• Cops bust teenager for massive party plans revealed on Twitter
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[img]http://i1.huffpost.com/gen/1742859/thumbs/n-WHATALEGEND-large.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/nat-gray-party-twitter_n_5161579.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news]Source[/url] [quote=HuffPo]Students have already made T-shirts to commemorate the arrest of an Oregon teen who allegedly planned a massive birthday party. 19-year-old high school student Nathaniel Gray started planning his birthday party as early as April 2 on Twitter under the hashtag #projectnat, according to KTVB. The hashtag soon took off on Twitter, even prompting Gray to ask in a tweet -- under the inspired handle @beerisrad -- who from California and Washington planned to come. Last Friday, the Marion County Sheriff's Office reached out on Facebook for any tips related to the impending party. On Saturday evening, police tracked Gray's party to a secluded house in the middle of the woods, where officers found a stage, a bonfire, alcohol and at least two dozen party goers. Gray was arrested after officers said he was "uncooperative with deputies." He is due in court May 9, and faces misdemeanor charges. Gray defended his actions in an interview with KGW on Monday evening. "Whoever showed up, they showed up," Gray said. "What they brought was not on me. I was found. I was not intoxicated. I had nothing in my car, so pretty much, [the sheriff's deputies] can say whatever they want." He told the station he would only allow the interview if he could use his personal recorder during it. Gray can be seen holding what appears to be a toddler's toy. In an unsurprising twist, Gray admitted he wasn't even recording. Gray has now gained more than 1,000 followers on Twitter since his party attempt. Many are hailing the teen as a "hero" and "legend." Friends of Gray even made t-shirts in support.[/quote] I bet he saw that shitty Project X movie and thought he could make himself [b]totes cool, yo[/b].
What a waste of resources. Going after some kids having fun instead of real problems. They weren't even near anyone else, so no one was being bothered.
[QUOTE=Fish Muffin;44568696]What a waste of resources. Going after some kids having fun instead of real problems. They weren't even near anyone else, so no one was being bothered.[/QUOTE] 'Murrica, where letting 16 year-olds drive and 18 year-olds go to war is perfectly normal but drinking apple cider under the age of 21 gets you arrested. Though that bonfire sounds like it could've been dangerous in those woods.
[QUOTE=deltasquid;44568725]21[/QUOTE] 21 for alcohol what
[QUOTE=Steele92;44569099]21 for alcohol what[/QUOTE] it's the sad reality of 'murrica
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44568705]but asking completely random strangers to just stop by at your little secluded place in the woods at night for a get together can actually have some [b]unforseen consequences[/b] believe it or not. [/QUOTE] The fuck, did he invite a whole bunch of gmen?
Could someone help me out? I can't seem to understand what laws he broke to get arrested.
[QUOTE=Steele92;44569099]21 for alcohol what[/QUOTE] I remember when I was in America last year, we went for breakfast at some place in Vegas where you could get donuts and eat them outside. We were sitting on some sort of porch (I think it was at the Flamingo hotel?) and the bartender asked us to move 10 meters so the bar would be out of my view. Imagine that. Reseating a family at 10 AM because their 19 year-old son could see a dude cleaning the bar at the other side of the porch. Bonus points because nobody seems to have any problem with people shoving callgirls' contact info into my hands at every street corner.
[quote]He told the station he would only allow the interview if he could use his personal recorder during it.[/quote] Had quite a good laugh at that.
I gotta get me one them fancy recordin machines!! No seriously. That toddler toy is kinda funny.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;44569323]Could someone help me out? I can't seem to understand what laws he broke to get arrested.[/QUOTE] He pissed off the cops for not wanting to comply with their bullshit, which if he isn't committing a crime is not a required thing to do, so they basically abused peoples' lack of knowledge on local/state/federal laws and arrested him just for the sake of arresting the person that annoyed them. That's about it, mostly. Unless of course it isn't his property, in which case him and two dozen people were trespassing and shit. But if it was, I can't say if he broke some laws and shit so early in a party, mainly because I doubt someone started popping molly or drinking Everclear.
That pretty much sounds like the parties I go to every Friday. Except not as many people.
[QUOTE=Steele92;44569099]21 for alcohol what[/QUOTE] You will actually get charged at 18-20 years old as an adult for drinking underage. Figure that one out.
[QUOTE=Unit-05;44569871]You will actually get charged at 18-20 years old as an adult for drinking underage. Figure that one out.[/QUOTE] I got charged with underage drinking. On my 20th birthday. I fucking hate my country.
As a 20 year old who attends college at a party school I can relate to this. Luckily the police here are a little more lenient. Also, [IMG]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/3-2pVsKRNX8/mqdefault.jpg[/IMG]
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Why put this on Twitter, can people not text their friends and spread the word in person anymore?
[QUOTE=outlawpickle;44570820]Why put this on Twitter, can people not text their friends and spread the word in person anymore?[/QUOTE] Which just reminded me of a potential conversation between the kid and any cellmates he may have had while in the lockup: "I was arrested for planning a big party." "Really? who squealed on you?" "A little bird tweeted on me."
America's liquor laws are stupid but I'd give out our Canadian drinking age at 19 for those fucking nice firearm laws you guys have, I wish I could keep a pistol on my person.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44568693]Sounds like a great place to host a birthday party with dozens of strangers; nothing can go wrong, nope. Way to be a complete tool.[/QUOTE] Stranger Danger. How dare people meet other people they don't know!
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44568693]Sounds like a great place to host a birthday party with dozens of strangers; nothing can go wrong, nope. Way to be a complete tool.[/QUOTE] er this is what people do not every party is held in mom and pop's house chaperoned by the same
I'll feel secure when I go to sleep tonight. Thank God.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44568693]Sounds like a great place to host a birthday party with dozens of strangers; nothing can go wrong, nope. Way to be a complete tool.[/QUOTE] you must go to tonnes of parties
If you're gonna be breaking the law, don't be advertising to the whole world that you're gonna do it. I don't know what else the kid expected.
didnt a whole bunch of shit like this go down after project x came out and all these kids were like "HELL YEAH LETS THROW A PROJECT X PARTY" then most of them got stopped by authorities
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;44571350]er this is what people do not every party is held in mom and pop's house chaperoned by the same[/QUOTE] Most people are smart enough to hold their parties at places that [I]aren't[/I] completely secluded, so that in the case that they actually[I]want[/I] the police to come (in case one of the strangers turns out to be a nutball intent on stabbing/shooting/raping somebody), they can get there quickly.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;44571478]If you're gonna be breaking the law, don't be advertising to the whole world that you're gonna do it. I don't know what else the kid expected.[/QUOTE] What law was he breaking when he was advertising it on twitter?
[QUOTE=Bumrang;44571747]What law was he breaking when he was advertising it on twitter?[/QUOTE] Announcing that you're gonna throw a party where there will be underage drinking maybe isn't illegal, but the cops saw his tweets and funnily enough they found a party with underaged drinking. I'm not saying that announcing that you plan on breaking the law is against the law itself, but it's still really not in your best interest. This shit happens all the time; someone brags online that they robbed a place or did something otherwise illegal and then they get surprised when they're arrested. If the kid had kept it on the down-low, I'm sure the cops really wouldn't have cared. By announcing it publicly, the cops couldn't really have ignored it; if something were to have gone wrong at the party and the cops ignored the kid's announcement, they would be catching flak by legions of concerned parents for not doing something about a kid obviously going out to break the law. The kid forced their hand. I'm not saying whether or not that it's just that the drinking age is 21, I'm just saying that when you tell the public about your plans to throw a party with underage drinking you have no business being called a "hero," you're merely an idiot who wasn't smart enough to cover your fucking tracks. You need to play the game smarter than that. [editline]17th April 2014[/editline] They even did this: [quote]@beerisrad your actions could lead to your arrest. If you have questions about "Project Nat" please call the shift Sergeant @ 503-588-5032 — Marion Co. Sheriff (@MCSOInTheKnow) April 11, 2014[/quote] This is a fucking act of mercy. "Hey kids, chill out or we really can't not arrest you." And he was dumb enough to do it anyway. I don't understand how I can defend that kid's actions past that point. He announced he was gonna do something stupid, he was given ample warning that doing something stupid would get him in trouble, and then he got in trouble for doing something stupid. There's nothing else to say.
[QUOTE=deltasquid;44569408]I remember when I was in America last year, we went for breakfast at some place in Vegas where you could get donuts and eat them outside. We were sitting on some sort of porch (I think it was at the Flamingo hotel?) and the bartender asked us to move 10 meters so the bar would be out of my view. Imagine that. Reseating a family at 10 AM because their 19 year-old son could see a dude cleaning the bar at the other side of the porch. Bonus points because nobody seems to have any problem with people shoving callgirls' contact info into my hands at every street corner.[/QUOTE] That's just a Vegas thing. I've been to Vegas several times and they're super anal about minors pretty much all over the casino and hotel touristy areas. Casinos in other states are the same way, I've been to some in Central City and Black Hawk in Colorado and they were just as paranoid as the casinos and hotels in Vegas. I went to the casinos in Colorado when I was 26 and I was carded so many times that I thought about cellotaping my drivers license to my forehead :v: Pretty much everywhere else in the states, you can generally sit at the bar as a minor as long as you aren't drinking because more and more bars these days also serve full meals along with alcohol. And technically your parents can vouch for you to have alcohol, though it probably wouldn't fly in Vegas.
[QUOTE=deltasquid;44569408]I remember when I was in America last year, we went for breakfast at some place in Vegas where you could get donuts and eat them outside. We were sitting on some sort of porch (I think it was at the Flamingo hotel?) and the bartender asked us to move 10 meters so the bar would be out of my view. Imagine that. Reseating a family at 10 AM because their 19 year-old son could see a dude cleaning the bar at the other side of the porch. Bonus points because nobody seems to have any problem with people shoving callgirls' contact info into my hands at every street corner.[/QUOTE] Yeah dont take that personally. THere just trying to protect themselves from the bigger idiots in this country.
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