E-Noon
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Post by E-Noon on Feb 20, 2013 19:26:32 GMT -5
I hope for your sake you're just a huge troll, if not you're a complete dumbass. Oh now that's just plain mean. And by the way. When did anyone say he was drunk? I've seen several comments about it and even saw someone say he might be an alchoholic. Give me a ing break. He got a DUI because he was smoking pot! No cop gives out that charge for smoking weed unless they are a complete jerkoff. Its actually quite embarassing to get charged with that. Honestly this is kind of true. Marijuana has been decriminalized in most of the country. Its only a ticket in Chicago if you have less than an once. Unless Swagger was drinking or on a heavier drug I'm surprised he was charged. Maybe its because he was in Mississippi.Regardless, still disappointing.
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Post by RybackV1 on Feb 20, 2013 19:29:12 GMT -5
What are you talking about? The office was clearly a fan of WWE and had a gripe against Swaggers character. I'm telling you I've been pulled over so many times for speeding and doing the other thing Swag got busted with and I've NEVER been convicted. State Troppers and Local Cops both included. The fact of the matter is pot isn't a big deal and this cop just felt like being a douche. I'm tellingyou most cops would've let him go but this was just a wrong place at the wrong time type deal. No. Just no. Any cop who his worth his money is going to arrest somebody for this. The article didn't say he was CONVICTED, he was CHARGED. There's a difference. And ill admit here that I did change it from Arrested to Convicted because I havve indeed been taken in by officers for similar charges. But nothing came out of it and my record is still clean. All I'm tryin to say is Jack Swagger was self medicating as I'm sure many a WWE superstars do. (Orton included) and he was unfortunate enough to get pulled over by an officer with some sort of stick up his ass. Because I'm telling you. A DUI, DWI whatever, they rarely stem out of pot smoking. Its a shame this happened to Jack.
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yinyang
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Post by yinyang on Feb 20, 2013 19:30:36 GMT -5
Really to bad...i was actually getting into his character and pumped for the WM29 match between del rio and swagger. oN another note i am interested to see the way WWE handles this
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 19:50:17 GMT -5
No. Just no. Any cop who his worth his money is going to arrest somebody for this. The article didn't say he was CONVICTED, he was CHARGED. There's a difference. And ill admit here that I did change it from Arrested to Convicted because I havve indeed been taken in by officers for similar charges. But nothing came out of it and my record is still clean. All I'm tryin to say is Jack Swagger was self medicating as I'm sure many a WWE superstars do. (Orton included) and he was unfortunate enough to get pulled over by an officer with some sort of stick up his ass. Because I'm telling you. A DUI, DWI whatever, they rarely stem out of pot smoking. Its a shame this happened to Jack. That severely depends on what part of the country you are in. Here on Long Island, most cops don't **** around with people who are caught driving under the influence of ANYTHING, be it booze or weed. It's at the full discretion of the officer whether or not he wants to charge someone with it, and you know what? It's going to depend on how bad his driving was affected. If he was swerving in and out like a crazy old blind man, then yeah, he's going to be arrested and charged.
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Dante, The Voc
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Post by Dante, The Voc on Feb 20, 2013 20:04:58 GMT -5
The only thing that could kill this guy any more is if we find out he was drinking Coronas before he got pulled over
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Post by J12 on Feb 20, 2013 20:08:56 GMT -5
Yeah... it's the cop's fault. Dude cops are usually pretty lenient when it comes to pot. And I'm sure the WWE guys get pulled over for speeding all the time. They have to drive from town to town state to state in the middle of the night after wresting matches. It takes a real bunghole cop to give you a DUI for friggin Pot. Your comments in this thread have been some of the most asinine things I've ever read on this forum, seriously. Marijuana is an ILLEGAL drug and, in most cases, it is ILLEGAL (though not necessarily criminal) to have it in your possession. This business of the cop arresting him because he's a "mark" and hates Swagger's character is absolutely hysterical. Give me a break. Talk about drawing completely unfounded conclusions. Sure, the laws regarding marijuana are changing and in certain instances, cops might let something slip by, but if Swagger was clearly high (or intoxicated in any way), he absolutely deserved to be arrested. And if by your previous post you were insinuating that you've been pulled over dozens of times for driving high (it isn't clear as to whether you meant simply for possession, or both) then, congratulations on recklessly endangering the lives of everyone else on the road. I have no issue with marijuana, but it should be treated absolutely no different than alcohol when it comes to operating a motor vehicle. As far as the topic goes, I don't know how this will effect Swagger, and despite being a fan of his, I honestly don't care if they pull him. He just proved that he can't stay out of trouble and can't handle the spotlight like a professional, and therefore, he doesn't deserve it.
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jacobdude1357
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Post by jacobdude1357 on Feb 20, 2013 20:18:12 GMT -5
I'm speechless. Honestly. Obviously, it's his own fault for putting himself in this place, but of all the times for this to happen, he couldn't have picked a worse one. I really hope they let it go and keep it rolling with the push and new gimmick because I've really been liking it, but I seriously doubt that they will. And for that, he has no one to blame but himself. What a shame.
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Post by RybackV1 on Feb 20, 2013 20:26:18 GMT -5
Dude cops are usually pretty lenient when it comes to pot. And I'm sure the WWE guys get pulled over for speeding all the time. They have to drive from town to town state to state in the middle of the night after wresting matches. It takes a real bunghole cop to give you a DUI for friggin Pot. Your comments in this thread have been some of the most asinine things I've ever read on this forum, seriously. Marijuana is an ILLEGAL drug and, in most cases, it is ILLEGAL (though not necessarily criminal) to have it in your possession. This business of the cop arresting him because he's a "mark" and hates Swagger's character is absolutely hysterical. Give me a break. Talk about drawing completely unfounded conclusions. Sure, the laws regarding marijuana are changing and in certain instances, cops might let something slip by, but if Swagger was clearly high (or intoxicated in any way), he absolutely deserved to be arrested. And if by your previous post you were insinuating that you've been pulled over dozens of times for driving high (it isn't clear as to whether you meant simply for possession, or both) then, congratulations on recklessly endangering the lives of everyone else on the road. I have no issue with marijuana, but it should be treated absolutely no different than alcohol when it comes to operating a motor vehicle. As far as the topic goes, I don't know how this will effect Swagger, and despite being a fan of his, I honestly don't care if they pull him. He just proved that he can't stay out of trouble and can't handle the spotlight like a professional, and therefore, he doesn't deserve it. All I know is Marijuana is medically legal and decriminilized in my former homestate of NJ and now my current homestate of MA so it dosent matter what I've done and no I have never endangered anybodys life. And to be completely honest you jusgt seem like your just as mad and bitter as that cop who pulled Swagger over and screwed him over big time. We obviiously have different opinions on the subject and id rather just drop it.
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Feb 20, 2013 20:27:10 GMT -5
I don't get how he could do something so dumb like this. Come on, Swagger.
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xsailor
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Post by xsailor on Feb 20, 2013 20:28:22 GMT -5
Weed the people!
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 20, 2013 20:38:15 GMT -5
Did WWE Drug test him?
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Post by J12 on Feb 20, 2013 20:43:31 GMT -5
Your comments in this thread have been some of the most asinine things I've ever read on this forum, seriously. Marijuana is an ILLEGAL drug and, in most cases, it is ILLEGAL (though not necessarily criminal) to have it in your possession. This business of the cop arresting him because he's a "mark" and hates Swagger's character is absolutely hysterical. Give me a break. Talk about drawing completely unfounded conclusions. Sure, the laws regarding marijuana are changing and in certain instances, cops might let something slip by, but if Swagger was clearly high (or intoxicated in any way), he absolutely deserved to be arrested. And if by your previous post you were insinuating that you've been pulled over dozens of times for driving high (it isn't clear as to whether you meant simply for possession, or both) then, congratulations on recklessly endangering the lives of everyone else on the road. I have no issue with marijuana, but it should be treated absolutely no different than alcohol when it comes to operating a motor vehicle. As far as the topic goes, I don't know how this will effect Swagger, and despite being a fan of his, I honestly don't care if they pull him. He just proved that he can't stay out of trouble and can't handle the spotlight like a professional, and therefore, he doesn't deserve it. All I know is Marijuana is medically legal and decriminilized in my former homestate of NJ and now my current homestate of MA so it dosent matter what I've done and no I have never endangered anybodys life. And to be completely honest you jusgt seem like your just as mad and bitter as that cop who pulled Swagger over and screwed him over big time. We obviiously have different opinions on the subject and id rather just drop it. I have no issue with differing opinions or healthy debate, but I don't understand how you can claim that the cop was just angry and or bitter when there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that. The cop was, in all likelihood, just doing his job. The laws are different in every state. If you get pulled over here and you're high, or you have weed in the car, you're getting arrested, no questions asked. In all likelihood, that is probably going to be considered the "norm", whereas what you're describing is still relatively uncommon. What happens to the charges once you're processed is anyone's guess and not something I have any experience with, so I can't comment on that. In all likelihood, this cop was in full compliance with his state's laws and regulations and was simply doing his job. If that's the case, he didn't "screw over" Swagger, Swagger screwed himself. Marijuana use is probably commonplace in WWE, but if guys are going to do it, they have to be smart about it. WWE is a publicly traded, highly scrutinized form of media and they're catering to a very specific audience. What Swagger (or anyone else in the company for that matter) does in his own time is his business, but as a somewhat public figure working in a company that caters largely to impressionable youth, you have to assess the risk-reward of a questionable situation like this and take all the precautionary measures to ensure that your private life doesn't become your public life, and in turn, effect your professional life. Swagger, unfortunately, failed to do that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 20:46:04 GMT -5
I have no issue with marijuana, but it should be treated absolutely no different than alcohol when it comes to operating a motor vehicle. I cut your post in the quote for size concerns, but I completely agree with that statement. He broke the rules. No matter what your opinion is on the rules, he broke them and got caught. He also could have been a danger to others while driving intoxicated. Swagger made a boneheaded move during a time period in his career where he was truly privileged. What a jackass.
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Post by FLUX '97 on Feb 20, 2013 20:55:41 GMT -5
What are you talking about? The office was clearly a fan of WWE and had a gripe against Swaggers character. I'm telling you I've been pulled over so many times for speeding and doing the other thing Swag got busted with and I've NEVER been convicted. State Troppers and Local Cops both included. The fact of the matter is pot isn't a big deal and this cop just felt like being a douche. I'm tellingyou most cops would've let him go but this was just a wrong place at the wrong time type deal. He was drunk and he had possession of an illegal substance. You're ing intellectually- disabled if you think the police had it out for him because he's a WWE superstar. I'll go out, get drunk, have some pot with me, and speed. Then I'll get pulled over, and SHOCKER, I'll be arrested for DUI and possession, just like Swagger.
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Rhyno101
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Post by Rhyno101 on Feb 20, 2013 21:06:55 GMT -5
What are you talking about? The office was clearly a fan of WWE and had a gripe against Swaggers character. I'm telling you I've been pulled over so many times for speeding and doing the other thing Swag got busted with and I've NEVER been convicted. State Troppers and Local Cops both included. The fact of the matter is pot isn't a big deal and this cop just felt like being a douche. I'm tellingyou most cops would've let him go but this was just a wrong place at the wrong time type deal. He was drunk and he had possession of an illegal substance. You're ing intellectually- disabled if you think the police had it out for him because he's a WWE superstar. I'll go out, get drunk, have some pot with me, and speed. Then I'll get pulled over, and SHOCKER, I'll be arrested for DUI and possession, just like Swagger. Actually I don't believe he was drunk. He was under the influence but not by alcohol. A DUI doesn't just mean under the influence of alcohol, it can be anything that can impair your judgement, in this case most likely marijuana.
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Post by WWE Common Terry on Feb 20, 2013 21:09:18 GMT -5
Did he buy it at the Smackdown taping?
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Post by flea on Feb 20, 2013 21:12:04 GMT -5
All I'm tryin to say is Jack Swagger was self medicating as I'm sure many a WWE superstars do. (Orton included) and he was unfortunate enough to get pulled over by an officer with some sort of stick up his ass. Because I'm telling you. A DUI, DWI whatever, they rarely stem out of pot smoking. Its a shame this happened to Jack.
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Post by Nivro™ on Feb 20, 2013 21:20:30 GMT -5
Damn, Dutch Mantel can't catch a break. He was by far one of the best mouth pieces in the WWE in the last 20-25 years and now he'll get sent home since they wont have anything for him as Swagger gets depushed.
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Post by drifter on Feb 20, 2013 21:22:06 GMT -5
Damn, Dutch Mantel can't catch a break. He was by far one of the best mouth pieces in the WWE in the last 20-25 years and now he'll get sent home since they wont have anything for him as Swagger gets depushed. Still wish they'd use him in a booking role. I've said, him booking, Finlay as the agent, and Del Rey as the trainer, could do great things to make the divas division mean something again.
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Post by YES! YES! YES! on Feb 20, 2013 21:30:04 GMT -5
I was kinda starting t like Swaggers new character... Poor Zeb. He was getting some major heat, and being a success
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