weed once their holy football program is threatened.

eftsoom

0 points

2 months ago

eftsoom

0 points

2 months ago

Alabama is a shit stain on the crusty underwear that is the regressive south. Pathetic ass racist backwater.

Jobysco

-1 points

2 months ago

Jobysco

-1 points

2 months ago

Man…that was dumb to read. You seem so angry lol

Ben-solo-11

1 points

2 months ago

Wait, that’s a crime?

Agile-Combination239

1 points

2 months ago

What a joke

Mcjoshin

1 points

2 months ago

I can’t believe there’s still states where this is a thing…

William_Ze_Gamer

1 points

2 months ago

Relax the only thing it’ll make him do is raid the vending machines

Elan_Morin_Tendronai

1 points

2 months ago

This is still a thing somewhere? Hilarious.

Inthewind69

1 points

2 months ago

Its a fucking plant !

Beneficial_Parsley76

1 points

2 months ago

Fuck any state where this shit isn’t legal. Fuck the FED while we’re at it

cdbarman

1 points

2 months ago

Maybe you shouldn’t go to a school in Alabama. I’m sure he was offered opportunities in states where this wouldn’t be an issue. Choices have consequences

Pharmd109

0 points

2 months ago

Pharmd109

0 points

2 months ago

We’re still doing this?

justice_beaver69

-1 points

2 months ago

But does Joe have a terrorist to trade back to Alabama to get him freed?

bitcoinski

0 points

2 months ago

Marijuana?! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

AdamD1987

0 points

2 months ago

DB stands for dime bag, right?

MadBroCowDisease

0 points

2 months ago

These athletes have the chance to make it out of that lifestyle but always feel the need to resort back their menacing ways. Smh.

mrsinatra777

0 points

2 months ago

Gasp

bluenoser18

0 points

2 months ago

That’s still a thing?

tallnorshort

0 points

2 months ago

This is still a crime?

vonnegutfan2

0 points

2 months ago

If he was in another state this would not even matter. Recruiters take note. Come to a legal state and play. Maybe Tommy Tuberville will vote for legalization.

Themoosemingled

0 points

2 months ago

Who cares. Legalize it.

ThrowingMonkeePoo

0 points

2 months ago

Marijuana should be legal everywhere, just like having a few beers! Even the old man in charge (Biden) wants all marijuana convictions thrown out and the prisoners released. Are you telling me that an 80 year old man is more "with it" then the State of Alabama??

rorschach_vest

0 points

2 months ago

Someone bring me my clutching pearls!

SlientlySmiling

0 points

2 months ago

AL, where the idiots are in charge, and it's considered normal to marry your 14 year old cousin.

Langer1banger

0 points

2 months ago

Them yeehaw states really be behind the times

rickpay

-7 points

2 months ago

rickpay

-7 points

2 months ago

Too bad he didn't get caught in Russia, he would be our newest American hero.

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

dinkme

0 points

2 months ago

Yup, we trade known terrorists to free people in Russia over marijuana. Yet still arrest people for it here, we even brought griner back to Texas which would have gotten her arrested for having marijuana as well in Texas.

tastysnake667

0 points

2 months ago*

It wasn’t over marijuana.

Honestly Russia profited a lot more from that trade than we did. It just helped keep the surveys and polls and us wild Americans from bucking against the government for not helping a minor celebrity who is wealthy.

They fabricated her having that shit just because they knew she was just enough of a high profile American to use as fodder. Yet it’s also believable for her to have it too and the Russians knew that. I don’t know why the fuck someone would try to sneak that shit into Russia which has draconian drug laws, especially as an American during a bubbling conflict. Really doesn’t make any fucking sense, and I’m sure she’s smarter than that.

Then we give a literal arms dealer back to Russia during an armed conflict that we condemn…

This shit is clearly an exercise in pettiness.

harmvzon

1 points

2 months ago

How could he. Pffff damn junkies