He was going into people’s yards, and he said he was looking at a house for sale. He’s never heard of a real estate agent? Was he seriously going to buy a house there? Dude was baked. She should have run him in.

Where does it say he was drunk or trespassing. Last I checked, going to another neighborhood isn’t trespassing. Hell, if he’s walking, he’s technically not even loitering. Maybe you should learn what big words mean before you try to act smarter than everyone else.

You make me sad. He’s Bob frickin’ Dylan. I don’t even know what to say, except I’m sorry.

@32, Mim – I don’t like you. One day, I hope you achieve something so great that people care enough to hate it.

Looks like Bob Dylan to me.

Loitering, trespassing, and public drunkeness are all crimes. There’s a lower tolerance for vagrancy in the suburbs then there is downtown.

Also, the role of the police is to protect AND serve. If she’s helping an elderly or mentally ill man find his way home, she’s serving him and the community. She gave him a ride; it’s not like she arrested him. It would have been nicer if she had let him ride in the front of the car rather than the back seat, but the regulations are in place to protect her.

If your parents or grandparents wandered away from a hospital or senior’s home, would you want a caring community to look out for them? Or would you prefer a bunch of libertarians that say “I look out only for myself, and you can do the same”.

Creepy old man walking down the street? It’s not right stop him.

Creepy old man in my neighbor’s yard peering into their windows? Hell yeah I’m calling the cops.

I walked home in the rain a couple nights ago, so what? It was the first rain we’ve had in about 2 months and I’m like a duck when it comes to water. A couple cop cars drove by me but since I didn’t run or make any sudden moves I guess they figured me ok. And I was on a fairly heavy pedestrian walked street. I was trying to put on my best “good ol’boy” face though. And my bag of loot was camoflauged well. (sarcasm)

Should a cop be bothering a pedestrian, committing no crime?

Or, if walking around, standing, or looking at a house is a crime, shouldn’t we get those laws repealed?

Bod Dylan or Joe Schmoe, the cop was wrong to accost him. The only question in my mind is, are the laws responsible, or was the cop responsible?

Yeah, mumbling incoherently would have helped his case. I kid! Dylan is awesome.

He should have just busted out with one of his songs acapella that should have solved matters.

Should a 24-year-old cop be expected to know what a musician looks like, 45 years after he peaked? I mean, I’ve heard of Bob Dylan, but I have no idea what he looked like in the 60s, let alone today. And frankly, he’s not that big anymore. I’m 29, and I only recognize two songs from his greatest-hits album. If they hadn’t been on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, it would probably be zero. From the same era, I recognize about half a dozen songs by the Rolling Stones, a handful by Elvis, a dozen by Simon and Garfunkel, and at least 30 or 40 by the Beatles. You can blame society for not popularizing songs that couldn’t be easily commercialized, but you can’t blame young people for not knowing him now.

Do you know why I wouldn’t call the cops?

Because I’m an AMERICAN.

Maybe you should consider living somewhere else.

White or black, if you saw someone that looked out of place in your neighborhood, wouldn’t you call the cops?

To prove that he is Bob Dylan, have him sing.

Whether or not Bob actually got arrested because he acted polite is irrelevant; she had no reason to go bug him in the first place.

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Can’t go anywhere without your papers, kaffer.

Ralph Machio grew up all femmie