Unintelligentsia

Steve Guttenburg. Never. Ever. Funny.

On the way into work this morning I heard this story about the kid pretending to be a cop in Chicago, then I read it again in my RSS reader, then I saw it on digg, then it was emailed to me, then I stumbled it twice, therefore I decided this story was serious, serious news. Dire in fact. I mean, the kid was fourteen, and he pretended to be a cop. Can you see the seriousness of that? Can you!?

A 14-year-old aspiring police officer donned a uniform, walked into a Chicago police station and managed to get an assignment – patrolling in a squad car for five hours before he was detected, police said Sunday.

Dugan said the boy looks older than 14

Interesting, so the Chicago police department was unable to tell that a 14 year old kid was underage just by looking at him? If only his voice didn’t keep cracking he might have made it to retirement. Well, I hope this sparks some debate about how easy it is to mistake a minor for being 18. At the very least Dateline should take stock of this, because the “she looked older” argument just gained a helluva lot of credence.