We didn't want the week to slip by without at least making note of this important story, which was the top front page story in Thurday's Standard-Examiner.
What sets this story apart from your average Wasatch Front "Teenagers gone wild" story (aside from the fact that this particular teenager dropped her "amateur" status and tried to turn "pro"), was the (shall we say) "robust" police response, as reported in this paragraph from the middle of the Sam Cooper story:
Police responded to the club in early April after they were tipped off that one of the dancers may be underage. “There were a ton of cops, sheriffs and highway patrolmen,” one employee said.Tough duty we suppose, for the seeming hordes of "Utah's Finest" who were apparently dispatched by their various watch commanders to Ogden City's most prominent "Gentleman's Club," in order to apprehend a delinquent teenager.
We do hope none of these "cops, sheriffs and highway patrolmen" suffered any permanent "post-tramatic" stress; and we hope they all "put in" for hazardous duty pay.
Having said all this, we actually do not know what would have been an appropriate police response in a circumstance such as this. We confess that we have not been attending "crime conferences" for 35 years, unlike most experts in law enforcement. For all we know, law enforcement had every reason to anticipate a "dancer riot."
We also think the little gal's mom ought to administer her errant daughter a well-deserved spanking -- and that ought to be the end of it.
And what think our gentle readers?
Well...?
3 comments:
"Strip clubs" in Utah? There are no "strip clubs" or "nude dancers" in Ogden or Utah. Utah law prohibits such places and such activities in any establishment. Standard-Examiner writers must do "fact checks" before they go about writing their stories. This story was a bit sensationalized by the provocative misuse of language.
Don't you think the girl - who's obviously growing up too fast - might enjoy the "spanking" you suggest the mom "ought to administer." Perhaps the little girl should be forced to wear frumpy clothing until she's 30 - that's real punishment for her.
A year or two ago, a woman in Palm Desert, Calif., shocked the bejeesus out of me by discoursing knowledgeably about Ogden's Lighthouse (chuckling all the while). Who would've guessed its fame was that widespread? (Or was she merely an alumna? She was pushing 80.)
No strip clubs in Utah? No nude dancers? Not to split hairs, but there are tons of both all up and down the Wasatch Front. There aren't any completely nude clubs, but to see a little skin you have you don't have to go far. A little nipple pastie and a g-string don't cover much.
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