Mind you, I have been informed Chloe/Puddinghead isn’t evil but I’ve been riding hard my theory that the next antagonist after Joyce’s Church and Blaine will be the Dean.
Listen, whether the school supports this or not, the police have already shown they have enough corruption in thos prescient to go out for some payback after so many of them got beat up. Look at the mark on the officer’s cheek in the first panel. These guys know Amber O’Malley is PROBABLY Amazi-Girl even if Blaine wouldn’t confirm it before he “suicided”. Sarah is going to have words with her boyfriend about the cops coming into her room, and if the Dean really is the bad guy her scholarship could be revoked. BUT HEY, maybe Carla’s parents will take their money out of this war and put it towards their daughter’s peers.
thejeff
Evil or not, I’m not sure what’s supposed to be going on here. Are we supposed to accept at face value that they don’t have a warrant and they’re just here for revenge?
But why? That makes no sense. If they’ve got a reason to come here looking for AG to get revenge, there isn’t a judge in the country that wouldn’t give them a warrant. And then they could beat her up for resisting arrest. There’s no reason to be operating without the cover of law here.
C.T Phipps
My assumption is that they intend to just BS their way into arresting Amber.
Probably with the school’s permission.
thejeff
But why?
Any judge would give them a warrant, so why BS?
C.T Phipps
I mean there’s plenty of RL cops who do stupid stuff because of lack of patience or disrespect for procedure. The endless amounts of lack of read rights, turned off bodycams, warrantless actions, and lying about warrants proves so.
thejeff
Sure, but most of that is either spur of the moment or when they’re really trying to get away with something.
Rather than a big planned operation that they could easily get a warrant for. Unless they can’t for some reason I don’t see yet.
Dandi_Andi
Would they be able to get a warrant without a suspect, though? That would require a warrant or warrants to search every residence in the wing, including many people who aren’t suspected of any crime. I won’t say that it wouldn’t happen. I’m not well versed enough in law enforcement procedures. But i think it’s pretty reasonable to think that the cops might skip a warrant if they don’t think they can get one. So they are going to make a show of force in common areas and attempt to menace a bunch of women into voluntarily allowing a search of their rooms. And if one of those women happens to unknowingly be AG’s roommate, so much the better.
thejeff
Maybe. But if they’re just trying to intimidate, they’re a lot less of a threat for actually finding anything than we’re being led to believe.
Dandi_Andi
That’s probably true, but Amber/AmaziGirl have taken the bait if it is indeed that.
The same school that has two members of its faculty (Leslie and Robin, the latter being an actual professor) currently in custody? I don’t think they be doing much to protect students…
OTOH, think they’d want to tread softly in this dorm.
There’s a billionaire’s daughter, the sister of a former member of Congress and the dean’s ex’s kids. People with connections and money for lawyers.
I really want to say that Sal is probably more thorough about hiding criminal evidence than that, but a full police sweep might not be something she was expecting
I just had an evil thought. Dorothy was working on AG’s costume, so they’ll find stuff in there. Becky’s haircut now makes her look enough like AG that they’ll put out a manhunt for her.
I knew a girl who did this — who jumped out a high up window to escape police torture. It was in Prague, so they called her the “Praha praha fenstersturz”: the fourth defenestration of Prague. It didn’t work, though. She was so broken, lying on the ground, that the police just came and picked her up and took her back into custory. )-:
I don’t recall her name. Wish I did. She was an amazing political cartoonist. “An age ago…”
Why does Ruth hate Bulmeria? The only reason she could possibly object to the police in the dorm is due to longstanding anti-Bulmerianism. Which of course is the motivation of the protestors.
(Its sad sarcasm barely feels like a defense to the current administration)
It actually does, but not enough for it to be the sort of consequences people want.
Thag Simmons
Not in any direct causal sense. They are tangentially connected but mostly in the sense that the cheating happened during the event that this is in response to
Reltzik
AG escalated to brawling with the police because Dorothy ran back into the protest, causing Joyce to linger and almost get arrested.
Granted, we don’t know whether she would have brawled with them due to some other offense if the first one hadn’t happened, and Dorothy running back into the protest BECAUSE of unrequited love for Joyce might require a bit of reading between the lines and your mileage might vary, but I’m going to call it a causal connection. Because doing so lets me be silly.
Arguably, the near arrest happened because she’d stopped just outside, looking after her friend who had just run back in. That’s not justified, but it’s also not quite just a promising target – lots of other people still walking out and no sign they were all be grabbed.
And honestly, the cop was right. She was gonna run back in after Dorothy regardless.
Once AG started brawling with cops, she did rescue others, but that was the inciting incident and it’s not clear if she would have jumped in otherwise.
Astariel
If she wasn’t planning to fight cops, what was she doing there in costume in the first place? I don’t buy this ‘everything is Joyrothy’s fault’ interpretation of events.
Reltzik
Astariel: Lurking around in costume (usually on a rooftop) is kinda SOP for Amazi-girl, whether she plans on fighting cops or not.
Yumi
If it wouldn’t have been cheating, would Dorothy have been anguished enough about her perceived unrequited feelings for Joyce? I think very possibly, from my experience of falling for a “straight” girl (and also an actually straight girl). But the yearning was definitely increased by seeing Joyce with someone else.
tbf, consequences falling far, far away from their precipitating actions is also the way of the fickle not-Willis god, the one that Becky is currently on the outs with
Needfuldoer
Willis is her god, looming over her in their drawing tablet like Bugs at the end of Duck Amuck.
Unless Danny dobbed Joyce and Dorothy in to the cops as retribution for breaking Joe’s heart, then no. This is not Joe and Walky’s friends treating JoyDot’s infidelity like it matters. Of course this probably WILL satisfy the separate but adjacent complaint that JoyDot’s honeymoon is boring and has gone on too long.
I can’t relate to either argument, but I’m glad they’ve got something to sink their teeth into now.
The “just searching closets” cop is out of luck, the last two stragglers came out two days ago. Also he looks like the unholy spawn of Toedad and Joedad; you’re welcome for that mental image in advance
223 thoughts on “Warrant”
NGPZ
??????
*plays “Rain” from Cowboy Bebop on hacked muzak*
Achallenger
Oooof
Morrison
The school should sue
Paradoxius
Damn, imagine a university that sided with students rather than the police in this kind of situation!
C.T Phipps
The school is probably behind this.
Mind you, I have been informed Chloe/Puddinghead isn’t evil but I’ve been riding hard my theory that the next antagonist after Joyce’s Church and Blaine will be the Dean.
Morrison
Listen, whether the school supports this or not, the police have already shown they have enough corruption in thos prescient to go out for some payback after so many of them got beat up. Look at the mark on the officer’s cheek in the first panel. These guys know Amber O’Malley is PROBABLY Amazi-Girl even if Blaine wouldn’t confirm it before he “suicided”. Sarah is going to have words with her boyfriend about the cops coming into her room, and if the Dean really is the bad guy her scholarship could be revoked. BUT HEY, maybe Carla’s parents will take their money out of this war and put it towards their daughter’s peers.
thejeff
Evil or not, I’m not sure what’s supposed to be going on here. Are we supposed to accept at face value that they don’t have a warrant and they’re just here for revenge?
But why? That makes no sense. If they’ve got a reason to come here looking for AG to get revenge, there isn’t a judge in the country that wouldn’t give them a warrant. And then they could beat her up for resisting arrest. There’s no reason to be operating without the cover of law here.
C.T Phipps
My assumption is that they intend to just BS their way into arresting Amber.
Probably with the school’s permission.
thejeff
But why?
Any judge would give them a warrant, so why BS?
C.T Phipps
I mean there’s plenty of RL cops who do stupid stuff because of lack of patience or disrespect for procedure. The endless amounts of lack of read rights, turned off bodycams, warrantless actions, and lying about warrants proves so.
thejeff
Sure, but most of that is either spur of the moment or when they’re really trying to get away with something.
Rather than a big planned operation that they could easily get a warrant for. Unless they can’t for some reason I don’t see yet.
Dandi_Andi
Would they be able to get a warrant without a suspect, though? That would require a warrant or warrants to search every residence in the wing, including many people who aren’t suspected of any crime. I won’t say that it wouldn’t happen. I’m not well versed enough in law enforcement procedures. But i think it’s pretty reasonable to think that the cops might skip a warrant if they don’t think they can get one. So they are going to make a show of force in common areas and attempt to menace a bunch of women into voluntarily allowing a search of their rooms. And if one of those women happens to unknowingly be AG’s roommate, so much the better.
thejeff
Maybe. But if they’re just trying to intimidate, they’re a lot less of a threat for actually finding anything than we’re being led to believe.
Dandi_Andi
That’s probably true, but Amber/AmaziGirl have taken the bait if it is indeed that.
anon
i mean, weren’t some ppl on the school staff pro blumeria/help funding ruttech to begin with? versus individual students suing the school
Giguioto
The same school that has two members of its faculty (Leslie and Robin, the latter being an actual professor) currently in custody? I don’t think they be doing much to protect students…
thejeff
OTOH, think they’d want to tread softly in this dorm.
There’s a billionaire’s daughter, the sister of a former member of Congress and the dean’s ex’s kids. People with connections and money for lawyers.
IntangibleMatter
…dammit, Amber, did you empty your closet first?
Reltzik
Unless she managed to quickly stick all her amazigear in her pajama pockets? No she did not.
thejeff
Sal hid the Amazi-Gear after bringing her back from the doc.
At least according to Dina.
Doctor_Who
Hopefully she did it well and they don’t find it in her room either.
Icalasari
Considering Sal’s previous run ins with police and absolute distrust of them?
That costume ain’t getting found by even the FBI
APW
Billifer is going to find it.
yak
Sal hid her paraphernalia. How they were hidden, and whether clues were left behind, we don’t know.
John Campbell
Sal took care of Amazi-Girl’s stuff.
Hopefully she didn’t just stick it in her closet.
Cmd1095
they find it in Sal’s closet and arrest her as Amazi-girl, and Billie takes this as confirmation for her assumption that Sal is Amazi-girl.
Bogeywoman
This has been my creeping feeling for the past… 6 months? Idk how time works
Thag Simmons
I really want to say that Sal is probably more thorough about hiding criminal evidence than that, but a full police sweep might not be something she was expecting
Nubetrasnochada
Dina said Sal has hidden Amber’s paraphernalia after bringing her back from the kitchen doctor.
NGPZ
Sal??????
….
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ???
Shadowsnail
It’s okay. She put it all in Danny’s closet.
mindbleach
– Caucasian
– Brunette
– Can plausibly perform sex acts while upside-down
Danny’s a baaad egg.
Entropy
I just had an evil thought. Dorothy was working on AG’s costume, so they’ll find stuff in there. Becky’s haircut now makes her look enough like AG that they’ll put out a manhunt for her.
Bill Erak
AMBER YOU’RE NOT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO JUMP DOWN 3 FLOORS GIRL
BadRoad
That’s why she’s balancing on the windowsill.
Radiance
While this is true, it is still better for her health than waiting around for the cops would be.
Though, if any of them are stationed outside and seeing this, it probably gives them a pretty good idea of who Amazi-Girl is.
Laura
I knew a girl who did this — who jumped out a high up window to escape police torture. It was in Prague, so they called her the “Praha praha fenstersturz”: the fourth defenestration of Prague. It didn’t work, though. She was so broken, lying on the ground, that the police just came and picked her up and took her back into custory. )-:
I don’t recall her name. Wish I did. She was an amazing political cartoonist. “An age ago…”
Needfuldoer
Hopefully she doesn’t, uh…
*Descending whistle*
*Splat*
C.T Phipps
Why does Ruth hate Bulmeria? The only reason she could possibly object to the police in the dorm is due to longstanding anti-Bulmerianism. Which of course is the motivation of the protestors.
(Its sad sarcasm barely feels like a defense to the current administration)
RassilonTDavros
Why didn’t Ruth BETRAY the cops and TRAP them in the Hyperbolic Murder Cave? Is she stupid?
QueenofSodor
What if The Cops were Locked in the Time Chamber for millennia and betrayed? Full What-If Movie (runtime: 5 hours)
Dot
Calm down Amber, we’re your friends!
C.T Phipps
Ruth works for the EVIL university so she can’t be relied on. Perhaps the sinister Puddinghea….
Wait, dammit, I need to stop with the conspiracy theories here.
HueSatLight
Maybe her new injuries will disguise her old injury. Opioid dosing is going to be off maybe.
yak
oh… this is not going to be the “consequences” that people were clamoring for, huh
Dot
Well no, because at the risk of sounding like a broken record, none of this has to do with the cheating.
yak
the true consequences is that I jammed my finger really hard now I can’t really bend the last knuckle. Dang it, Doyce!
Taffy
Those devious fiends
Taffy
Don’t forget, Amber’s blood cheated on her with that snow.
Reltzik
It actually does, but not enough for it to be the sort of consequences people want.
Thag Simmons
Not in any direct causal sense. They are tangentially connected but mostly in the sense that the cheating happened during the event that this is in response to
Reltzik
AG escalated to brawling with the police because Dorothy ran back into the protest, causing Joyce to linger and almost get arrested.
Granted, we don’t know whether she would have brawled with them due to some other offense if the first one hadn’t happened, and Dorothy running back into the protest BECAUSE of unrequited love for Joyce might require a bit of reading between the lines and your mileage might vary, but I’m going to call it a causal connection. Because doing so lets me be silly.
deliverything
I went back and checked. To expand on that:
The near-arrest — https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/04-the-only-exception/cuffed/ — happened just because she was standing outside and looking back in (note the previous strip). Or possibly just because she looked like a promising target.
Also note https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/04-the-only-exception/detouring/ and the following strip; Dorothy and Joyce weren’t the only ones being rescued.
thejeff
Arguably, the near arrest happened because she’d stopped just outside, looking after her friend who had just run back in. That’s not justified, but it’s also not quite just a promising target – lots of other people still walking out and no sign they were all be grabbed.
And honestly, the cop was right. She was gonna run back in after Dorothy regardless.
Once AG started brawling with cops, she did rescue others, but that was the inciting incident and it’s not clear if she would have jumped in otherwise.
Astariel
If she wasn’t planning to fight cops, what was she doing there in costume in the first place? I don’t buy this ‘everything is Joyrothy’s fault’ interpretation of events.
Reltzik
Astariel: Lurking around in costume (usually on a rooftop) is kinda SOP for Amazi-girl, whether she plans on fighting cops or not.
Yumi
If it wouldn’t have been cheating, would Dorothy have been anguished enough about her perceived unrequited feelings for Joyce? I think very possibly, from my experience of falling for a “straight” girl (and also an actually straight girl). But the yearning was definitely increased by seeing Joyce with someone else.
Dara
[monkey’s paw finger curls]
Bill Erak
Everyone will suffer the consequences of Doyce except Dorothy and Joyce, such is the way of the fickle Willis god
Fail Earnhardt
I mean if you wanted to freeze them out of their extended friend group, this is probably the fastest way.
Ray Radlein
tbf, consequences falling far, far away from their precipitating actions is also the way of the fickle not-Willis god, the one that Becky is currently on the outs with
Needfuldoer
Willis is her god, looming over her in their drawing tablet like Bugs at the end of Duck Amuck.
Dandi_Andi
Unless Danny dobbed Joyce and Dorothy in to the cops as retribution for breaking Joe’s heart, then no. This is not Joe and Walky’s friends treating JoyDot’s infidelity like it matters. Of course this probably WILL satisfy the separate but adjacent complaint that JoyDot’s honeymoon is boring and has gone on too long.
I can’t relate to either argument, but I’m glad they’ve got something to sink their teeth into now.
Amós Batista
monkey pawn curled 1st and 3rd fingers, lefting the middle one for all of us…
jeffepp
Anything Sal can do, she can do better!
RassilonTDavros
The “just searching closets” cop is out of luck, the last two stragglers came out two days ago. Also he looks like the unholy spawn of Toedad and Joedad; you’re welcome for that mental image in advance
Stormtide Leviathan
“the last two stragglers came out two days ago”
You lack faith. There’s always more people that can come out of the closet. We’ll get trans Walkie and Sal/Amazi-Girl one day…
alex
careful, we don’t want another mike incident
Nono
You might not be able to tell but the bald cop is very upset by the phrase “out of your hair”.
Reltzik
Yeah, and he might overcompensate with a truly cursed hairpiece. Upset him too much and there will be hell toupee.
Clif
Very nice.
Lieutenant Dan
Steven Spielberg beat him to the punch 40 years ago.
https://youtu.be/sZXE7oSJmF8