Rock Beats Scissors, But Tractor Beats Cop Cars

Everybody's talking about abuse of police power nowadays, but what are you doing about it? If the answer is not "crush eight cop cars with your tractor then drive away", you're not doing as much as Roger Pion. It might be going too far to call the thirty-four-year-old pot-smoker a "great American", but there's something of the Founding Fathers in the man. After being arrested for marijuana possession, Mr. Pion made bail, went home, got in a tractor, returned to the police station, and dispensed a little justice of his own. He crushed all the police vehicles in the lot in a maneuver described as "monster truck rodeo" by spectators. The best, I mean worst, part? The police were unable to pursue him because all their vehicles had been crushed. Presumably they had nobody on staff who could run as quickly as a large tractor can drive. Nobody knows where Pion got the tractor, which makes the whole incident even more surreal. There were no injuries, although given that Panthers are no longer in production it would seem reasonable to charge the man with crimes against automotive enthusiasm and irreplaceable full-size sedans. Not that they're exactly short on things with which to charge him; his list of violations includes "leaving the scene of an accident". That seems like a stretch, since there was nothing accidental about his behavior. Mr. Pion comes off as a character out of Dickens or, more appropriately, Melville. It must have taken him a long time to drive to the police station. All that time, his mind must have been firmly fixed on revenge. For taking his weed. For keeping him away from the newest episode of "Game Of Thrones". It's hard to say. But in an era where most Generation-Xers can't even complete a juice cleanse, there's something to be said for that kind of moxie. Maybe the country should have a Kickstarter to buy new police cruisers. And a tractor-proof fence to put around them. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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