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Traffic stop by EPA agent upsets woman (TEXAS)
Star-Telegram ^ | Oct. 29, 2004 | Domingo Ramirez Jr.

Posted on 10/29/2004 6:56:10 AM PDT by Dubya

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To: Dubya
C'mon-- he was obviously regulating interstate commerce! /sarcasm

Looks to me like multiple grounds for a lawsuit here.

21 posted on 10/29/2004 7:09:32 AM PDT by pierrem15
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To: Dubya
" EPA agent"

Respect my authoritah!

Sounds like a rent a cop, or a wannabe that finally got in.

22 posted on 10/29/2004 7:10:08 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: Dubya
When I realized the moron was some peon EPA agent I would have said another word or waited for him to call the local authorities I would have just gotten right back in my vehicle and driven away...
23 posted on 10/29/2004 7:10:17 AM PDT by apillar
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To: Dubya

EPAboy is lucky he didn't end up with lead poisoning.


24 posted on 10/29/2004 7:10:22 AM PDT by Double Tap
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To: Dubya

This EPA guy should be arrested for impersonating a police officer.
If the speeder was a Hells Angel I bet the EPA guy would've looked the other way.


25 posted on 10/29/2004 7:11:01 AM PDT by Manic_Episode ("The strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity")
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To: Dubya
What a waste of our money paying Gov. employees. USPS first

Your taxes don't pay for the USPS, postage does.
If you don't like the USPS don't buy stamps, and take down your mail box.

If you want to hate a government agency, why not select the IRS?
They can take your money at gunpoint. USPS can't.

26 posted on 10/29/2004 7:11:30 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference)
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To: Dubya

You is? Did you axe your mother? ;-)


27 posted on 10/29/2004 7:11:43 AM PDT by Still Thinking
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To: Dubya; VRWCmember; E. Pluribus Unum
The incident is an internal matter, said Warren Amburn of the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division in Dallas, where the agent, Carlton Patton, works.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Employee Directory

Carlton S. Patton
6CI
USEPA REGION 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
214-665-3119
patton.carlton@epa.gov

28 posted on 10/29/2004 7:12:26 AM PDT by Constitution Day (I don't know where the sunbeams end and the starlights begin, it's all a mystery...)
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To: SilentServiceCPOWife
How does he know how fast she was going?

I think the better question is how did she know this fellow was *really* from the EPA?

I don't know about you guys, but I'm not about to pull over because some clown in an SUV has lights and a badge. Sorry. No way, no how. I have better things to do than get killed by some nut.

29 posted on 10/29/2004 7:12:38 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Dubya

I would not have stopped, I would have either kept going to the polling place, or driven to a police or fire station.


30 posted on 10/29/2004 7:13:09 AM PDT by visualops (Get your Viking Kitty patches at http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: Dubya

I would have stopped until I found it it was an EPA agent and then I would have told him where he could stick his badge and left.


31 posted on 10/29/2004 7:15:49 AM PDT by TSgt (Islam - The cult that brought you 9/11 and the Beslan school attacks.)
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To: marty60
Find a cop and flag them down first

She was talking to her husband so assume she had a cellphone.
She should have called 911 and not stopped her vehicle until a
real marked police car showed up.

32 posted on 10/29/2004 7:16:28 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

USDA chicken inspectors are armed these days. This is rampant Federalism with no end in sight. From the Bureaucrats point of view regular ole' taxpayers are serfs.


33 posted on 10/29/2004 7:16:29 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Dubya

Sumpin' stinks to high heaven about this. I hope they get to the bottom of it.


34 posted on 10/29/2004 7:17:03 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: marty60

A good idea for anyone, especially for females, is if a person tries to instigate a traffic stop on you, and that person is not in a clearly marked police car or an undercover car that you know is a police vehicle because it’s lit up like a Christmas tree, call 911 immediately, advise them of the situation, and ask for them to send an officer to a public location, and stay on the phone until you see that officer. No one will fault you for this because criminals have been known to impersonate law enforcement, and many agencies have a policy that all traffic stops must be instigated by a clearly marked police vehicle exactly for this reason. The officers in the local police agencies have mothers, wives, sisters and so on—they understand.


35 posted on 10/29/2004 7:17:40 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: Dubya

As a parent with small children I don't like anyone speeding in a school zone. I also don't like that he used his EPA badge. He should have made a citizens arrest by showing his drivers license. He should have called the cops and let them do the heavy lifting.


36 posted on 10/29/2004 7:19:40 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (LL THE)
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To: Dubya
"I kept asking him for his badge and name, and he wouldn't give it to me.

Hope he enjoys the private sector.

37 posted on 10/29/2004 7:19:44 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Dubya

The weirdness of this situation makes me think the EPA agent might have a child who attends the school and/or he's one of those jerks who likes to flash a badge and throw his weight around. As a kid, he was probably chosen last when teams were selected and got teased or beaten up alot. Now, this is how he gets even. I suppose it's better than his being a sniper.


38 posted on 10/29/2004 7:20:27 AM PDT by dukeman
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To: Dubya

Maybe he was just pissed this bimbo was blowing through a school zone. He could have handled it better by just calling the local P.D. As for how fast she was going, well can't you tell the difference between 25 or under and 35? Or do you go 55 in a 70mph zone on the highway? or 45-50 down a residential street?
I have no love for the EPA since they started buying flood zones like Times Beach, but I would cut the guy some slack here. The story isn't that clear.


39 posted on 10/29/2004 7:20:33 AM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
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To: Publius Valerius
turned on his emergency lights.

You know the flashers we all have. No way does anyone in their right mind stop for this. Call a cop. And report some weirdo following you.

40 posted on 10/29/2004 7:20:38 AM PDT by marty60
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