DANGER! BOTTLED WATER? U R under arrest, drop that icecream!

Must be the bubbles in the water or color of cans... oh my!
Beast System at work

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/29/uva-student-jailed-for-possession-of-bottled-water-ice-cream/

Eric Owens
Education Editor


A University of Virginia student spent a night and good part of the next day in jail after seven plain-clothes agents from the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control division ambushed her.

The student, 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly, made the mistake of walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream in a dark supermarket parking lot near the UVA campus, reports The Daily Progress.

The seven agents sprung aggressively into action, suspecting that the student was carrying was a 12-pack of beer. She was actually carrying a sky-blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water.

Police admit that one of the high-strung agents vaulted onto the hood of Daly’s car. She contends that one of them also drew a gun.

It’s not clear what about Daly’s appearance gave the lawmen (and one law woman) the belief that they had probable cause to confront her en masse.

Daly, along with two roommates who were in the car, did what reasonable, unarmed people usually do when violently pounced upon by seven people. They tried to get away.

“They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform,” Daly said in a written account, according to The Daily Progress.

“I couldn’t put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were … terrified,” the student also wrote.

According to court records obtained by the Charlottesville paper, Daly “grazed” two agents with her vehicle. At this time, the records state, the unidentified passenger in the front seat of her SUV was yelling “go, go, go” and simultaneously diving into the back seat.

Once the three students managed to make it out of the parking lot, they called 911. Daly testified that her goal was to drive immediately to a police station. However, she was stopped by a vehicle with identifiable sirens and lights.

Daly had just left an annual UVA “Take Back the Night” vigil on the famous campus founded by the man who drafted the Declaration of Independence. She was eventually able to explain that she had purchased the water and junk food for a sorority benefit. She also apologized.
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If ya all think that I might be nuts... just look at this stuff:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/town-bans-bottled-water-sales.html

Town Bans Bottled Water Sales

WCVB
May 5, 2010

The town of Concord has banned the sale of bottled drinking water in town beginning in 2011.

“We only have one planet and I just don’t want to see it spoiled,” said Jean Hill, who introduced the measure at Concord’s Town Meeting.

Hill said that New York, Illinois and Virginia, as well as more than 100 cities, have taken action to cut spending on bottled water.

The measured passed by Concord would allow the sale of refillable containers of water, which could still be sold and delivered in town. Only plastic bottles that companies cannot reuse would be banned.

“Water is something we can get from the faucet. You “We only have one planet and I just don’t want to see it spoiled,” said Jean Hill, who introduced the measure at Concord’s Town Meeting.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/leeds-students-ban-bottled-water.html

Leeds students ban bottled water

Martin Wainwright
London Guardian
Monday, Feb 2, 2009

Students at one of Britain’s biggest universities have become the first in the country to ban bottled still water from all their bars, cafes and shops, sacrificing annual profits of £32,000.

A referendum at Leeds University has voted overwhelmingly to phase out the product by the end of next year, to allow campus stores to absorb the loss of their biggest-selling line.

More than 200,000 bottles of still water were sold by the university union’s outlets last year to students, whose bags and backpacks habitually have the plastic containers peeping from pockets. National sales of bottled water have risen rapidly in the last decade and now account for 5% of all drinks purchased.

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“It’s a measure of concern about the environment, putting sustainability before profit,” says Tom Salmon of Leeds University Union, which saw 4,000 students vote on the issue – an exceptional turnout. “We’ve got to pull bottled water off the shelves by 2010 and bring in new lines of affordable, reusable water bottles instead.”

The union, whose main bar is one of Britain’s largest single drink outlets, will install free drinking fountains on the main campus as part of the initiative, and at residences and blocks of student flats. A campaign will be launched to promote tap water along the lines of the region’s successful promotion three years ago, with the slogan: “Yorkshire water – ask for it by name”.

Full article here

Sorry,  I am confused.   What is the difference between bottled water and reusable water bottles?

A bottle is always reusable so what am I missing?   We have bottled drinking waters here,  a lot,  plastic made.   We reuse these bottles a lot too,  either as refillable or recyclable.   So that is reusable too.