Legendary musician Bob Dylan had a brush with the police last month in New Jersey. Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble responded to a call about an "eccentric-looking old man" in a residential neighborhood. Buble approached the man and questioned him. He had no ID, and said he was Bob Dylan and was checking out a house that had a "for sale" sign. Buble later said,
Buble decided to humor the old man who didn't know the address of where he was staying, and gave him a ride to the hotel he described. There were tour buses parked there, and entourage members vouched for Dylan's identity. They went so far as to produce his passport for the officer.
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"Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.
Buble decided to humor the old man who didn't know the address of where he was staying, and gave him a ride to the hotel he described. There were tour buses parked there, and entourage members vouched for Dylan's identity. They went so far as to produce his passport for the officer.
A police department source said Buble had taken her share of good-natured ribbing from some of the older officers.
"To really appreciate the story from our end, you have to see Kristie," one cop said. "She looks like a 16-year-old kid, next to this living legend. It was unbelievable."
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Can't go anywhere without your papers, kaffer.
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Kill all hippies!
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.
To prove that he is Bob Dylan, have him sing.
White or black, if you saw someone that looked out of place in your neighborhood, wouldn't you call the cops?
Do you know why I wouldn't call the cops?
Because I'm an AMERICAN.
Maybe you should consider living somewhere else.
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.
He should have just busted out with one of his songs acapella that should have solved matters.
Yeah, mumbling incoherently would have helped his case. I kid! Dylan is awesome.
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?
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)
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.
The road not fit for walkin'
A lantern blue she crosses paths
With eyes without a wonder who
Or care, she worries not who hurries
Mumbles lightly as a clown
And floats on high o'er smoke and nails
With shit like this
Bashed out
Over a lunchtime pancake
To make another million.
It's easy.
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".
Looks like Bob Dylan to me.
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.
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.
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.