April 11th, 2011
So the Atlanta cops pulled over Allen Iverson and a pal in Iverson’s Lamborghini, discovered the car’s tags were expired, and impounded it. So far, so good. The cops then also claim that Iverson cursed at the officer and demanded to know, “Do you know who I am?” Etc.
Two problems: (1) Because the incident occurred in the parking lot of a Ruth’s Chris (Iverson and his buddy were picking up a to-go order; who knew?) there were lots of witnesses, many of whom are disputing the officer’s account; (2) The key part of the officer’s account puts a quotation in Iverson’s mouth that’s, at best, implausible. The officers alleges that Iverson said:
“Take the vehicle, I have 10 more,” he told Durham, according to her report. “Police don’t have anything else [expletive] to do except [expletive] with me. . . . Do you know who I am?”
“Take the vehicle“? You think Iverson would use the word “vehicle” in talking about his Lamborghini? I kind of doubt it. You know who reflexively says “vehicle” whenever they’re talking about a car, truck, SUV, etc.? Cops. The only way this quote could be more made-up is if the cop then had Iverson say, “Do you know what particular individual I am?”
Judith April 11, 2011 at 10:30 am
I don’t know, I’ve heard lots of men (can’t ever recall a female) using “vehicle” instead of car or whatever, especially men from the South or blue collar men, which Iverson vaguely is, Lamborghini or no.