Cenk Uygur
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Police Officer Punishes Pot Smoker With... Push-Ups?
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December 31, 2016
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December 31, 2016
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1,073
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3:55Now PlayingA police officer turned potential drug charges into a viral video. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Grace Baldridge, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"On Thursday, an Arlington, Texas, police officer gave a perpetrator in possession of marijuana a not-so-threatening sentence. In a video that’s circulating social media, a cop towers over a teenager after ordering him to drop and give him push-ups as an alternate sentence for jail time.
Local officials identified the police officer as Eric Ball, who was apparently working off duty when he caught the teen smoking weed outside a movie theater.
Lt. Chris Cook with the Arlington police stated that the unidentified, 17- or 18-year-old did not show any signs of disrespect toward Ball, understanding that he had made a mistake smoking on the property.
Instead of arresting the boy, Ball decided to take an alternate route to discipline. According to Cook, Ball said, “You give me 200 push-ups, I won’t put you in jail.”
According to Cook, Ball had played high school football and decided to apply the methods of discipline used on him as a teenager on the boy. The teenager’s mother was later found inside the movie theater, and once notified of the officer’s decision not to arrest and instead punish him with push-ups, she hugged and thanked him.”*
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Grace Baldridge
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Grace Baldridge
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