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It’s finally time to re-set the “days without an arrest meter.”
NFL players went a month without getting arrested. (Not surprisingly, the month of training camp, during which they’re too exhausted to go out and find trouble.) But Texans fullback Jameel Cook has spoiled it.
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Cook is free on a $500 personal recognizance bond after being arrested by a Fort Bend County sheriff’s deputy who said he found marijuana in Cook’s 2007 Mercedes sedan. According to the report, Cook was stopped at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when an officer saw that his car had no front license plate or registration sticker.
A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said Cook gave the deputy a Florida driver’s license that had been suspended in May, and the car’s Texas registration expired in July of 2007. The officer searched the car and found a plastic bag containing two grams of marijuana, the Chronicle reports.
Cook played all 16 games for the Texans last season.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
hey maaan he was just trying to burn one with Ricky sticky icky icky icky williams, what wrong with that
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
wow. Thank God they caught this guy before he…um, before he got high and ate lots of potato chips. Society has dodged another bullet!
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I’m down to seeds and stems…
the “Chronic” reports
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
moron!!!
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
TWO GRAMS?????????? My bowl holds more than that!!!!!
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Oh man, way to ruin it!
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Well, the “Days without an arrest” meter just narrowly broke the record. The past couple of days have reminded me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer and the other guy keep driving when the gas meter is on empty, just to see how much longer they can drive.
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Is it normal to search the car because of a suspended driver’s license?
Pot smokers, get your license and registration in order! Don’t get copped on stupid shit.
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Memo to all NFL players: If your going to stash weed in your car, make sure the car is registered and your license is valid. I think here at PFT they should keep count of how many players are arrested and how many fans are arrested since the PFC (Personal Fan Conduct) policy has been implimented.
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
You know, this is what sickens me about the NFL. If any of us “Joe Shmoe”
blue collar (and white collar, for that matter) workers want to risk our job by smoking some pot… we REALLY risk our jobs. Unless you are working for NORML or something like that, there is NO forgiveness for failing a drug test or a drug arrest. And yet this guy will not miss a beat. Entertainment? I think not. Its all about the money. Bleh.
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I love Jameel Cook…great receiving fullback…loved his time in Tampa…
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
DONT TASE ME BRO
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Thanks a lot hack. I hope Houston doesn’t continue to attract FAs like him who sign here because we have the most abundant supply of weed. Loser.
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August 21st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Legalize it already!
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August 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Anyone who thinks Marijuana should be illegal is an ignoramus.
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August 21st, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Two lousy grams? Keep it in your pants pocket, dude. What he should have gotten a ticket for was being stupid for not having a front plate and driving on a suspended drivers license. What I don’t understand is I’ve been pulled over a couple of times in the past for having expired plates and speeding and never once had my car searched. Laws must be different in Texas I guess.
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August 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
“Favre2012 says:
August 21st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
wow. Thank God they caught this guy before he…um, before he got high and ate lots of potato chips. Society has dodged another bullet!”
Go empty out your bong water, moron. You don’t think that getting on the road and driving while high is a big deal? You don’t think that the same drug dealer that Cook paid is also selling to kids? You don’t believe any of the research coming from the UK proving a direct link between pot smoking and depression? Ever heard of a gateway drug?
Cook and any other professional athlete that can’t get a handle on their drug addiction/lifestyle choices (at least until they are out of the league) deserve to be booted out of the league on the basis of pure stupidity.
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August 21st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I was shocked that the idiot was still on the roster. The fool couldn’t hang onto the ball at all last year, and missed alot of blocking assignments. Hopefully the Texans will dump this dolt.
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August 21st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
brasho says:
August 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
“Favre2012 says: ….You don’t think that getting on the road and driving while high is a big deal? ”
No one, not the article or brasho said he was high. Nor does possession of it imply usage.
And your gateway drug argument doesn’t hold water either. Go drink your beer, smoke a cigar and do some real research before you start calling people idiots.
The real idiot is Cook, but the penalty far exceeds the severity warranted for possesion of less than a joint.
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August 21st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
“Is it normal to search the car because of a suspended driver’s license?”
No, but pigs will lie to you and tell you that it’s probable cause to search your car. Know your rights.
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August 21st, 2008 at 7:50 pm
brasho,
Ever heard of “logical fallacies”? Your post is filled with them. Also, notice that all of your arguments also apply to alcohol, which is, last time I checked, legal.
“You don’t think that getting on the road and driving while high is a big deal”
Straw Man. That’s when you easily knock down an argument that has nothing to do with Favre2012’s original statement. Where in the article does it say that Cook was DUI? Nowhere. See? As for the alcohol angle, let me say “You don’t think that getting on the road and driving while drunk is a big deal”
“You don’t think that the same drug dealer that Cook paid is also selling to kids?”
So, make it legal. Then Cook would be paying money to legal business and governments via taxation. Like alcohol.
“You don’t believe any of the research coming from the UK proving a direct link between pot smoking and depression?”
And how many links are there between alcohol and whatever?
“Ever heard of a gateway drug?”
Yes, alcohol.
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August 21st, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Normally cops in Texas are not going to hassel you unless for a expired drivers license unless
1) You smart off to them
2) They smell alcohol
3) They smell dope
My bet it was a combination of 1 and 2.
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August 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Dont tase me bro????
I dont get it????
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August 21st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Ahhh, PFT. Always finding ways to spur social discussion. Anyhoo, I have never heard of anyone overdosing on marijuana, but I do know that there have been times where I have seen people so drunk that they are blacking out, and they look like they are dead or on the verge of dying causing someone to check on them constantly. I also konw that the government knowingly allows people to kill themselves by selling cigarettes laced with every kind of chemical that one could think of (I know I’m exaggerating). In my opinion, the only reason why it is illegal is because people don’t need industrial plants in order to sell weed, whereas people smoke so many cigarettes that they need the convenience of having cigarettes readily available. For one to say that just because one thing (alcohol) is legal and another (marijuana) is illegal automatically makes one “safer” than the other is ridiculous. Prescription drugs are also legal, but only in moderation. People abuse prescriptions all the time, but are they okay because they are legal? Should we ban OTC medication as well because people guy high off of that and they have have more severe reprecussions than smoking some weed? A lot of people smoke weed, and I mean way more than people think, and until someone can tell me that people who smoke weed cause more problems than people who drink alcohol, or face more health problems than people who smoke cigarettes or drink, give me a break. Moreover, marijuana can be a gateway drug, but people who are going to sniff coke or shoot heroin are going to do that regardless of whether they smoke weed or not. In addition, alcohol may not always be seen as a gateway drug because people just become alcoholics. As to Cook being arrested, he broke a law so he has to face the consequences. That being said, the law is somewhat of a joke.
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August 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Two grams isn’t even enough to roll a joint, barely enough to catch a buzz…that’s what they tell me. No wonder the damn prisons are over crowded.
Another good bust. *smirk
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