So the tapes from the Mel Gibson incident won’t be released?

Audio and video tapes of Mel Gibson’s drunken driving arrest are exempt from the California Public Records Act and won’t be released, authorities said, despite requests from a celebrity news Web site.
The Web site, TMZ, had asked Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for tapes of the incident in which Gibson uttered obscenity-laced, anti-Semitic comments. TMZ argued the tapes should be seen and heard by the public to assess whether Gibson received preferential treatment from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
“The records you have requested are records of the investigation and part of the investigatory file in this matter,” replied Gary P. Gross, principal deputy for the county counsel’s office. That means they must remain sealed, Gross said.

That’s rather sad, because I have it on good word that the tapes actually exonerate Mel Gibson.
How so?
Well, you see, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department isn’t all that swift when it comes to writing reports and taking down statements. Add in the fact that Mel Gibson has a pretty thick Aussie accent and he was legally drunk.
Not completely drunk. Just legally.
Ever try to understand an Australian who wasn’t drunk? Might as well be from Mars for all it’ worth.
Anyway, he’s thought to have said: “F—king Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”
But the what he really said was: “F—king Jews are responsible for War Of The Worlds.”
You see, Mel Gibson is a huge fan of the original 1953 War Of The Worlds movie by George Pal and Cecil B. DeMille. And it broke his heart to see what Stephen Spielberg did with it in his 2005 remake.
As it did every cinema-loving American. That movie sucked.
So, who was responsible for that piece of crap? Well, it was directed by Stephen Spielberg.
Just in case you didn’t know, Stephen Spielberg is Jewish. And so is Paula Kauffman Wagner, who was the executive producer on the project.
Two Jews. Responsible for War Of The Worlds. Which had been released on DVD the week of Mel Gibson’s drunken driving incident.
Now does it make sense?
I think we all owe Mel Gibson an apology.

Of course, Mel Gibson could have said “F—king Cruise is responsible for War Of The Worlds.”