Did The Cops Cover Up?

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An L.A. Times goes after the L.A. County Sheriff's Department in the Mel Gibson DUI anti-Semitic tirade story. Get 'em, sweat 'em....feet to the fire. What journalists do. But step back and think about this for a second. The Lost Hills cops may have tried to do a nice human thing, which was save a guy from great embarassment and career damage. Dishonest and procedurally incorrect, okay, but a fairly decent thing to try and do for a guy with an obvious problem or two. Put yourself in Gibson's shoes minus the ugly epithets, and imagine that you've just stepped into it big-time. A couple of West Hollywood cops cut me a break about twelve years ago after I did something unwise, and I've never forgotten that.

comment #1

says ...

Jeff,

If you're referring to the time you took Ecstacy, stripped naked, ran down San Vicente Blvd. nude and ended up physically gaybashing Jim J. Bullock...all is forgiven.

comment #2

christian says ...

a good point about kind cops. but kind cops to mivie stars in la is hardly unusual or a show of being cool. a black kid might not get the same cool cops.

but given the sub-text that many felt were present in gibson's jesus torture film, and his checkered past with anti-semetic charges maybe mel's public ranting about "f-ing jews" was a form of guilty admission? or what?

can't wait to hear michael medved spin this (gibson showed medved an early cut of the film)...

comment #3

christian says ...

a good point about kind cops. but kind cops to movie stars in la is hardly unusual or a show of being cool. a black kid might not get the same cool cops.

but given the sub-text that many felt were present in gibson's jesus torture film, and his checkered past with anti-semetic charges maybe mel's public ranting about "f-ing jews" was a form of guilty admission? or what?

can't wait to hear michael medved spin this (gibson showed medved an early cut of the film)...

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christian says ...

sorry for the double post. these buttons are touchy...

comment #5

Marcellus Wallace says ...

The reason they tried to do 'fairly decent thing' for Mel is that he is a multi-millionaire, celebrity who also happens to be an honorary LA deputy. I did some time and met at least 2 dozen guys fighting life in prison for dime bags of speed...no one was trying to to do anything 'fairly decent thing' for them.

comment #6

Anthony says ...

Sure, when you're white and successful, people are always willing to cut you a break. But for the average citizen, particularly a minority? In the same situation, there would be no such breaks. For that reason alone, I don't see their attempted cover up as fair and decent at all.

comment #7

Gabriel says ...

Alright Wells, fess up. What did you do?

comment #8

BFE says ...

I feel like almost nobody is mentioning the fact that these cops probably saved Gibson's life, and possibly someone else's. He was THAT drunk, and doing 87 mph on the PCH?? That drive was not going to end with Mad Mel pulling quietly up in his driveway; it was going to end with him and his car wrapped around a tree, looking like radioactive strangleweed.

comment #9

Duck of Death says ...

BFE,

What kind of sheltered life have you been living...1.2 isn't even shit faced level. We've probably all driven at that level at one time or another. Thats what makes the anti-semetic outburst so weird, he was drunk but not drunk enough to claim he had completely lost his marbles. Its 8:26 dude have your milk and cookies and go to bed.

comment #10

Holier Than Thou says ...

As anyone could tell looking at Mel with his Old Testament beard, he's been secretly cast to play Saddam Hussein in prison following the fall of Baghdad. He was simply practicing his lines when he made those anti-semetic comments. There is no other explanation.

comment #11

Schlockmeister says ...

The problem is a black kid could get pulled over for DUI and wouldn't get anything near the understanding the cops showed Gibson. The typical person who have also faced numerous other charges in addition to the DUI. Gibson got off easy because he was white, rich and famous. The cops involved need to be reprimanded.

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