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Sh*t happened 10/13/15: Body cams work, Grier suspended, giant potty chair

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As long as your entire indigenous New World population wasn't enslaved by a stranger with no sense of direction, or you didn't have to go back to work after your mail truck was ripped open by a tornado, your yesterday probably wasn't as bad as you thought.

A year-long joint study between USF and the Orlando police found that officers who wear body cameras use less force and receive fewer complaints. The study was funded in part by The National Department of No Shit, Sherlock.

Will Grier, a sportser who sportses in the quarterback position for the University of Florida, has been suspended for one year after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance he claims was in a legal over-the-counter supplement. People who've only been out of college five years and are already convinced it was the single greatest experience they'll ever have in their lives are bummed. (And weird. People like that are weird.)

Another sportser, USF's Benjamin Knox, was charged with discharging a firearm on campus after allegedly firing a gun at the exterior of his dorm. But by all means, let's give all of these responsible, considerate and forward-thinking young men and women the opportunity to carry.

St. Pete District 7 candidate Will Newton waited until the very last moment to slam his opponent Lisa Wheeler-Brown in yesterday's debate, using his closing remarks to once again harp on a $500 discrepancy in her campaign finance reporting. Pretty ballsy for a guy who reportedly spent the first few years of the new millennium fighting with the IRS over back taxes...

And finally, a Winter Haven manis outraging his neighbors by building a 24-foot-high "potty chair" in his front yard as some sort of art installation, possibly in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If they're upset now, I can't wait to check back in when he follows through with his plans to "decorate the seat with a clown's face."

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