Posted on 06/02/2023 7:52:25 AM PDT by artichokegrower
A bill to limit law enforcement officers from issuing tickets for “low-level violations”, such as expired plates or having a light out, was narrowly passed in the Senate on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 50, authored by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), would prohibit a law enforcement officer from stopping or detaining the operator of a motor vehicle or bicycle for a low-level infraction unless a separate, independent basis for a stop exists. The bill would authorize a law enforcement officer who does not have grounds to stop a vehicle or bicycle, but can determine the identity of the owner, to send a citation or warning letter to the owner.
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Notice it is the ticketing that is racist, not the plates.
I think the plates are racist.
Race based law enforcement! Kind of makes you proud doesn’t it?
How does this reconcile with the broken glass policing philosophy of preventing incremental crime creep?
You have to be crazy to be a cop in Ca. These violations are an important tool for law enforcement. We will never know how many people will be victimized because the cops can’t stop a known criminal to see what they are up to.
Not exactly. The police send it to the address on file for the owner of the license plate they observe. This isn’t even really about the already questionable goal of minimizing interactions with police, but rather (1) the removal of the human factor of law enforcement, and (2) the quasi-legalization of driving without a license.
So what are the buffoons going to do for Californians of non-color to protect them from “unnecessary harm”?
This is a formal recognition by the State of California that ‘people of color’ are a more bawdy bunch than the rest of us.
It is profiling. It is giving in to bad behavior. People of color should consider it insulting and not helpful to their race.
It is not equal treatment under the law, something that is required by our Constitution.
Next, these idiots will pass a law limiting police from arresting low-level violations that involve shootings and armed robbery.
Of course this would help protect Californians of color from unnecessary harm.
What a fruit-cake and nut-roll F’s up state.
Next, we’ll see them wanting to allow blacks to murder 1 person without penalty for the sake of equity.
Looks like a perfect adaption of the theory.
Now crime will rise exponentially.
Peak stupid.
A campus cop once stopped me because both of my brake lights were out. It was a lucky break for me. No ticket.
The message I get from this is, “Never go to California again, unless my life depends on it.”
It’s amazing how quickly and easily they can pass bills protecting criminals - yet they fail misrably protecting the citizens from criminals.
No more annual tag requirement for Calif drivers. Finally a break on costs!
Law abiding people of color who don’t want to move or can’t afford to move will be most at risk.
The people running Deep State have to be the worst bigots and misogynists on the planet.
As a cop, I wholeheartedly support this bill. Only the moron bully cops like this aspect of the job.
This is almost amusing—a crook with no license plate to identify them is rewarded.
Many felons who have fled have the “minor violations”.
Stopping them and enforcing their previous warrants protects the community as a whole.
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