Kiss Your Freedom Goodbye
David Horton was having a great time. He and his girlfriend were at a Cincinnati Reds game, enjoying the fresh air, when they suddenly appeared on the scoreboard “Kiss Cam.” Not one to disappoint a crowd, Horton leaned over to kiss his girlfriend in front of thousands of people. Unfortunately, one of those thousands was his parole officer. As anyone who has seen “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” knows, just because you’re playing hooky (or dodging parole) at a baseball game, it doesn’t mean the camera won’t find you.
But here’s what’s really weird: Horton had been arrested in 1999 for stabbing two men, and he served two years. But the warrant currently out for his arrest involves cocaine possession/trafficking, which could land him in the pokey for 18 years. Is it just me, or are certain priorities out of order when the sentence for cocaine abuse is nine times longer than that for stabbing two people?