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waibac · 01-01-2007, 09:42 PM

Anyone heard about this new reality show? I heard it'll start in a couple of weeks on CBS. I love the premise of it! Celebrities become reserve officers on the Muncie, Indiana police force which include WWE champ Trish Stratus, Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Jason Acuna from Jackass. If you think that’s wild I heard they’re making a sequel where they send a new crop of celebs into the war in Iraq. So how was that?!

Willravel · 01-01-2007, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ABC News

Crime Rats Skyrocket in Reality Experiment Gone Wrong
AP
March 17, 2007

A recent and shocking increase in crime rates in Muncie, Indiana is to be blamed on the wreckless and iresponsible spread of reality TV shows, federal marshals said on Friday.

I early 2007, CBS started a reality show where B-list celebrities were to join the local police force. At first, there were only minor incodents of theft locally, but crime skyrocketed after only a few weeks, making Muncie the new most dangerous place to live in the US. Unemployment has gone up, following the crime rates, only serving to exasorbate the situation.

"We thought it was just an innocent thing," says local out-of-work, and victim of 4 thefts in the past 3 weeks, John Stratford. "It became clear, though, that the level of dicsours on the police force was directly proportional to the amount of safety a community enjoys. Once it was clear that these people were not here to protect us, but to further their careers by acting like idiots, crime took a sharp rise." John Stratford owned a local hardware store that had been in his family for 45 years. It was repeatedly vandalized and evnetually robbed at gun point. "Trish Stratus showed up in a bikini with 7 cameras and she just sort of posed and whined. That one guy from Chips was trying to hold it together, but was distracted when Jason Acuna dipped his testicles in lamp oil and lit them on fire." The resulting fire was responsible for an estimated $350,000 in damages, to several buildings that were not insured for fires.

The president was forced to declair marshal law on Thursday after federal marshals and atf agents were chased out by chain gangs that had sprouted up, one of which was actually lead by Jack Osbourne. Staff Sgt. Warren Miller has assured the public that they expect to restore order by the end of the month, and has advised that anyone within 50 miles of Muncie be sure to lock all doors and windows at all times.

Fake article, obviously, but it pretty much sums up what I think will happen.

Willravel · 01-01-2007, 10:02 PM

doublepost, nm

slant · 01-05-2007, 04:43 PM

At least you get to see them getting tasered: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vi...77606&fr=yvmtf

shakran · 01-05-2007, 06:27 PM

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Reality star, wounded activist trade words
By NICK WERNER
Muncie Star Press
January 5, 2007

MUNCIE -- After being stabbed in the leg, a community activist got into a shouting match in an ambulance with a star of a reality show being shot in Muncie.
Randall R. Sims, 53, was listed in fair condition Thursday at Ball Memorial Hospital, according to hospital spokesman Neil Gifford.
Before being taken by ambulance to the hospital, Sims exchanged angry words with -- and announced plans to sue -- actor Erik Estrada, a reserve city officer starring in the CBS-TV reality series Armed & Famous.
Muncie police arrested Cynthia Shouse, 28, on a preliminary charge of domestic battery with a deadly weapon. She was being held without bond Thursday in the Delaware County jail.
Two boys in Shouse's home, ages 10 and 11, were released to a grandmother, according to police reports.
Police responded to Shouse's residence around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday after the woman called 911 and reported Sims had been stabbed, police reports said.
"Basically, they got into a fight," MPD detective Barry Privett told The Star Press. "There was probably alcohol involved, and she ended up stabbing him."
"Shouse indicated that she had been drinking with Sims and that he was abusive to her and that she stabbed him because he would not leave and would not get off of her," the affidavit said.
Police believe Shouse might have been acting in self-defense, but because she was uncooperative, they were forced to arrest her, Privett said.
Celebrity officer Estrada assisted at the scene and eventually became involved in a shouting match with Sims in the back of an ambulance, which Estrada had entered after being asked to remove handcuffs from Sims's wrists.
The argument began when Sims -- who referred to Estrada by the name of another Hollywood actor, Emilio Estevez -- said he didn't want to appear on Armed & Famous and intended to sue the former CHiPs star.
Sims is best known locally for his role in ultimately successful efforts to persuade city leaders to rename Broadway in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Apparently referring to those efforts, Sims told Estrada he knew nothing about King and had only been in Muncie "for two days."
Estrada told Sims he had been in town for six weeks, also noting he had been born in a Harlem hospital and grew up in Spanish Harlem -- a Manhattan neighborhood that has battled problems with crime and poverty, and was cited by King in a landmark 1967 speech in which he called for an end to the Vietnam War.
The encounter between Estrada and Sims ended with an exchange of obscenities before the celebrity officer left the ambulance.
Muncie Police Chief Joe Winkle said Thursday night that he had not yet seen footage from the event and could not comment on whether Estrada had acted appropriately in his dealings with Sims.
In the past 14 months, Sims has twice been charged with driving while intoxicated, in November 2005 and again last Oct. 26. Both cases are still pending in Muncie City Court.
Shouse was convicted of burglary in 2000, and remains on probation in that case, according to Delaware County court records.
She also has misdemeanor convictions for driving while intoxicated (in 2002 and 2004), criminal conversion (2002), battery (2003) and driving without ever receiving a license (2005).
While Shouse was uncooperative, police also filed a battery report on her behalf against Sims, Privett said.
Police also cited Sims for disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.

Say it ain't so Ponch

Gvangjcouh · 01-12-2007, 12:05 AM

Talk about willpower, do these celebrities have what it takes to be real policemen/policewomen? I mean its hard to imagine La Toya Jackson in training doing hand to hand combat and be on the receiving end of a taser. I laugh my ass off seeing this happen to these celebs. Hehehe. http://www.postchronicle.com/news/or...21257794.shtml

MexicanOnABike · 01-12-2007, 10:46 PM

mods can delete this post plz.

amonkie · 01-13-2007, 07:34 AM

Just a note... I merged these threads together - continue!

I personally would like to see people who played cops in movies being put to the Real test - would give you an idea of the realisticness of the movie.

01-01-2007, 09:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
waibac Upright	Armed and Famous - COPS reality show Anyone heard about this new reality show? I heard it'll start in a couple of weeks on CBS. I love the premise of it! Celebrities become reserve officers on the Muncie, Indiana police force which include WWE champ Trish Stratus, Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Jason Acuna from Jackass. If you think that’s wild I heard they’re making a sequel where they send a new crop of celebs into the war in Iraq. So how was that?!

01-12-2007, 12:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Gvangjcouh Upright	Armed and Famous – new COPS reality show Talk about willpower, do these celebrities have what it takes to be real policemen/policewomen? I mean its hard to imagine La Toya Jackson in training doing hand to hand combat and be on the receiving end of a taser. I laugh my ass off seeing this happen to these celebs. Hehehe. http://www.postchronicle.com/news/or...21257794.shtml

01-12-2007, 10:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	mods can delete this post plz. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings- Last edited by MexicanOnABike; 01-14-2007 at 10:07 PM..

01-13-2007, 07:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Just a note... I merged these threads together - continue! I personally would like to see people who played cops in movies being put to the Real test - would give you an idea of the realisticness of the movie. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

01-01-2007, 10:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	doublepost, nm

01-05-2007, 04:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
slant Upright	At least you get to see them getting tasered: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vi...77606&fr=yvmtf