Posted on 06/21/2004 2:02:27 PM PDT by MindFire
"Every" ticket? I've received exactly one in my driving career - for a fender bender I caused when I was a junior in high school, 32 years ago. (To add insult to injury, the boyfriend of the girl whose car I hit beat the crap out of me too).
I guess I'm just boring behind the wheel. Driving a generic piece of junk probably helps too.
What the .. ? So, if you bump the horn while exiting your vehicle, you're going to get a ticket and a beatdown?
Oh MAN! I am so sorry that happened. I would defintely file a lawsuit on the jerk and notify the press. what was his justifcation for handcuffing her??? at least there were witnesses to the fact that she was handcuffed.
that is a story that could easily make the press. i would notify the press in your area. newspaper, tv, civil rights groups and radio. i believe in shining the spotlight on corrption- otherwise they will continue.
Only the emotional immature stoop to that kind of childish attack. Grow up or stop wasting my time.
You were taken to task for one thing, and one thing only, and that was your rush to judgment based on one-sided accounts and very little evidence.
--Boot Hill
i realize that made it sound like i am ticketed all the time, lol. i didn't mean it that way. But i do drive a great deal, through many cities. some are known for fervent revenue gathering (speed traps). i once got pulled over at 2 am on a deserted street for not having my blinker on long enough before i made the right turn. yes i had my blinker on to turn right, ...but apparently not "long enough".
what utter preposterous b.s.
i told the jerk he must really be hard up if he pulls people over for things like this. he said "excuse me?" i said it again.
i am a conservative Christian.. not a 'liberal' or a cop hater. but this stuff is just ridiculous. what they do is wrong and it is an abuse of power and authority..all for gain of the state $$$$ coffers. it is starkly immoral, and i am not kidding about that.
i've seen plenty of corrupt crooked cops; if they're going to ticket people for asinine things then yes i am going to participate in the legal process. make THEM waste their time to defend their outrageous idiotic charges. i tell you i win every time,and i am not kidding. i've done it about 4 or 5 times.
There is a cow in one city (a barney-fife type obese dog catcher woman) that tickets people for having their dogs off leash IN THEIR OWN YARDS, on private property. she tried it with me and i fought it and won. everyone else just paid the $70. no thanks.
He was just being abusive because he could. He told her, "You don't know how bad a day I've had."
Yeah, well he ruined my wife's day. And I can't think of any possible reason why. I have never seen a subpoena that requires instantaneous production of information. Usually you have 21 days to comply.
I generally support the police and think they do a great job. But there are some cops who have no business being cops.
i wasn't attacking you- don't be so sensitive. I simply was commenting on the sound of your reply. after all, this is a discussion board. i thought your ideology sounded like a liberal, and that's what i said.
i think the news story provided enough info for me to gather an opinion.
i dont need to go personally interview the participants in order to draw the conculsion that tasering a granny is absurd.
and i am not 'wasting your time', lol... you can choose whether or not you read/reply to my topics; & i never claimed to be 'mature'! ;-þ
You can say that again.
I never listened to Zappa and would not know one of his songs if I heard it, and the Zen comment was trying to slam me as a democrat.
As for wording, "whoa partner" is a little too honky tonk for me.
FReegards,
FMCDH(BITS)
For honking her horn, this woman deserved this? The puke with the badge should take it where the sun doesn't shine, with a cattle prod. I hate our 'Sue Happy' culture, but in this case, I hope she and her husband slap the city and police dept. with a hefty lawsuit!
I have a sense of humor, and I am also intelligent enough to know when I am being insulted, and when I should laugh.
Have a great night. Goodbye.
Seems to me the "officer" is guilty of false reporting.... a quite usual occurence they get away with.
All the cops I talked to thrive on false reporting.
There is an air of denounciation and encouragement for false denounciation that is Stalinian in nature.
Good post, I booked that site, too. Thanks!
If the cops work swing or night shifts, court time is always overtime. On days it is often overtime because many departments work 4 10 hour days a week, with 2 of those days being weekends for many officers. (My brother is a police Sergeant)
Zen=democrat?
We have a winner!
>>One of the officers involved has been on the force six years. The officer who used the Taser gun has been with the department four months. <<
Both of them should be canned. This is not the sort of woman to teach new officers Taser use on.
FReegards,
FMCDH(BITS)
Forget about it. The man has no sense of humor and a way too thin skin to have any fun. Oh well.
FMCDH(BITS)
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