Cedric Benson arrested

[Bretsky]

Busted on a routine safety inspection

99% of Boat Cops are asswipes

[Rastak]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

[Bretsky]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

This is much about nothing IMO; but that's boat cops.

Most are wanna be pricks who pull up next to you, and inspect your boat for just about everything with the goal to bust your ass for something.

[Rastak]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

This is much about nothing IMO; but that's boat cops.

Most are wanna be pricks who pull up next to you, and inspect your boat for just about everything with the goal to bust your ass for something.

I never boat so I'll take your word for it.

Would you agree if you run your mouth you are pretty much done? It seems to me not such a smart thing to do.

[red]

young people need to learn how to shut the hell up and do what the police men say imo

too many have the attitude that they don't have to listen to cops or that they are above any kind of law

if i was a cop, and i told someone we had to do more tests on land and they coped an attitude with me and said no. i would have tazed the prick

[Bretsky]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

This is much about nothing IMO; but that's boat cops.

Most are wanna be pricks who pull up next to you, and inspect your boat for just about everything with the goal to bust your ass for something.

I never boat so I'll take your word for it.

Would you agree if you run your mouth you are pretty much done? It seems to me not such a smart thing to do.

If anything is not perfect you are done; if you run your mouth they will absolutely search til you're screwed

Not a wise move by CB

[MJZiggy]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

This is much about nothing IMO; but that's boat cops.

Most are wanna be pricks who pull up next to you, and inspect your boat for just about everything with the goal to bust your ass for something.

Sounds like SOMEbody had a run-in...?

By the way, Idle, I don't boat drunk (or much at all) since leaving a small chunk of my leg in a lake because the boat operator was wasted and forgot to cut the engine.

[Bretsky]

Seems like a lame deal to me....although, if you run your damn mouth to the cops, this is the shit you get. You ain't gonna win. Right or wrong, you ain't gonna win.

This is much about nothing IMO; but that's boat cops.

Most are wanna be pricks who pull up next to you, and inspect your boat for just about everything with the goal to bust your ass for something.

Sounds like SOMEbody had a run-in...?

By the way, Idle, I don't boat drunk (or much at all) since leaving a small chunk of my leg in a lake because the boat operator was wasted and forgot to cut the engine.

Actually I have not; I was always the guy to kill the boat cop with kindness and be sure to have all in order the first time I met the guy. Have met tons of different ones over the years; one nice guy and a bunch of less than friendly wanna be's. Always looking for the city's good graces by ramping up fines anywhere they can find them

[GrnBay007]

Benson's side of the story: others on the boat were drinking, but he was not. The police officers gave him a field sobriety test (ABC's, counting etc.) after which they asked him to come back to shore for further tests. Benson claims he asked politely why he needed to go to shore and the officer maced him in the eye.

If Benson's story is true, apparently he is so bad at reciting the alphabet and counting to ten that he appears to be wildly intoxicated even when completely sober.

Hey Cedric, they sell field sobriety test prep kits at Toys R Us. They're called flash cards. Study up, buddy.

His side of the story gets better.......

"I'm not handcuffed. I'm not under arrest. I'm not threatening him. I'm not pushing him. I'm not touching him. And he sprays me right in my eye."

The situation escalated when they reached shore, Benson told the paper.

"Once we got to land, the Travis County police grabbed me and kicked my feet from under me. So I landed on my back while I was handcuffed. They held me down and held the water hose over my face. I couldn't breathe, I'm choking, I'm begging the cops, 'Please stop. Please stop.' Then they picked me up and dragged me backward toward their car. And I'm still being polite, asking them, 'Sir, could you please allow me to walk like a man to your cop car?' They just kept dragging me on."

...and somewhere in between is the truth.

[the_idle_threat]

Well, Zig makes one. Well, maybe one half because you said you really don't boat much anymore.

How the heck did that happen, by the way? Were you down by the prop?

[twoseven]

Benson, use your head..charter a boat..like the Vikings did.

[MJZiggy]

yeah, that worked out well for them.

[cheesner]

If Benson's story is true, apparently he is so bad at reciting the alphabet and counting to ten that he appears to be wildly intoxicated even when completely sober.

No bear fans are surprised he was caught and brought down so easily.

[DonHutson]

If Benson's story is true, apparently he is so bad at reciting the alphabet and counting to ten that he appears to be wildly intoxicated even when completely sober.

No bear fans are surprised he was caught and brought down so easily.

Excellent point. His biggest problem is that you can't really run out of bounds from a boat.

[Guiness]

the jokes are rolling now...

Benson was easy to take down

Cops say Benson is surprisingly easy to take down
Cedric Benson at his classiest

AUSTIN, TX — When Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested for driving his boat on an Austin, Texas lake, police say they were surprised by how easily the 6-foot, 220-pound man went down to the ground.

“Basically, we barely touched him, and he went down,” said one officer on the scene. “It wasn’t difficult to take him down and cuff him at all. He basically fell over on first contact. It almost seemed like he was looking for a place to fall before we even told him he was under arrest.”

Benson was arrested last weekend when officers on Lake Travis pulled up next to his boat for a routine safety check. Reportedly, the former fourth overall pick failed a sobriety test and was uncooperative with the officers, who were compelled to use force to take him down after he refused to head for land.

That was when the scuffle ensued, and the cops took Benson down and got him under control. According to eyewitness accounts, the officer who tackled Benson was not a large man.

“Yeah, the guy who wrestled him to the ground was only about 5-foot-8, 150 pounds. But he just grabbed him by the legs, and down Benson went,” said one surprised onlooker. “I would’ve thought an NFL running back would be more difficult to tackle, but it looked shockingly easy. It all happened very fast.”

Benson defended his apparent lack of fortitude as simple self-preservation. He maintains that as an NFL player, his continued physical well-being is the first priority.

“Could I have taken that guy? Probably – I must outweigh him by at least 50 pounds. But I’ve got a career to think about,” Benson explained. “When I saw him come at me, it was like ‘well, I can either just hit the deck, literally, or he could maybe twist my ankle or bruise my thigh or something.’ Obviously I don’t want to get injured, so I got down before he could do any damage.

“It’s a strategy that’s worked for me on the field, so I figured the same basic principles apply on a boat. And you know what? My legs feel great.”