Officers said they recognized Krayeske when they saw him speed up on his mountain bike, dump it and jump off, then run up the street and step off the curb into the parade route.

On the one hand, this is creepy fascist crap. On the other hand, he rushed into the parade route... it probably would've just been better for everyone involved to wait for him to make his move (since it was undoubtedly going to be some loud political disruption).

Who submitted this?! We need to know! Come forward citizen, it will be easier on you if you just admit to it! Confession is cleansing! Admission is redemption!

Be Good.

Be Vigilant.

Behave!

me texan: The headline is complete bullshiat.

qua?

yes, it's missing something, but of all the intentional misstatements in headlines we get around here...this aint one of 'em.

I don't know. The headline makes it sound like the governor had the guy arrested. Article makes it sound like the police got a little over-vigilant with a local nut.

well...there's 'makes it seem' and there's 'what it says'.

just seems like of all the headlines to go battastic over, there's a lot more gooder examples of misdirection.

According to a police report, officers at the parade recognized Krayeske from a picture provided by state police and the Connecticut Intelligence Center, a multi-agency entity under the umbrella of the state's homeland security programs.

Connecticut Intelligence Center?

Isn't that an oxymoron?

The green party needs to do outrageous stunts just to get noticed. Even that doesn't work much.

"was charged with breach of peach"

Peach? Risking being made fun of by farkers everywhere...wha the hell is breach of peach?

Attorneys??? Anyone???

Krayeske, 33, of Hartford, was charged with breach of peach

That sounds dirty.

Ohiofarker

"was charged with breach of peach"

Peach? Risking being made fun of by farkers everywhere...wha the hell is breach of peach?

Attorneys??? Anyone???

Etchy333 said it better.

"Whats the point of adding party affiliation then? Its irrelevant, or is it just ok to make the automatic negative association between someone being arrested at the behest of all republican politicians?"

It was a farking inauguration. I can't imagine why they would mention party affiliation.

The Green Party person was probably just running up to the governor really fast, because he was excited to show the governor the awesome toy gun he had in his pocket.

"In this environment of heightened security..."

Read as 'fascism'.

Peaches come in a can
They were put there by a man
In a factory downtown
....
Poke my finger down inside
Make a little room for it to hide...

Millions of peaches
Peaches for me

I think it speaks well of the Governor that she finds this troubling, and wants it looked into.

That list disturbs me more than anything else.

/please dont come take me away..

Officers said they recognized Krayeske when they saw him speed up on his mountain bike, dump it and jump off, then run up the street and step off the curb into the parade route.

The officers were practicing due dilligence.

They had a few choices, only one of them good.

Act and be wrong and get smack talked about them.

Ignore the person and be wrong (allowing their charge to die) and have smack talked about them (and he guilt that comes from not acting).

No action and be right (and darned nervous until the moment they know their inaction was right).

Finally, act and be right (and hear praises heaped on them).

It's crappy to have to make the decision ut this is a case where acting early is the least bad choice.

The guy was an asshat. If he was taking a piccy of Streisand, the anti-cons would be making it into Bushes fault for endagering her and the Anti-libs would be cheering him on for the same reasons.

Dude smoked a phatty and just wanted some of the experience, ya know, like spread the good times, man.

faethe

-I can breach a peach for hours...



;-)

Ohiofarker

"was charged with breach of peach"

Peach? Risking being made fun of by farkers everywhere...wha the hell is breach of peach?

Obviously, if you're a seed of discontent, you'll be picked up by the fuzz.

/don't wanna be picked up by the fuzz
//it hurts

-Ya know defensiveness and over-sensitivity to percieved criticism is a sign of insecurity there, Tex....


/just sayin'

Once again I get the chance to say "I hate Connecticut."

me texan

Feel free to post a scathing generalization about your political enemies as a headline, then. This is FARK, so everything done here, more often than not, is done in the spirit of jest.

hubiestubert

Just sad that it's still being done, and folks tend to think that this sort of thing just goes away by itself.

Over the long run it does, just like the Red Scare died away. That doesn't make it easier for those who were put on the list for the wrong reasons, but if the society is healthy, then short-term (relatively speaking) reactions mitigate over time.

On the other hand, what exactly does your point have to do with the article at hand? If he didn't run into the parade route, then I'd see it. But if it went down as reported, well then I think he justified his spot on the "keep an eye out for these buggers" list.

Pre-emptive arrest on suspicion of being a malcontent is bad; arresting a malcontent that actually did something wrong is not so bad. In the same vein, having a list of people that may cause problems isn't bad; pre-emptively acting on that list without due cause is bad.

PS If the list was gathered from public sources (ie the arsehole had a record) then I'd very much say that this is not the outrage you are looking for...move along.

I'd breach her peach

/nt rly

It's almost a fraction as bad as this.

borland502: Pre-emptive arrest on suspicion of being a malcontent is bad; arresting a malcontent that actually did something wrong is not so bad. In the same vein, having a list of people that may cause problems isn't bad; pre-emptively acting on that list without due cause is bad.

Stop trying to inject reason into this thread.

2007-01-09 07:39:46 AM excusemesenator

Once again I get the chance to say "I hate Connecticut."
=========================================================
Could be worse, like Rhode Island... or Massachusetts *shivers*. At the very least the state is run well and efficiently and if Bridgeport were to go underwater, corruption would be a small issue.

wha the hell is breach of peach?

something something oil something anus

I'm sure Thomas Jefferson & Tom Paine were on a watchlist; if nothing else, this guy is in good company.

Anyone outside of the two party system must be a terrorist.

"Political Activist" is another way of saying "Homespun Terrorist"



know your enemies

Did the green party bloke own a zodiac?

/not really obscure.

I'm sure Thomas Jefferson & Tom Paine were on a watchlist

Right or wrong, both of those guys advocated the overthrow of the government, through violence if necessary. Resulting in a war that killed more than 100,000 people.

I'D BREACH IT!

I've never been arrested for "breach of peach" but I have honked off a father or two for said crime.

Okay. I'm all about Teh Freedomz, but Krayeske farked up. It wouldn't have mattered if it was a Republican charging a Democrat governor, or a Reformer trying to disrupt a Communist governor (I know, I know...I'm speaking in terms of context).

Politics aside, this fellow acted the fool.

Krayeske, 33, of Hartford, was charged with breach of peach and interfering with an officer after he was detained during Wednesday's parade

Has to be the gayest sentence I've read all day.

Alleyoop that was the pits. You should be pun-ished :)

Alleyoop:

Horrible puns. Just horrible. Funny, but horrible.