Ill Conceived Marriage Proposal Of The Month: Jon Cardin
By Dennis Wyman on August 20, 2009 8:15 PM | Permalink | 246 Comments
If you're from the Baltimore area, you have likely heard of this
by now, as needless to say it has set off quite the firestorm of public
outrage.
Jon Cardin, a member of Maryland's House of Delegates, had a glorious idea when it came to proposing to his girlfriend: Stage a police raid while they were on a date on a friend's boat.
During their little date, a horde of on-duty police officers swarmed the boat with both marine and HELICOPTER units, raiding it until they found a suspicious box, which was opened and presented to the girlfriend, engagement ring inside.
Besides the fact that these were on-duty cops, who probably would have been working elsewhere in the crime-ridden city, the Baltimore Police Department has also been facing funding issues and had recently turned to asking the public to donate money so certain programs could survive.
I could make a witty comment, but I think this story speaks for itself.
Full story can be found on the Baltimore Sun.
Jon Cardin, a member of Maryland's House of Delegates, had a glorious idea when it came to proposing to his girlfriend: Stage a police raid while they were on a date on a friend's boat.
During their little date, a horde of on-duty police officers swarmed the boat with both marine and HELICOPTER units, raiding it until they found a suspicious box, which was opened and presented to the girlfriend, engagement ring inside.
Besides the fact that these were on-duty cops, who probably would have been working elsewhere in the crime-ridden city, the Baltimore Police Department has also been facing funding issues and had recently turned to asking the public to donate money so certain programs could survive.
I could make a witty comment, but I think this story speaks for itself.
Full story can be found on the Baltimore Sun.
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246 Comments
Captain Cornflake | August 23, 2009 10:28 PM
At least in this case, Baltimore's police force kinda admitted something was wrong here and are making the guy pay back the city. With Boston, they has refused to admit they made an error, which just made the whole city look even worse.
Nox | August 23, 2009 6:38 PM
This guys wins both the Asshole of the Year and Most Awesome Proposal Ever awards.
As far as the police force goes, I don't think Baltimore's incompetence and paranoia over one guy can compare with Boston's incompetence and paranoia over the whole Aqua Teen "bomb scare".