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A MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE
STOPPED HIM WHILE HE WAS TAKING HIS DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND
FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
WHAT WAS THE WARRANT FOR?
14 YEARS AGO HE RENTED A VHS VERSION OF A MOVIE, FREDDY
GOT FINGERED, AND DID NOT RETURN IT.
YES, THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
TOM GREEN STARRED IN THAT MOVIE, AND WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
HE TWEETED ABOUT IT.
[VIDEO BUFFERING] FOR A VHS TAPE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT IS BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOME SORT OF DEVICE THAT
HELPS YOU WATCH MOVIES.
>> THIS STORY IS EVERYTHING. I LOVE IT.
>> VHS STANDS FOR VIDEO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THIS EXPERT ON THE SHOW.
THERE IS A SERIOUS POINT HERE.
IT GOES TO THE POLICE STATE MENTALITY WE HAVE.
ON THE ONE HAND, BACK THEN, RETURN THE TAPE.
IF HE DOESN'T, THEN THE BLOCKBUSTER WHATEVER HAS A
RIGHT TO SAY I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
BUT HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE THAT 14
YEARS LATER WHEN THAT VIDEO STORE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST
ANYMORE, DO NOT HANDCUFF THE GUY.
JUST SAY, HEY, IT TURNS OUT YOU HAVE THIS THING FROM 14
YEARS AGO, YOU REALLY HAVE TO CLEAR IT UP.
CAN YOU COME DOWN TO THE STATION?
WE NEED TO HAVE YOU PAY THE $200 FINE, IF YOU DON'T, THEN
EVERY TIME WE PULL YOU OVER FOR A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
THAT IS HOW A HUMAN BEING WOULD HANDLE IT.
>> I'M A FATHER OF TWO, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HANDCUFFED FOR
A VHS- FOR A WONDERFUL MOVIE BY THE WAY.
ROTTEN TOMATOES AND IMDB WAS NOT REALLY FAIR.
YOU DON'T GET HANDCUFFED IN FRONT OF YOUR KID.
YOU ARE RIGHT, COPS SHOULD HAVE COMMON SENSE, BUT THEN AGAIN.
IF YOU LEAVE COMMON SENSE OPEN, PEOPLE WILL APPLY IT
CORRECTLY, BUT THEN OTHERS MIGHT NOT APPLY IT CORRECTLY.
>>WE
DON'T LEAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR HUMAN JUDGMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.
TO MAKE AN EVEN MORE SERIOUS POINT, THINK ABOUT THIS, HE
IS NOW DEALING WITH A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, A $200 FINE ñ
WHICH BY THE WAY TOM GREEN SAID THAT HE WOULD PAY.
THIS GUY DID SOMETHING SO SMALL.
THINK ABOUT WHAT WALL STREET DID TO US?
THEY ROBBED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FACED NO CRIMINAL
CHARGES WHATSOEVER. THEY DID NOT DEAL WITH ANY CONSEQUENCES.
IN FACT, AMERICAN TAXPAYERS CAME FORWARD AND BAILED THEM OUT.
YOU HAVE WORKING CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE MAKING TINY
MISTAKES WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT AND THEY ARE DEALING
WITH POLICE HANDCUFFING THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN.
>>JIMMY MAKES THIS POINT ALL THE TIME.
THE GUY HAS A $200 FINE, AND I SAID HE SHOULD PAY IT.
BANKERS HAVE TO PAY SOMETIMES $11 BILLION FINES.
IN SOME CASES CLEAR, OBVIOUS FRAUD.
IN THE CASE OF HSBC, THEY LAUNDERED DRUG CARTEL
MONEY, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IT.
IF YOU LAUNDERED $10
THEY WOULD COME IN HANDCUFF YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR DAUGHTER.
THESE GUYS LAUNDERED MONEY FOR THE DRUG CARTELS.
SINCE THEY ARE BANKERS, THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW.
THEY PAY A FRACTION OF THEIR PROFITS.
DO YOU KNOW IF YOU PAID $11
BILLION, YOU ARE PROBABLY GUILTY.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAWYERS.
AND YET, NOT ONE OF THOSE EXECUTIVES GOT HANDCUFFED.