Drinking in public

[Gin McGuinness]

yes, all day/every day if you want and it doesn't matter how much you have in your container. Welcome to Slingawhore!

[peetie44]

In VA you can be arrested for "Appearing Drunk in Public." That's APPEARING. Your BAC can be zero and they stull write you up/haul you in.

(W00T! 500!)

Man! Then I guess I can't legally perform on stage in Virginia.

[captain gonzo]

Yeah apparently its also illegal to be drunk in a bar......exactly how would you define drunk?

[Dr. Dotto S. Blotto]

i say, this is another ringing endorsement for having con V in vegas.

[Frankennietzsche]

Yeah apparently its also illegal to be drunk in a bar

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There was an incident in Texas a few years ago where the sherrifs were arresting people in bars for p.i.

[Jaime]

Probable cause is a tricky thing, probably one of the most contensciouse. Cops can say that they smelled it on you and that's enough.

Police can do a "Search incident to arrest" and not need probable cause. This is tricky, because they have to have a reason to arrest you, which goes back to "dancing naked".

Also, most police will ask your permission to search or look at your bottle (etc), if you say yes, then they don't need probable cause, as it is a "consent search". Generally if asked you should reply, "are you asking for my consent to search X?". The officer will likely say "yes". At that point you can say that they do not have your consent and that they can only look at X if they have probable cause, a search warrant, or if they arrest you. Then ask if you are free to go. It has worked twice for me. The police tend to back off if they sense that you are informed of your rights.

[slipperyyoke]

In Pennsylvania; they shoot your ass.

[Jaime]

In Pennsylvania; they shoot your ass.

That would be Eastern Penn or downtown Philly. Now, in, Conshohocken, PA, a white guy can get away with it...

[tisbor]

That's another thing that still makes me doubt i could enjoy a stay in U.S.A.



What fucking summer is it if i can't walk around drinking cold beer from a bottle ? Can you call it life ?

[coqui_chris]

In Pennsylvania; they shoot your ass.

That would be Eastern Penn or downtown Philly. Now, in, Conshohocken, PA, a white guy can get away with it...

Mannn, if you can't get away with drinking in public in the City of Philadelphia, then I don't know what to tell you.

Some of my very best drinking has been done in public in the City of Philadelphia. In Upper Darby, in Havertown, in Ardmore, Bryn Mawr ...

Some of my very best stories come from drinking in public, too.

Shit, I can't tell you how much I love an El-beer.



It might be illegal to drink in public from an open-container.
Some might call that a deterrent.
Others might call that a challenge.

And still others might say that they're glad that there are laws against open containers on the books because -- like hangovers -- it stops every yahoo and meathead and airhead ditz from doing it and preserves the integrity of Drunkarddum, keeping it in the hands of professionals.

I could write a novella on drinking outdoors, but I'll give you an example that occurred on South Broad Street, circa Broad and Snyder, in the spring of 2006.

We were hanging out at my friend's apartment, my friend B., our mutual female friend and I, when said female friend has to leave. But first she needs to go to the 40-store to buy sixpacks for herself and her live-in boyfriend. She asks me to walk her to Ho Sai Gai down at 17th and Snyder because its not quite safe for a cute blonde to be making , then back to her apartment on Watts Street, just over the other side of Broad. Anyways, we got back to her apartment and are drinking when she realizes she wants something from the Walgreens, and she needs my male accompaniment.
Shit, but I'd just opened a beer. I guess it would have to wait, right? After all, its illegal to carry an open beer down the street, right?

If you don't know how to pull it off yet, this is where I teach you how to utilize what I call the "claw method." Basically, you have to cup the beer in your palm right at your waist/hip level. You cup it with your forearm to the front, so that from the front, nobody walking towards you can see it. And as they pass you, you can simply employ the pivot-method.

So there we are. We walk all the way down to Walgreens two blocks away. And then we're on the way back and she's talking about ... something ... I don't fucking remember, and I take a sip.
"Holy shit," she says, "where'd you get that beer?"
"What? From my sixpack," I say.
"I didn't see you bring it with you," she says.
"Yeah, well ..."
"Wow, you're pretty good at this."
I shrug. "Yeah, well ..."

Later on that night, on the El westbound to 69th Street on my way home to the 610, a woman with two small children, maybe ages 2 and 4, was walking around on the platform drinking a malt liquor pounder from a straw out of a brown bag. Her daughter, the 4 year old, precedes to piss herself. She began to berate her and verbally abuse her to no end. When her vulgar verbal abuse drew rebuke from fellow passengers, she began to react by cursing out any and everybody on the El car.

But that's a whole 'nuther story ...

[theunderageadult]

As long as you don't ACT pissed, and drink your r+c from a coke bottle, you should be just fine. If, however, you are drinking from a stainless steel flask and pissing on the library, they WILL arrest you. Trust me

[Shmoo]

Living in the sticks makes this a non-issue. If I walk outside of my community I'm likely to get hit by a tractor trailer rolling down 20. I just do laps around the neighborhood and wonder why more folks aren't doing the same. I'm hopeful to turn a corner one day and be surprised to see another neighbor strolling with a bevie too. Losers.

[coqui_chris]

Matter of fact, on the one hand, I almost feel that if you get caught drinking in public, you almost deserve to be cited/booked.

[cornbread714]

If you don't know how to pull it off yet, this is where I teach you how to utilize what I call the "claw method." Basically, you have to cup the beer in your palm right at your waist/hip level. You cup it with your forearm to the front, so that from the front, nobody walking towards you can see it. And as they pass you, you can simply employ the pivot-method.

The cops in New Orleans are hip to the "claw method".
Trust me

[coqui_chris]

If you don't know how to pull it off yet, this is where I teach you how to utilize what I call the "claw method." Basically, you have to cup the beer in your palm right at your waist/hip level. You cup it with your forearm to the front, so that from the front, nobody walking towards you can see it. And as they pass you, you can simply employ the pivot-method.

The cops in New Orleans are hip to the "claw method".
Trust me

I'll tell you what you do:

Up the murder rate a hundred or more per year, and suddenly they won't care so very much about quality of life crimes.