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Driving tip: Don't honk at the cops
cnn ^ | 2-24-06

Posted on 02/24/2006 8:35:03 AM PST by LouAvul

A Tennessee judge gave a college student a driving lesson in court this week: don't correct the police.

Clay Palmer, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, honked his car horn when he saw a policeman turn on blue flashers to pass through a red traffic light. The officer then turned the flashers off after moving through the intersection.

Palmer said officer Matthew Puglise then stopped his patrol car and issued him a ticket for honking his horn for no reason -- a violation of the city noise ordinance.

The charge was reduced to a warning Wednesday when he went before a judge who told him he acted wrongly.

"The horn blowing is not the real problem here, it's that you were trying to correct the police and they didn't need correcting," Judge Russell Bean said.

Palmer left traffic court saying he still believed officers were abusing their authority.

"I see this cop with his blue lights come screeching up beside me and I didn't know what was going on," Palmer said. "Before they got to the next light, I could see they turned their blue lights off."

Officer Puglise said he was helping fellow police track down a speeder when Palmer saw him pass through the red light.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; jackbootedthugs; jbt; siegheilyourmasters; testilying
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1 posted on 02/24/2006 8:35:04 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

Oh please, the cop got caught abusing his authority...I say good for the kid.


2 posted on 02/24/2006 8:38:54 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (I sometimes only vote for Republicans because they are not Democrats...by Thomas Sowell)
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To: LouAvul

A friend of mine was pulled over and severely tongue-lashed for flashing his headlights on bright to tell the oncoming vehicle that his lights were on bright. The oncoming car was a policeman.


3 posted on 02/24/2006 8:39:08 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: LouAvul

Judge Bean, eh?


4 posted on 02/24/2006 8:39:24 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: LouAvul

Any relation to Judge ROY Bean?

The kid in the story is an idiot. At his age, he should know better.


5 posted on 02/24/2006 8:40:11 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"The horn blowing is not the real problem here, it's that you were trying to correct the police and they didn't need correcting,"

wow

6 posted on 02/24/2006 8:40:18 AM PST by vrwc0915 ("Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants,)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yeah, don't cross the authority in our dictatorship, it's not allowed. i say good for the young man!


7 posted on 02/24/2006 8:40:58 AM PST by Shimmer128
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To: LouAvul
don't correct the police.

Even when they're wrong

8 posted on 02/24/2006 8:41:13 AM PST by apackof2 (You can stand me up at the gates of hell, I'll stand my ground and I won't back down)
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To: LouAvul
What was the point of the kid honking his horn? What message was he trying to convey using Honkenese?
9 posted on 02/24/2006 8:41:47 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: LouAvul

Cops routinely abuse traffic laws unneccessarily and it is a danger to all, many times a cop turns his lights on for a donut run and ends up hitting someone.

Police are only supposed to use their lights in an emergency or in pursuit of a crime and any cop doing so for other reasons should be severly reprimanded.


10 posted on 02/24/2006 8:42:16 AM PST by oyasuminasai
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To: LouAvul

I got stopped by the police once and was threatened with a ticket for "something" when I mentioned that his cruiser had a headlight out.


11 posted on 02/24/2006 8:42:38 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: LouAvul
Palmer left traffic court saying he still believed officers were abusing their authority.

*************

Learns fast, doesn't he?

12 posted on 02/24/2006 8:43:11 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: frogjerk

***Honkenese***

LOL!


13 posted on 02/24/2006 8:44:29 AM PST by kitkat
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To: LouAvul

Us peons should know better than to try and disparage our 'betters'.


14 posted on 02/24/2006 8:45:03 AM PST by somniferum
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To: LouAvul

It would have been better had the judge dismissed the charge and fined the officer if the officer coulnd not produce proof her was "helping" another office. I'm sure there was a record of te "help" somewhere.....NOT


15 posted on 02/24/2006 8:45:12 AM PST by MadeInAmerica ( - Tested in the Middle East)
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To: apackof2
don't correct the police. Even when they're wrong

Especially in Tennessee.

16 posted on 02/24/2006 8:45:24 AM PST by 300magnum (We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
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To: LouAvul

The cop just got word that Dunkin Donuts had a fresh batch ready.


17 posted on 02/24/2006 8:46:10 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: TommyDale

I did that once, and the cop dropped to low beams without a problem.


18 posted on 02/24/2006 8:46:34 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: LouAvul
I see this cop with his blue lights come screeching up beside me and I didn't know what was going on

It didn't concern you.

19 posted on 02/24/2006 8:47:12 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: LouAvul

I can't stand it when people honk their horns for any reason that is not safety-related. I'm not prone to road rage, but unnecessary honking really ticks me off.


20 posted on 02/24/2006 8:48:12 AM PST by dinoparty
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