Michigan legislative action thread
He had a little bit too much to think!
If the cam backs him up, he should get off and get an apology.
I’m with the kid on this one. I don’t blame him one bit for pulling over in a parking lot.
Many years back, a copy tried to pull my (very strong willed) sister over in rural Georgia. She kept driving several miles until she got to a well lit gas station, where she finally pulled over. The cop was furious. My sister then refused to roll the window down until he got a female police officer to the scene, because “how did she know he was really a cop?”. Not quite sure how she got away with all of that, but she did.
D@mned if you do, d@mned if you don’t.
Police procedure if there is more than one officer, for one to shout “Don’t move your hands!” and the other to shout “Show me your hands!”
Then when they pump the confused citizen full of lead, they can say: “He brought it on himself - he didn’t follow police instructions!”
Sounds reasonable to me.
The prosecutor's office is not the cops.
Reading the article I can see both sides but for the authorities to demand acceptance of a plea that would lose the accused job rights is stupid. Once the police and DA have determined that his actions were innocent and that he was apparently not the one being sought, would not a simple warning about not continuing to drive be sufficient?
This isn't even a real cop. He's a campus rent a cop. Can't believe he's facing a potential felony over this.
I did something similar.
Was speeding on a busy state highway.
I made a right turn on a side road that had no traffic.
The officer came to my window. First thing he said was “did you think you could get away by going down this road?”
Yikes.
My advice: just pull over. It is too easy for the officer to misinterpret your actions.
I was at a safety workshop help by a Michigan State Police trooper who said that this is what you should do in situations like this. Granted, this was probably about 20 years ago, and he may have also mentioned stopping at a police station. But if you have no idea where one is, than this seems like a sensible place to stop.
Crime Of The Century!
It's a wonder they didn't scramble a helicopter and the SWAT team!
My guess is that it will take good luck for the cop to keep his job. He ha hit a rare trifecta SVSU can not be amused that he is running off a student, making the student’s future credential less valuable and putting SVSU, his employer, in a bad light in the largest city in the state.
The prosecutor must really hate this cop to nnot just drop the changes to stop the hole digging. And all this over driving on a sidewalk. Sounds like someone who should be an ex-cop and quickly.
I am with the driver. I have taught a safety class, we have said in dark empty roads Do not stop turn on your flashers and drive slowly to a well lite place. A young girl in one class said “if you have a cell phone call 911. They can tell you if it’s a real cop behind you.” She did, it wasn’t, 911 told her not to stop. Real Cops came and caught the guy.
If this country circuit court, I'd try and get as many City of Saginaw and Buena Vista residents on that jury in voir dire as possible.
I taught my kids to do exactly that. If the cop doesn’t understand, the judge will.
A jury will put the jackboots in their place.
Good news! The charges have been dropped.
I think he will get a pass in court.