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[Blue_Tires]

Father kicked out of Cardinals game for having son hold his beer

There's an old joke about the last words of a redneck: "Hold my beer and watch this." While such beer-holding moments often lead to mayhem and the occasional grievous bodily injury, in many cases they're simply just matters of common courtesy ... until the cops get involved, that is.

Arizona Cardinals season-ticket holder John Coulter was at Saturday's game, and as one does, wanted to get a picture. Also as one does, he was holding a beer at the time. So he handed his beer to his 15-year-old son for temporary safekeeping. And shortly afterward, he received a visit from some undercover stadium police, who informed him that he had been serving alcohol to a minor and would be immediately escorted from the stadium and handed a citation for trespassing.

"I thought it was a candid camera joke, I really did,” Coulter told USA TODAY Sports. “We just watched the opening kickoff and I wanted to take a quick picture. I literally handed my son my cup and said hold my cup, I reached into my pocket, grabbed my cell phone, put it on camera mode and took a picture.”

"Providing alcohol to an underage person or an underage person in possession of alcohol is a Class 1 misdemeanor," Sgt. Wesley Kuhl of the Arizona Department of Liquor License and Control told USA Today. "The consequences could be up to, and this is a maximum, of two years in jail, $2,500 fine and three years probation."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/father-kicked-cardinals-game-having-son-hold-beer-135221084.html

[d_r]

1. oh good lord.

cops have lost their mind.

[Blue_Tires]

2. My dad would've been kicked out of almost every game today...

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I don't know if "mind"--singular was intentional, but it should have been.

The Cop Groupmind has gone insane.

[dr.strangelove]

4. I have let my son taste my beer

guess I am going to serve hard time.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Wow-- zero tolerance is getting waaaaaaay out of hand.

Here in Japan, no one would think twice about handing a 15-year-old son a beer to hold while Dad took a quick pic of a sporting event

[Yavin4]

6. I recall when kids use to mix drinks for their parents

Back then it was seen as a sign of respect.

[AnneD]

7. Texas ia a bit more sensible....

Thanks to our German settlers I guess.

I gave my daughter increasing strength levels of alcohol at special dinners and occasions. On her 18th birthday I took her out for her first full strength beer. The results....I never had to worry about her in her teens. She would usually be the designated driver for her friends. When she was able to drive, I made her promise to give me a call if she became too drunk to drive. I promised that I would never yell or punish her for being human. I did not want her to have an accident or worse yet make a poor choice or have someone assault her. This point was brought home when a high school student she knew was gang raped after having too much to drink while out with someone she thought was her 'friend'.

[NoPasaran]

8. The Founders weep

[Wait Wut]

9. It was a Cardinals game.

They didn't miss much.

But, yeah...over the top and I hope the stadium/team extend some type of olive branch to the kid.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Cards = All the more reason for dad to buy beer and get piss drunk

[DFW]

11. Then it's false arrest

Coulter didn't "serve" alcohol to anyone. He asked his kid to hold his cup. He did not offer him the contents.