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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Romney impersonated a cop?
How weird is this guy?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/classmates-mitt-romney-im_n_1575680.html
KansDem
(28,498 posts)nt
rustydog
(9,186 posts)But that was so long ago, his youth you know...He is different now, he is running for President for petes sake.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)That never stopped the repukes from repeating unsubstantiated claims about Democrats. They picked this fight, and I say let's pick it up and run with it.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Maybe all or most of them from the same privileged class. And he CREEPED THEM OUT.l
Dash87
(3,220 posts)Wouldn't surprise me due to his prior bullying.
dogknob
(2,431 posts)Raven
(13,893 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I believe two witnesses have come forward. Have they proposed a reason for the dress-up? Apparently he did it more than once and he even did it at night and put a flashing light on top of his car. And I understand he did it alone and not as part of a fun-loving group just out for laughs.
Why would someone do this? To get the phone numbers of girls he stopped, like some real cops have been known to do? To derive pleasure from feeling powerful in intimidating others? That he would do this alone and not to share a laugh with friends and do it to derive some kind of private and personal satisfaction seems really weird to me and possibly mean he's mentally unstable.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)That is actually illegal depending on context.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_impersonation
"Dressing up as a police officer in costume, or pretending to be a police officer for the purpose of play or a harmless prank toward an acquaintance is generally not considered a crime, provided that those involved recognize the imposter is not a real police officer, and the imposter is not trying to deceive those involved into thinking he/she is"
The heck is wrong with this guy?
Nay
(12,051 posts)the statute of limitations has run out and he most likely cannot be charged now, even if victims came forward and wanted to press charges.
This certainly is creepy behavior, if true, but I'm sure it's OK since he's a Republican. Just like the dog, the magic underwear, the forced haircut, etc., etc. are all JUUUUST fine, as long as you're a Pub.
appleannie1
(5,067 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)where this guy had some psychic visions after being in a coma for 5 years, and he ends up having a series of visions that tell him that Stillson, the Presidential candidate, will end up destroying the world by initiating a nuclear war.....
If a Romney Presidency now would be bad......then I shudder to think what might have happened if Romney had run, and won, in 1988......
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)and the movie Maniac Cop, where a man impersonates a police officer and starts killing people for no reason.
RDANGELO
(3,433 posts)He probably did it just to mess with people, showing no empathy for their feelings.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)And I'm not talking about Halloween - I mean actual street walking.