I foolishly crossed state street (by hill) beer in hand way back when... I don't think it even ended up on my record...
I wouldn't worry about this too much...
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
Not saying it was better but back when I was a lad the drinking age was 18, I had a fake at 15 (what a joke that was - I looked all of 12) and nobody and I mean NOBODY gave two shits if you drank and even drove as long as you didnt hurt anybody. Cops basically either called your parents (if you were ultra-drunk) or got somebody else to drive the car and told you to be careful and sent you on your way. Nobody got arrested unless they were a world class asshole to the cops or so wasted they couldnt stand up.
Man has the pendulum swung hard the other way. Now - having a couple of drinks and driving is considered a crime against humanity and punished accordingly.
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Hell then people gave even less of a shit about that back in the day. I dont think they had even invented "MIP" back then. It simply didnt exist or if it did nobody i knew ever got tagged with it. I'm sorry but hitting a college kid with a MIP unless he's beligerent, starting a fight or flame-thrower drunk is just stupid IMO.
I'm kinda glad I'm old. Ann Arbor from 78-81 featured:
1. Drinking age of 18 (my senior year they bumped it to 21 but it wasnt really enforced)
2. Possession of less than 2 ounces of pot was a $5.00 fine
3. All football games started at 1:00pm, you could bring ANYTHING you wanted as long as it wasnt glass (pony kegs were just fine), we could pass up coeds, sit wherever the fuck we wanted and Bo was the coach.
Doesn't Ann Arbor's finest have anything better to do than arrest a freaking college kid for underage drinking?
March 24th, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^
Cops in anywhere but inner cities with real crime have absolutely nothing better to do than nab kids with MIPs and pull people over for not having the right tags and other petty bullshit.
College in Ann Arbor in your day was like Animal House. I started in 2005 and graduated in 2009, no outside anything allowed into the stadium, we had to hold our tickets up so the section attendents could look to make sure everyone was in their right section. Our society has changed so much, and my generation is a bunch of pansies who don't know how to take care of themselves for it, you guys didn't kill yourselves.
March 24th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
I am sure you have vast experience in law enforcement outside the inner city. I do and I would much rather issue a "petty" MIP than have to go to the home of a dead kid to inform the next of kin.
March 24th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
Yeah but he's 20. The drinking age should be 18 or 19. There's 21 year olds who drink too much and there's 18 year olds who drink moderately.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
My dad was a passenger in a car while in college at Michigan with a few friends who partied hard. My dad was the only one who survived.
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:07 PM ^
Hopefully there isn't much to this story past that
March 24th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
March 24th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
Seriously? This seems like a bit of an overexaggeration
March 24th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
Nope, you married her and now you have to live with her.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:10 PM ^
March 24th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ^
Probably wasn't good that I saw him in the Brown Jug at night on St. Patty's day ordering and drinking shots...
March 24th, 2015 at 11:12 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
You ever go to Skeeps?
Idk if athletes still go there since the Csonte York incident, but it's basketball/football central along with Ross and Greek Life.
$2 Tequila shots and "Long Islands." Man I miss college.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ^
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IIRC, I had to do like 20 hours of community service and email my probation officer once a week.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:17 PM ^
This is pretty minor but I always thought you had to be an idiot to get an MIP in Ann Arbor. just don't step past the sidewalk with a beer in hand and you should be fine.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
If he did, as a black man in 'Merica these days, do you blame him?
March 24th, 2015 at 10:22 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
Yawn, this and 90% of the stuff in district courts is a waste of time.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:29 PM ^
Ugh. Rough Tuesday night.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
March 24th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
So...you didn't dodge getting one your whole life.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
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March 24th, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^
Drinking age shouldn't be 21 anyway, but that's a different discussion.
March 24th, 2015 at 11:06 PM ^
Really? He's twenty years old. What "poor choice" did he make here? He had a beer (or at least posession of one) while he was in college...lord I hope my kids make better decisions.
March 24th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^
Running steps or something in that vein? I hope this doesn't result in loss of practice time or game time.
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