And yet thousands of ILLEGALS are walking around free to do whatever the hell they want.
The cop probably recognized him to be a LIBERAL from NY, so his views of cops never changed.
Well, it’s illegal to put on brass knuckles and knock the tar out of an abusive supervisor. They won’t let me do it and my attitude against the police hasn’t been positive since. I haven’t even begun to think about what should happen to political leaders, etc., etc., ad nauseum. [/s]
I got pulled over once for tooting at the guy in front of me I tooted and the next second a siren blasted right behind me The cop let me off with a warning since I was from another state
I jaywalk quite often. Not saying this in an absolute way but most times it forces me to be more careful and thus safer than if I was crossing at a crosswalk or corner.
“The fine was only $20, but it made me feel like a criminal. I was insulted, and my attitude about cops in general would never be positive again.”
Good grief. What a cry-baby.
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Gee, Gallagher, butthurt much? It was 30 years ago. Get over it.
If the author was from New York, getting a non traffic related ticket in LA, before the advent of computerized tracking systems, he should have drawn a representation of male genitalia on the ticket and mailed it in, with an invitation for the LAPD to do the impossible.
LOL, I received a similar ticket 30 years ago in LA too. I had plenty of time on my hands, so I contested it. On court day, the co, and prosecutor showed up. The cop had a nicely printed diagram of the intersection. They presented their case to the judge. When the judge turned to me, I said that I had nothing to say. He gave me a suspended sentance and said that as long as I don’t get ticketed again, I was good to go - no fine.
The land of the absurd.
They tried to ticket me for this once but after spending 10 minutes convincing the cop I was NOT JAY he gave up. And I see no crime against LEO-walking.
I grew up in SoCal and I remember jaywalking always being taken seriously. Perhaps it was the fact that the pedestrian pretty much had the right of way and if a driver hit him, it was considered the driver’s fault. You can see this every day in California. Pedestrians deliberately don’t look to see if traffic is headed their way.
When I moved to the Midwest, it was different and most pedestrians actually look to see what might be coming to kill them.
Then there’s crossing the street in Mexico. Darwin is in charge of their traffic laws.
Too many people from New York ruined Los Angeles.
Anarcho-Tyranny.
Nobody walks in LA.
I always cross well away from corners when possible to avoid the crowds. If at corners I cross when traffic allows irrespective of what the crosswalk sign says. Never had a prob in NYC.
Only jaywalking ticket I ever got was in Costa Mesa in 1976 or 77. I was stationed at MCAS El Toro at the time. I remember writing “Legalized theft” in the remarks section of the check.