Los Gatos teen party ends with the arrests of father, son

A party in Los Gatos last week turned ugly when police responded to a neighbor's complaint about excessive noise and ended up arresting the teenager who was holding the party and his father.

[asdfghjkl]

this report fails to mention so many essential parts of that night.
its rediculous.
what happened to Matt Calhoun was completely unnecessary and just simply unfair. Matt would never "get completely physical" with the cops or "take a fighting stance", he is MUCH smarter than that.
the cops flipped him on the ground faster than he could even ATTEMPT to fight them back.
this is just outrageous and WAY too vague for people to try and take sides if you weren't a witness of what happened.

[blacquebox]

the cops over reacted as they always do....
thinking somehow that they are the law and deserve our respect...

[Reality Check]

asdfghjkl wrote:

this report fails to mention so many essential parts of that night.
its rediculous.
what happened to Matt Calhoun was completely unnecessary and just simply unfair. Matt would never "get completely physical" with the cops or "take a fighting stance", he is MUCH smarter than that.
the cops flipped him on the ground faster than he could even ATTEMPT to fight them back.
this is just outrageous and WAY too vague for people to try and take sides if you weren't a witness of what happened.

Many 'smarter than that' people do stupid things when drunk.

[Angel Eyes]

You forgot to mention that it was well past 1 in the morning; all quiet is 10 p.m., NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY DADDY HAS.
Another case of arrogance that deserves to be punished; if only more of these rich kids and their "not MY son" daddies would get into legal problems. Maybe they'd eventually discover that they have to obey the laws the way the rest of us working stiff tax payers have to.
I have no sympathy for the rest of these noisy arrogant "center of the universe" party goers, either. Maybe some day they'll develop some much needed HUMILITY, but I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

[soco]

Correction, no one is smart while drunk.

Fighting stance? They should have just tased him. Too many cops get injured taking drunk idiots to the ground. daddy too, just out of principle.

[celebrate subversity]

Angel Eyes wrote:

You forgot to mention that it was well past 1 in the morning; all quiet is 10 p.m., NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY DADDY HAS.
Another case of arrogance that deserves to be punished; if only more of these rich kids and their "not MY son" daddies would get into legal problems. Maybe they'd eventually discover that they have to obey the laws the way the rest of us working stiff tax payers have to.
I have no sympathy for the rest of these noisy arrogant "center of the universe" party goers, either. Maybe some day they'll develop some much needed HUMILITY, but I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

There it is, I knew it was coming...and it only took four posts! Your hateful class bias is claerly in the first sentence; that he was rich.

It's funny. If a cop did precisely the same thing in Watsonville or a black neighborhood, liberals would be outraged and screaming profiling and police brutality. But when it happens to a person who you perceive to be rich, well, the arrogant snob had it coming, right?

[Yep]

celebrate subversity wrote:

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There it is, I knew it was coming...and it only took four posts! Your hateful class bias is claerly in the first sentence; that he was rich.
It's funny. If a cop did precisely the same thing in Watsonville or a black neighborhood, liberals would be outraged and screaming profiling and police brutality. But when it happens to a person who you perceive to be rich, well, the arrogant snob had it coming, right?

I'll play Devil's Advocate on this one since Los Gatos has changed so much in the last 15 years that there is a lot of animosity between the residents of the town and the police whom the residents sneer at until they need them for something. I've heard it from officers there that don't like the attitude displayed by the rich kids towards them and I'm sure considering some of the affluent folks who have moved into that town in the recent past that their parents display an 'I'm above you civil servants(and most people for that matter)'. I'm not advocating for the police to be a holes in their own right like they are in many towns in America but balance does have it's benefits. Most of the cops in that town actually aren't that bad either when you compare them to Campbell or Milpitas and if you are decent with them they are likewise. In some respects the other poster was right that this wealthy pr!ck probably had it coming, what goes around comes around.

[STOP WORKING ILLEGALS]

all you rich bitches stop working illegals in your homes and yards. You are ruining America!!! They are working in your yards your homes,putting in your floors you name it. check ids give a shit about our country. Make sure they are on a payroll paying taxes, Los Gatos is snobby, 1am Id kick the kids ass my self. Next time we'll her he drove drunk and killed someone watch my words....

[SC LOCAL]

STOP WORKING ILLEGALS wrote:

all you rich **** stop working illegals in your homes and yards. You are ruining America!!! They are working in your yards your homes,putting in your floors you name it. check ids give a **** about our country. Make sure they are on a payroll paying taxes, Los Gatos is snobby, 1am Id kick the kids **** my self. Next time we'll her he drove drunk and killed someone watch my words....

wow off topic but great point....kid has been pulled over nice car prob going fast not in los gatos. There are towns to respect Los Gatos, Capitola scotts valley have their shit together unlike out of control santa cruz.

[Harry Merkin]

celebrate subversity wrote:

<quoted text>
There it is, I knew it was coming...and it only took four posts! Your hateful class bias is claerly in the first sentence; that he was rich.
It's funny. If a cop did precisely the same thing in Watsonville or a black neighborhood, liberals would be outraged and screaming profiling and police brutality. But when it happens to a person who you perceive to be rich, well, the arrogant snob had it coming, right?

Good one! I like the fact the big Gang bust in Santa Cruz City hauled in ZERO Mexicans.
I wish Downtown Santa Cruz could be like Los Gatos... or even Santa Barbara

Harold Merkin

P.S. Maine got it right and so did California!