Video: Drug raid turns into 9 hour Wii bowl-a-thon

Know what's more alluring to the five-O than glazed confectionary goods? Nintendo's Wii, apparently. Or at least the lure of bowling without all the heavy lifting. See, a team of undercover cops raiding the home of a convicted Florida drug dealer was smitten enough by the console to quit their search and fire up Wii Sports for a bit of taxpayer fun over a period of, oh... about nine hours -- unaware that the home security system was recording the whole thing. Your dose of self-righteous indignation can be found after the break.

[Thanks, Maurice]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 6:10PM]

lol@that guy owning a Wii.

[Balboa Posted Sep 23rd 2009 6:47PM]

Gah! He isn't wearing the wrist strap! Thats dangerous...

[MrGoodCat Posted Sep 23rd 2009 7:35PM]

the first ever Wiid raid, hah!

[mkvl buy some vowels Posted Sep 23rd 2009 9:06PM]

The fact that they are overweight sure doesn't make this look any better.

[monkeycrackers Posted Sep 23rd 2009 9:54PM]

In their line of dangerous work, these guys deserve a break.
So they played a little Wii, big deal.
Who hasn't spent time on the job doing something they weren't paid to do?
Should start a poll, see how many of these comments were posted from work.

[ZeroCorpse Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:53AM]

A little?

NINE HOURS!!!

You know how much of that salary is paid for by your tax dollars?

[SLowrAM Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:47AM]

Darn It under 3 minutes! I had just cleared my night for watching an interesting bowling tournament. Stupid misleading headline.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 26th 2009 5:59AM]

There are probably some good cops out there, but you'd have to search damn hard to find them. And you'd probably find out that they are county sheriffs in there 50's and 60's getting ready to retire. People used to join the police force because they wanted to spend their career
helping other people. "To Serve and Protect" I am afraid that that is no longer the case. City cops these days are generally smaller guys with "little dick syndrome". Guys who spent their formative years getting beat up for their lunch money. And they become cops not to perform public service and help people but to get a badge and a gun and retaliate against the world. It's an ego thing. These days if you are pulled over the cop is not likely to abide by the law it is his job to enforce.You and your car are likely to be subject to a warrantless search and if you protest that there is no probable cause for a search then you will probably hit the pavement face first and watch the search in handcuffs. If you have to deal with a young cop your best bet is to be totally passive and do not try to exercize your rights under the constitution and bill of rights. Sad but true. Pointing out that you have rights to a young cop these days will be taken as a challenge to his authority. You will end up behind bars for "resisting arrest". I would call a cop if someone burglarized my house. But I would not call the police to resolve a dispute or to the scene of a non injury accident because it would most likely lead to injury. Fuck cops. They are not out to help you.

Marijuana makes you lazy. It totally wipes out your ability to concentrate. It sucks for working and driving, but is great for laying on the couch late at night watching comedy. It does not make you "laugh uncontrollably" The only bad thing pot can really do to you is land you in jail. It is a much safer drug than alcohol. When was the last time you heard of someone getting stoned and wrecking their car or beating up their wife?