In case you missed it, let’s catch you up to speed. Tennessee Titans inside linebacker Daren Bates was cited for possession of marijuana back in February. Terry McCormick of Titan Insider had it here first:
Bates pulled his silver Audi into Kave Express, located at 530 West Main Street in Hendersonville, beside Hendersonville police officer Jackie Finley and rolled down the passenger’s side window of his car to ask Finley if he was in line to get coffee.
When Bates rolled down the window, the officer could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside Bates’ vehicle. Finley stated in his report that he “smelled the odor until his vehicle was within a foot of mine.”
AT that point, Finley exited his vehicle and approached the passenger’s side of Bates’ car. When Bates rolled down the window, Finley asked if Bates was smoking a joint, to which Bates replied yes. Bates then handed officer two joints rolled in RAW rolling papers.
A search of Bates’ Audi was conducted and Finley discovered a third joint inside a potato chip bag in the vehicle.
Bates, a native of Memphis, was cited for possession of marijuana in the incident. A court date was originally scheduled for March 27 in Sumner County General Sessions Court. However, the case was continued until May 28, when the Titans linebacker will again be scheduled to appear a before a judge.
Boy, you hate to see it.
We have the Clutch Hall of Fame here on this website. I don’t know what the opposite of that would be….maybe the Choke Hall of Fame? But, whatever the title, Bates would be in it. Just a big time choke job. This sounds like ‘things NOT to do 101.’
The thing is, he was (presumably) trying to be nice! Like, he didn’t want to cut the line to get coffee, so he was making sure he wasn’t imposing on the nice police officer’s spot. The problem is that ‘police officer’ part.
This is like the time I walked into a porn shop knowing damn well I wasn’t old enough to legally be there and trying to buy some respectable vampire goth porn. Well….maybe it isn’t like that. I’m actually thinking this out as I type it, and no – it’s not the same.
Point is – we’ve all done some boneheaded shit in our days. I’m trying to have Bates’ back in this ordeal. But, yeah – the truth is….I can’t remember the last time I felt that dumb. Like, dumb enough to basically blow smoke in a police officer’s face. Probably that time Brandon and I tried to cook corn dogs, but since we’re both only children and have no idea how to work an oven, we damn near set my apartment on fire.
I mean, shit happens. Some of y’all need to chill. I don’t have a problem with him smoking some weeeeeeeeeeeed (please read in the voice of Stephen A. Smith). People need to stop piling up on him for that. It’s 2019, folks. Most young folk are partaking, and it’s definitely not the criminal issue some make it out to be, but I understand that’s an entirely different can of worms.
And lest we forget, your problems don’t likely make the news like a Titans player’s would. I mean, it’s funny – come on. He rolls his window down on a cop while he’s smoking weed. This is like a seen from Pineapple Express. Just take it for what it is and don’t insult the man.
Now, please excuse me while I return to my vampire goth porn.
PS. Was he storing the third joint in a potato chip bag? Or, did it just end up there by accident? Just for future reference, they make more suitable containers for stuff like that.
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