I just got someone arrested and feel terrible, even if he's a jerk.

[EFerrari]

I was walking Kid this morning and on the way home I saw this RIVER of white paint coming down the gutter on my block. It wasn't just a little paint. There were two guys emptying two five gallon tubs of paint into the gutter AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE F#CKING OCEAN.

So, I did what I swore I'd never do again and called the police. They arrested the building manager who was supervising the job. He's a big jerk from hell and I hope he pays for this. But, it still felt bad to see him cuffed.

Man, what a weenie I am.

[KitchenWitch]

1. You did the right thing!

:hug:

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. ..

[EFerrari]

6. Our beautiful ocean! He told the police I was a liar and told me

to go away.

Problem is, there was still diluted paint in the gutter. So, his cred was shot.

There were other things -- the scafolding was dangerous and probably not up to code and stuff like that. Paint everywhere, even on cars parked on the street. Why do people do stuff like that when doing it right is just as easy. :shrug:

But, I've been cuffed and it's not a good experience. Oh, well.

[liberaldemocrat7]

66. You did well. Do not consider guilt whatsoever.

Anyone who dumps 10 gallons of paint into a gutter deserves arrest and a fine and a week in jail.

You did well. You do not need to express any guilt.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Why should you feel bad?

They're polluters, of the worst kind...Disgusting.

I say, good on you!

:hug:

[EFerrari]

8. I'm a recovering Catholic!

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Ah, gotcha...Sniffa has that problem too, I think...

:P

Anyhoo, I'm proud of you! :yourock:

[Kali]

18. ...

:spray:

don't worry even atheists' children have guiltitosis

[JVS]

32. Don't forget to visit the prisoner!

I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to see you

[EFerrari]

37. Yeah, I just made a friend for life.

[Kali]

4. fuck that shit! NO GUILT FOR YOU!

You did the right thing and so did the cops. (around here they would probably help with the pouring)

[EFerrari]

9. My cops were great. They were professional and just did the job.

They were careful and actually treated this jerk with respect but didn't buy into his bullshit.

Go, SFPD!

[Darth_Kitten]

55. Well, it's good you called.....

the stuff people pour down catch basins, storm drains, etc.......has to be treated.

People have to dispose of things responsibly for a reason.

[huskerlaw]

5. You probably saved some marine life

assuming they weren't done with the dumping. Even if it was too late this go-'round, I bet he'll think twice about doing it next time!

You did the right thing. :thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

11. When I saw that RIVER, I just saw red. We're two blocks from sand

here. It matters!

[lost-in-nj]

7. Why do you think you are a weenie??

If someone saw you doing that
do you think they wouldn't have called the cops on you????

Man this sucks, you are the second person today that did the RIGHT THING!!!!
and is questioning your action.....


my future grandchildren and Great grand children thank you.....

and so do I



:yourock: :yourock:

lost

[EFerrari]

14. Wouldn't be great if we could just talk to people instead of having

to call armed personnel in to just get our neighbors TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES!

lol

[flvegan]

12. He deserved jail. You did the right thing.

[EFerrari]

19. Maybe when he has to eat a room temperature baloney sandwich

tonight while he's waiting for the bondsman, he'll consider changing his business practices.

But, it never feels good to see a person being made helpless that way. Push me, pull me.

[Bluebear]

13. AND you didn't lift a finger to call GE & make a positive difference today!

:silly:

[EFerrari]

15. LOL!

Guilty. So very, very guilty! :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Thank you.

Please don't feel guilty. :hug:

If they'd spilled paint all over your car, would you feel guilty having them arrested? I hope not.

That's your ocean...and mine, and everybody else's. Those people have no right to destroy our property.

[EFerrari]

17. I couldn't believe my eyes. I could have painted my whole place

twice with all that paint. :mad:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. Exactly...

They could have donated it to a homeless shelter or some non-profit org. and gotten a freaking tax deduction. But no, he had to take the easy, quick, let's fuck-up the planet even more solution.

[cobalt1999]

20. I understand your empathy

I was arrested once myself, it's not a pleasant experience. However, you did the right thing. :applause:

[XemaSab]

21. Good for you!

I have been tempted to do that before, when the neighbor was dumping antifreeze into the storm drain, but he was an 80 year old Japanese guy and I didn't want to get him in trouble. :(

[EFerrari]

36. Are you a recovering Catholic, too?

:)

[XemaSab]

40. No, I just would have felt TERRIBLE turning him in

We talked to him instead, and told him not to do that any more.

[Darth_Kitten]

54. What's so wrong with being a catholic?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

57. Not a thing. Except for the GUILT.

[Darth_Kitten]

68. Don't feel guilty.......you didn't do anything wrong......

wish more people would do the right thing. :)

[GOPisEvil]

23. You are such a good person.

You done good. :)

[xchrom]

24. think how bad you would have felt if you hadn't called the police --

more and more paint down the sewer -- more and more paint on the neighbors cars -- some underpaid guy would have fallen off the bad scaffolding.

besides -- i'm guessing he wasn't dressed well either and deserved punishement for general tackyness.

[EFerrari]

39. He had a cool cell, though.

lol

Oh, hell.

[xchrom]

49. yeah -- but no underpaid labour to paint it!

BACK to jail with him.

[Gormy Cuss]

25. You're such a weenie

but that's one of the things that I like about you. I'd feel guilty too in that situation even though I knew that I was doing the right thing.

[EFerrari]

33. See?

lol

[Book Lover]

26. I think you feel bad because arresting him is overkill

Hey, I live in Linda Mar - trust me when I say I totally understand the importance of not throwing anything into the street drains. But c'mon, an *arrest*?

[cobalt1999]

27. I disagree.

Environmental crimes should be punished severly.

Getting arrested for pot is overkill, getting arrested for willfully violating the few environmental laws we have isn't.

Of course, this is one of the few topics I'm a raging radical on. :)

[lost-in-nj]

30. What if you went swimming in it??

Would you feel any different?
Or if you saw dead marine life???....

no he had to learn a lesson....
otherwise he would do it over and over......
not worth it, someone has to start... we all need to be more aware...



lost

[Book Lover]

59. I live next to a creek that no one can enter anymore because of

bacterial contamination due to deteriorating home sewer lines, so please believe me when I tell you I understand. I stand by my earlier statement that an arrest and booking is overkill for pouring paint down a street drain. A citation and court appearance are appropriate in my opnion.

[EFerrari]

34. Yeah -- what about a citation and a subpoena?

:shrug:

[lost-in-nj]

42. big f"n deal

I would pay a citation
and show up for the subpoena....

big fucking deal
I can still pour shit down the drains while I'm waiting...
better yet I paid my fine
so I can do it again...

listen you are debating the wrong person here....
I live 2 blocks up from a lake that used to be crystal clear
we swam in it every summer
we could ice skate on it through the whole winter....
some asshole engineer has the sewers draining into the lake.....
that means all the crap everyone puts on their lawns goes into the lake
all the friggen dog poo goes into the lake
all the salt they put on the roads in the winter goes into the lake
People have been temporally paralyzed because of the shit in the lake..

nope.... no fucking excuse
no "second chance"

my future grandchildren and great grandchildren do not deserve this.....



A piece of paper can be torn up
and thrown into the water......

sorry for the rant
but I saw my lake change in 40 years from a place of
fun and community to trying to keep the algae du jour off of it

lost

[truedelphi]

28. Somewhere a whale is smiling and a whole school of fishies is

Pleased with you.

You did good!

[grasswire]

29. it's a criminal offense?

What is the charge?

I'm surprised it is criminal and not something handled with a ticket or fine or similar.

So when a big company pollutes, do the cops go in and arrest the CEO?

[EFerrari]

35. I don't know what the charge was. But, a warning about criminal

penalties is stamped on most of the sewer drains out here.

[laylah]

31. Good on you!

No regrets necessary! You did the right thing! :hug:

[SPKrazy]

38. you did the right thing...

i did the right thing the other day too

i don't feel bad about what i did

i feel bad about the consequences that have come about

-a good friend is pissed at me
-someone got fired
-they will have a fair treatment hearing and i will be asked to testify there and become the "snitch" because what they did was wrong, illegal, and they damned well knew better.

everytime lately i have stood up for what seemed right, and was right, i have had it come back in my face. I guess i shouldn't complain, many greater people have died for standing up for what is right and it was on a much larger scale.

I guess I'm just having a pity party about it a bit.

I didn't fire the person for one thing. I reported something they did that was illegal, impacted a patient's rights and care, and hurt the place i work. Oh well. I will probably still do what's right again. Despite the fact that I will know that it won't be the popular thing to do.

:hi:

:hug: for doing the right thing

[lost-in-nj]

43. good for you

:hi: :loveya: :hug:


lost

everything will be ok

Remember the truth ALWAYS comes out

[SPKrazy]

45. thanks lost

:hug: :loveya:

i appreciate it!

;)

[EFerrari]

64. Darn the right thing!

:hug:

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

41. Muy Bien Muchachita, Muy Bien!

Chingalo bien, y bonito!

:thumbsup:

[MnFats]

44. weenie? No.

what else do you suppose this asshole pulls.

Cuffs hurt, by the way. But this guy deserved it.

[LisaM]

46. I'm glad you called the police

Why did they have to cuff him? Is it a rule?

[Duncan Grant]

47. Save the Bay!

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If it's any consolation, I would have done the same thing. San Franciscans know better than to dump paint into the gutter. There's simply no excuse for it in 2007.

[EFerrari]

62. I hope I don't wind up in the Bay -- because I think this guy belongs

to one of our many nice mafias!

[AlCzervik]

48. you shouldn't feel bad, think about how many people see that kind of thing everyday

and say nothing.

[lost-in-nj]

50. For a bunch of

people who saw Al Gores movie...
I can not believe how you do not see this as
contributing to global warming...??
What if we all threw paint into the ocean???

there ya go....

lets all get a gallon of paint and throw in the ocean....

I don't understand.......


:cry: :cry:

I WANT MY future to enjoy everything I enjoy....


lost

[SPKrazy]

51. i do too

:hug: :hug:

:hi:

:pals:

i'm sure that there will be differences, but i hope that we all agree that we need to stop polluting our planet

[snailly]

52. Good for you!

He's an asshole. It was probably really hard to do but you did the right thing. No one wants to feel "responsible" for someone else being arrested but it was HIS irresponsibility that brought this on.

[ThomCat]

53. You're wonderful, and have no reason for guilt.

:hug:

You absolutely did the right thing.

[TreasonousBastard]

56. Do whatever to deal with the guilt, but...

what you did was every bit as proper as if you saw someone being mugged, or robbing a store.

You wouldn't feel at all guilty if you brought a rapist to justice, would you? Or, for that matter, saw anyone in the White House hauled off in irons. This guy as as dangerous a criminal in his own way as any of the others. He's helping poison a planet, and if that's not a crime, what is?

No tears for him.

[EFerrari]

61. I think it got to me especially because this year, I've been out

walking on that beach every day. Really getting to know it -- the birds, the plants, the different kinds of rocks. None of which need all that damn PAINT.

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. You did well! Would that all citizens were as patriotic and well-intended as you!

Would that we could call our local police and say "Hey - there's a guy doing a bunch of illegal stuff in the white house" and that they could then actually go arrest him.

You did the right thing - thank you! thank you! thank you!!

[EFerrari]

65. Maybe we should try it!

:P

[LeftyMom]

60. You did the right thing.

Good work.

[undeterred]

63. I sent someone to prison 30 years ago and I still feel good.

If they break the law, they pay the price.

[bridgit]

67. I am a believer in the proper usage of governmental services...

up & down the line. Painters are some of the worst. What is with these people? Completely aside from what you've witnessed, construction debris accounts for more than its share of pollution, mishaps & highway accidents; but it seems painters will drop whole 5gal buckets of paint out the back of their trucks just plop! Right onto newly opened roadways splashed, or dragged dripping for a 1/4 mile.

Are you aware this person you reported isn't a 'new american', or foreign contractor? If he's found to have a current Calif St Contractor's Lic; your having reported him will be the least of his troubles. They should otherwise be aware that HAZMAT and/or spent construction materials, etc, are to be handled in prescribed manners. I'm sure he will be apprised while within the system. Whether he choses to adhere will be a matter for him to decide.

[SKKY]

69. Fuck him. You did the right thing. I hope that inconsiderate jerk learns something...

[Vidar]

70. Good for you.

[LynneSin]

71. How much of a weinie would you have felt thinking of the animals that would be killed

because of this cruel act.

You did the right thing.

Police can be helpful too

[Phillycat]

72. Having just watched the Planet Earth about oceans...

I say BLESS YOU! :hug:

[SacredCow]

73. Why in the world do you feel bad????

Good job- If I were there, I'd take you out for a beer.

:toast:

[raccoon]

74. You're not a weenie, you're a public spirited citizen and also a compassionate person.

Kudos to you for doing the right thing.

So many people are wimps and would just ignore it.

[Gato Moteado]

75. you did the right thing and don't let anyone tell you otherwise

arrest is actually too good for that freeper. they should waterboard his dumb ass.

sorry, but environmental rapers really piss me off.

anyway, i woulda done the same thing. good job. keep on rockin!

[rateyes]

76. You just got a fifth rec from me

for doing the right thing. But, you are a weenie for feeling guilty about it. :hi:

[Greyskye]

77. I've got only one thing to say to you.

:yourock: