MichiganMan Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 i know ignorance level is high in southern states but wow! http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1923475?preferredArticleViewMode=single A 65-year-old woman was pulled over by police officers while driving through Tennessee after the officers mistook her car's Buckeye stickers — those commonly seen on the helmets of Ohio State football players — for a marijuana symbol. "It's just amazing they would be that dumb," said Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni, which pretty much sums up this entire story. Jonas-Boggioni and her husband, Giorgio Boggioni, 66, of Plano, Texas, were driving home through Tennessee from Columbus, Ohio, where they had attended a funeral for Jonas-Boggioni's mother. The two were pulled over a few miles east of Memphis, along I-40, and were greeted by a pair of black SUVs containing officers wearing "body armor and guns," Jonas-Boggioni told Joe Blundo of The Columbus Dispatch. "What are you doing with a marijuana sticker on your bumper?" one of the officers asked. That led Jonas-Boggioni and her husband to explain the meaning of the Ohio State sticker, which is given as a reward to OSU players. To help the puzzled officers connect the dots, Boggioni stepped out of the car to show his 2002 national-championship sweatshirt, one "complete with a Buckeye leaf," Blundo wrote. Chagrined, the officers excused the unwarranted stop by explaining that an officer in another jurisdiction had called in a report of the Boggionis' sticker — believing the older couple to be at the forefront of some sort of massive marijuana ring, it seems. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Wait. What? I thought those stickers on the helmet stood for number of times busted for drugs! Or maybe they should? Quote Link to comment
Flood Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Good thinking by the police . . . I am certain that anyone who is "at the forefront of some sort of massive marijuana ring" would happily advertise the fact with a giant sticker depicting ganja on the mini-van. Wowsers. . . . Quote Link to comment
MichiganMan Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Wait. What? I thought those stickers on the helmet stood for number of times busted for drugs! Or maybe they should? or number of cars recieved. 1 Quote Link to comment
jaws Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Wait. What? I thought those stickers on the helmet stood for number of times busted for drugs! Or maybe they should? or number of cars recieved. Always funny coming from a Michigan fan. Since we are digging into the past, does the name Ed Martin ring a bell? Something about glass houses...... Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 It does look a lot like a marijuana leaf. But having a marijuana leaf bumper sticker is not illegal as far as I know Quote Link to comment
Nebraska Alum Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 But having a marijuana leaf bumper sticker is not illegal as far as I know Yeah, but that is the way a lot of small town (especially Southern) authorities are. Going 31 in a 30? Pay the 100 dollar fine. That's where their salary comes from. Quote Link to comment
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