Those Crazy Kids
Vandalism? Assault? The AAPD has real crime to deal with. After all, the tri-fraternity melee that left most of DKE’s first floor windows broken is just “kids fighting between fraternities” - “childish nonsense” that threatens to distract from the real business of writing MIP citations and sleuthing for fake IDs.
WOW.
I wonder what sort of intra fraternity fighting would warrent the AAPD’s attention? Arson? Armed robbery? Murder?
posted by James on February 16th, 2004 at 4:08 pmIt’ll just keep escalating until we have a headline in the Daily reading “Three ‘DKEs’ slain outside Rick’s.”
posted by George on February 16th, 2004 at 4:43 pmThe cops will arrest panhandlers and let the violent, drunken frat boys go. Typical of Ann Arbor cops
posted by 2+2= on February 16th, 2004 at 4:55 pmNor, as anyone living near the Stadium on football Saturdays knows, does the AAPD have much of a problem with mass public drunkenness beginning at 8 or so in the morning.
posted by Nick on February 16th, 2004 at 5:39 pmWhat, didn’t you guys know that the Greeks are a law unto themselves? How else would we select America’s future leaders from their ranks if they didn’t occassionally assault each other to thin the ranks?
posted by js on February 16th, 2004 at 5:57 pmJust hope none of the apes finds the bone near the monolith.
js
If I were the AAPD, I’d stay out of it as well. Drunken fratboys can do whatever they want to do to each other.
posted by Lucky Jackson on February 16th, 2004 at 7:38 pmSome useful reference for times like this…
Write/call your City Councilmember: http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/council.html
AAPD phone numbers: http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/Police/index.html#Division%20Phone%20Numbers
AA News Letters to the Editor online submission form: http://www.annarbornews.com/letters.html
Go forth, my minions of outraged slacktivism…
posted by Murph on February 16th, 2004 at 7:55 pmInteresting that the AAPD can pick and choose whatever they wish to pursue.
posted by just me on February 16th, 2004 at 8:16 pmIt’s all political. The city government picks and chooses what rules apply to whom all the time.
posted by marie on February 16th, 2004 at 10:23 pmWell, some institutions penalize or expel students who act in such ways. I don’t know.
College is where we grow into ourselves.
As a college brat, you might spontaneously act in ways that you wouldn’t want highlighted with flashing lights and a record. One drunken night, or even 10 drunken nights… I don’t know, college kids seem to be romping in a padded room at times. I can’t make up my mind if the padding A2 provides is a good thing or a bad thing.
Another thought, with the current state of events in our country, I could imagine I’d be loosing it a bit too…with such uncertainty surrounding my future. Maybe it’s harder to bear the weight of this crap when you aren’t “in” your future yet…but counting on it.
I don’t know.
posted by petunia on February 17th, 2004 at 12:38 amSpeaking of drunken nights, padded rooms and the like, you guys may want to look into the University of Colorado football recruiting scandals. It has it all — date rapes, escorts, strippers, lawsuits. Not to worry, though. In the face of public outcry, the President of CU has formed a committee to look into these allegations. (The committee even has a board member of Promise Keepers on it.) Boola boola
posted by Lucky Jackson on February 17th, 2004 at 7:33 amAt least they got (one of?) the Grad Student Ghetto Window Peeper(s).
posted by anna on February 17th, 2004 at 11:09 amMaybe its just me, Petunia, but I have a feeling this spoiled dumbass fratboys don’t have the problems of America weighing heavily on their minds…
posted by Brandon on February 17th, 2004 at 12:24 pmHas it occurred to some of the outraged here that the AAPD has plenty of experience with the GEEKS? They really are a law unto themselves and it’s very protective. That the AAPD doesn’t want to use precious manhours trying to convince a bunch of spoiled rotten, drunken kids to do what’s right doesn’t surprise me a bit. What does surprise me is that one of the boys is willing to break ranks to rat out another. It’ll be interesting to see if he goes through with it. Somehow I think not.
posted by whynotypsi on February 18th, 2004 at 7:37 amIt makes sense for the cops to not make a lot of effort to nail the frat scum. The problem is the double standard that the AAPD makes a lot of effort at busting street panhandlers and pot smokers at the Hash Bash.
Like someone else wrote earlier, it’s all political. Busting petty street crime makes the voters think that the city is protecting them from smelly and obnoxious behavior… Wait… Aren’t drunken frats smelly and obnoxious?
Aren’t frat brothers the leaders of tomorrow? Just look at George Bush!
posted by poopshoot on February 18th, 2004 at 2:14 pmThis story does get more amusing upon closer reading, I think. “We have more important crimes to pursue”? Illegally parked cars and students drinking quietly at parties: be warned, the AAPD is on to you.
Also, I’m sure there’s no connection between the police decision to take no action and the student’s decision to pursue civil damages. God bless America.
posted by Nick on February 18th, 2004 at 6:08 pmBut wait… there’s more!
Da Mayor hizzoner Hieftje has proposed that the city enforce “community standards” that would go after upholstered furniture on porches and trash (plastic cups) on front lawns.
What next? Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
posted by poopshoot on February 18th, 2004 at 8:14 pmUm…did anyone look at the pictures with the story?
“After all, the tri-fraternity melee that left most of DKE’s first floor windows broken…”
The article states that like 16 or 17 windows were broken. Look at the pictures. Each standard window on the house was divided into around 16 smaller portions. The police reports obviously counted each portion (which is like one square foot) as a window. For a blog so skeptical of the Ann Arbor News, I’d expect a little more investigation. Sheesh.
posted by John Honkala on February 19th, 2004 at 2:05 amThe article clearly says “most of the first floor windows,” and the picture shows only the front of the house, so it wasn’t that helpful.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on February 19th, 2004 at 2:14 amCan anyone tell me what the penalty for a first offense MIP is?
posted by Brad Morgan on May 2nd, 2004 at 12:42 pm