So, That One Cookie Guy Got Arrested

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Comedian Randy Liedtke baked himself an iPhone cookie. While this was certainly a blow struck against the police state known as the People’s Republic of California, for Mr. Liedtke himself, it didn’t work so well.


It turns out that he had a warrant out for unpaid parking tickets. Naturally, the cop took him downtown, so to speak.

While Mr. Liedtke says he is out of the cookie-iPhone business, your humble author is struck by two aspects of the situation:

  • You can be arrested for parking tickets? What kind of a country is this, exactly? Couldn’t he have pleaded “affluenza”?
  • Since the primary stop was baseless, shouldn’t he be free to go, even if he has a parking-ticket warrant? Lawyers of the Internet, I’m calling on you.

Regardless of the particulars, it would appear to Mr. Liedtke is as thoroughly broken on the wheel of governmental oppression as was Winston Smith. But how brightly the flame of revolution burned, in that brief moment when it shone!

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  • Doublechili Doublechili on Dec 13, 2013

    Someone should send a cookie in the shape of a key to him in jail.

  • Jeffzekas Jeffzekas on Dec 13, 2013

    Having BEEN to a REAL police state (Eastern Europe before the wall fell) I can state from personal experience that the USA is not a police state, and this guy is no Winston Smith. Reminds me of the anti fur activist who went into our local charity shop (nee thrift store) and destroyed all the fur coats-- these were used coats, and the money for selling them would go to families in need, but "fur is evil", so the coats were wrecked and went to the dump. Making a cell phone cookie and provoking a cop is a similar form of stupidity. My point is: if you think "cops are evil" and driving with a cellphone is safe, then change the law. Stop complaining on forums and get involved in your local government; work on the local police oversight committee, and make a real world effort to change things. And vote, if you want to be heard. But if you aren't involved in politics (as I have been since 1972) then you are full of hot air.

    • LALoser LALoser on Dec 14, 2013

      Jeffzekas: I totally agree. Having worked in several police states in Asia and "religious" based countries I am amazed how Americans equate the US to oppressive regimes. We have become a country where everything has to be a profit center. From prisons and police work to driving and even using the library. My personal view is not to fear the government, but the deep reach of profiteering businesses. They control everything...banking, credit reports, health care, shopping records, spending records, travel records, internet use....you name it.

  • Z71_Silvy Z71_Silvy on Dec 14, 2013

    If you don't know how a person can be arrested because of parking tickets and call the initial stop baseless, then you clearly do not have any grasp of the basic aspects of law enforcement and should cease articles like this where you're ignorance is so beautifully on display.

  • NoGoYo NoGoYo on Dec 14, 2013

    Do chocolate chips make your cookie phone have buttons?

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