How does it feel...

[Van Basten II]

Bob Dylan a complete unknown in New Jersey town

From Deborah Brunswick

CNN

(CNN) -- How does it feel? To be on your own? A complete unknown? Bob Dylan might know.

A police officer questioning Bob Dylan recognized his name but wasn't sure it was him.

The rock legend was stopped in July by police in Long Branch, New Jersey, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person roaming the neighborhood, police said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/1...ref=igoogle_cnn

[Jazzmoose]

This is the story of Bobbycane...

[7/4]

Let's take him down to the station and beat him anyways.

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[PHILLYQ]

There's some stuff in this story that disturbs the hell out of me. A man walking around looking at houses is suspicious? He hasn't committed any crime yet he has to identify himself? When he doesn't have ID he gets taken away in a police car? WTF!!!

Suppose there's a guy I personally don't like and I see him walking around my block but in fact he is doing nothing illegal. Now I don't like this guy so I call the cops and tell them there's a suspicious guy walking around. It turns out that he has no ID on him, so he has to get dragged to a police station? There's something seriously wrong here when people are dragged away from wherever they are simply because someone doesn't like their looks, etc.

[7/4]

I'm not surprised, I always thought he was kinda shady lookin'.

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[Dan Gould]

There's some stuff in this story that disturbs the hell out of me. A man walking around looking at houses is suspicious? He hasn't committed any crime yet he has to identify himself? When he doesn't have ID he gets taken away in a police car? WTF!!!

Suppose there's a guy I personally don't like and I see him walking around my block but in fact he is doing nothing illegal. Now I don't like this guy so I call the cops and tell them there's a suspicious guy walking around. It turns out that he has no ID on him, so he has to get dragged to a police station? There's something seriously wrong here when people are dragged away from wherever they are simply because someone doesn't like their looks, etc.

According to Long Branch Police Department Sgt. Michael Ahart, Dylan had been peering into a window of a house that was for sale, which prompted a neighbor to call the police on July 23.

That's not wandering around the neighborhood looking at houses, that's trespassing. You want people peering through windows of houses whose owner isn't there? This isn't something for the police to investigate?

[PHILLYQ]

There's some stuff in this story that disturbs the hell out of me. A man walking around looking at houses is suspicious? He hasn't committed any crime yet he has to identify himself? When he doesn't have ID he gets taken away in a police car? WTF!!!

Suppose there's a guy I personally don't like and I see him walking around my block but in fact he is doing nothing illegal. Now I don't like this guy so I call the cops and tell them there's a suspicious guy walking around. It turns out that he has no ID on him, so he has to get dragged to a police station? There's something seriously wrong here when people are dragged away from wherever they are simply because someone doesn't like their looks, etc.

According to Long Branch Police Department Sgt. Michael Ahart, Dylan had been peering into a window of a house that was for sale, which prompted a neighbor to call the police on July 23.

That's not wandering around the neighborhood looking at houses, that's trespassing. You want people peering through windows of houses whose owner isn't there? This isn't something for the police to investigate?

A man looking into the windows of a house for sale is suspicious? He may want to see the layout of the house, may want to see if the house is damaged, etc. It could very well be a prospective buyer. There's still no crime and no law broken.

[Dan Gould]

A man looking into the windows of a house for sale is suspicious? He may want to see the layout of the house, may want to see if the house is damaged, etc. It could very well be a prospective buyer. There's still no crime and no law broken.

Absolutely it is potentially suspicious. Are you not aware that burglars target houses with for sale signs? And what can be seen from a window? Nothing, that's what. Anyone who likes a house from the curb needs to jot down the number and arrange a viewing. Period. You cannot judge the interior by peering into a single window.

You're right that there is no crime and no law broken, but I sure as hell would want to have neighbors who call the cops about anyone looking into my windows while I am not home. So absolutely the cops should be called and they should check the guy out. Dylan understood their reasons for their actions, why can't you?

[A Lark Ascending]

"The rock legend was stopped in July by police in Long Branch, New Jersey, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person roaming the neighborhood, police said."

Was he rummaging through bins?

Edited August 16, 2009 by Bev Stapleton

[7/4]

"The rock legend was stopped in July by police in Long Branch, New Jersey, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person roaming the neighborhood, police said."

Was he rummaging through bins?

no and that's what made us notice him.

A man looking into the windows of a house for sale is suspicious? He may want to see the layout of the house, may want to see if the house is damaged, etc. It could very well be a prospective buyer. There's still no crime and no law broken.

Absolutely it is potentially suspicious. Are you not aware that burglars target houses with for sale signs? And what can be seen from a window? Nothing, that's what. Anyone who likes a house from the curb needs to jot down the number and arrange a viewing. Period. You cannot judge the interior by peering into a single window.

You're right that there is no crime and no law broken, but I sure as hell would want to have neighbors who call the cops about anyone looking into my windows while I am not home. So absolutely the cops should be called and they should check the guy out. Dylan understood their reasons for their actions, why can't you?

If the house is empty, WTF are they going to steal?

Edited August 16, 2009 by 7/4

[RDK]

I suppose that this will now lead to another drink with the President.

[Dan Gould]

Not all houses for sale are empty.

[7/4]

Not all houses for sale are empty.

EXACTLY!

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[Jim Alfredson]

I look into houses that are for sale in my neighborhood (and other places) all the time.

God are we really this paranoid in this country?

[Jazzmoose]

Yes. Heck, if I'd been allowed to walk the six blocks to school in first grade by myself the way I was back in '63 and '64, I probably would have been taken away from my parents and put in foster care...

[PHILLYQ]

A man looking into the windows of a house for sale is suspicious? He may want to see the layout of the house, may want to see if the house is damaged, etc. It could very well be a prospective buyer. There's still no crime and no law broken.

Absolutely it is potentially suspicious. Are you not aware that burglars target houses with for sale signs? And what can be seen from a window? Nothing, that's what. Anyone who likes a house from the curb needs to jot down the number and arrange a viewing. Period. You cannot judge the interior by peering into a single window.

You're right that there is no crime and no law broken, but I sure as hell would want to have neighbors who call the cops about anyone looking into my windows while I am not home. So absolutely the cops should be called and they should check the guy out. Dylan understood their reasons for their actions, why can't you?

Dylan was quite cooperative, but the cops still went way too far. The cops could simply observe him and determine that there is no crime. Instead her winds up getting a ride from the cops to identify him. That's something out of the old Soviet Union and should not happen in the US.

[Serioza]

A man looking into the windows of a house for sale is suspicious? He may want to see the layout of the house, may want to see if the house is damaged, etc. It could very well be a prospective buyer. There's still no crime and no law broken.

Absolutely it is potentially suspicious. Are you not aware that burglars target houses with for sale signs? And what can be seen from a window? Nothing, that's what. Anyone who likes a house from the curb needs to jot down the number and arrange a viewing. Period. You cannot judge the interior by peering into a single window.

You're right that there is no crime and no law broken, but I sure as hell would want to have neighbors who call the cops about anyone looking into my windows while I am not home. So absolutely the cops should be called and they should check the guy out. Dylan understood their reasons for their actions, why can't you?

Dylan was quite cooperative, but the cops still went way too far. The cops could simply observe him and determine that there is no crime. Instead her winds up getting a ride from the cops to identify him. That's something out of the old Soviet Union and should not happen in the US.

true true

Edited August 17, 2009 by Serioza

[7/4]

Those NJ kids are so clueless.

[AllenLowe]

hey look, if I found Bob Dylan on MY front lawn I'd call in the militia -

[P.L.M]

I look into houses that are for sale in my neighborhood (and other places) all the time.

God are we really this paranoid in this country?

Reading the D. Gould post the answer is yes.

[7/4]

I look into houses that are for sale in my neighborhood (and other places) all the time.

God are we really this paranoid in this country?

Reading the D. Gould post the answer is yes.

Koyaanisqatsi.

[medjuck]

Hey I've been to Dylan concerts where people in the audience didn't recognize Dylan. (He tends to hide behind the keyboard nowadays. ) And they couldn't recognize the songs either.