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Watch this NY police officer threaten to ticket someone for washing a car in their own driveway
autoblog.com ^ | 12-16-13 | Jeffery Ross

Posted on 12/17/2013 7:50:35 AM PST by rawhide

Even with the proliferation of digital cameras providing endless streams of seemingly irrefutable video evidence, there are still many sides of any given story that go unknown. And that is most likely what's going on with this video. What we do know is that YouTube user JokRKidd has a neighbor that really doesn't like him, and that he lives in a city with some questionable law enforcement. How questionable you ask? More questionable than the laws that used to make it illegal to park a pickup truck in the driveway of a private residence at night in Coral Gables, FL.

In Garden City, NY, there is apparently a village ordinance aimed at preventing people from washing their cars (and furniture) in public places. That doesn't sound terribly absurd, but what what takes things up a notch is these officers' judgement – their reading of the code about "public places" also includes washing vehicles on private property in public view.

In this video, a pair of police officers show up as two men are about to wash a Volkswagen Golf in a private driveway, but instead of a ticket, they get a free lesson in local laws. While the interpretation of the law – especially in regards to what is defined as a "public place" – is questionable at best, we're fairly certain that there's more going on here than a car wash and an angry neighbor

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KEYWORDS: car; ticket; washing
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To: rawhide

Agents of the government again...

This is becoming very disturbing..


21 posted on 12/17/2013 8:30:00 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: capt B

Agree entirely.

Good guy crappy task.


22 posted on 12/17/2013 8:32:39 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Did they kill his Parakeet?
Is there a bird? ..Is it safe? ..Is there a cat?..
That's precisely, what I'm Wondering!

If they can't shoot ppl (lawfully). ..Are the pet(s) safe.

23 posted on 12/17/2013 8:34:21 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: mbarker12474

I am not familiar with the case law but seems to me were this to include washing things on your property, publicly, the ordinance would say exactly that i.e. no washing in public of your property or person.

One could make the case perhaps the area between the city street and your property over which there is an easement for utilities and such could be a quasi public place. That is a weak argument though.

To me, the ordinance is not supportable as too vague or beyond the scope of what can be regulated on your property.


24 posted on 12/17/2013 8:37:01 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: capt B

That’s right...It’s not the government employees fault as they looked for other violations...

Would you work for a corrupt business, who routinely invaded the privacy and private property of others?

Are they forced to work for controlling corrupt government?


25 posted on 12/17/2013 8:38:11 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: mbarker12474

I had a cop try to give me a ticket for turning left on red. He had to call in to verify that if a one way turns on to another one way that you treat itt like a right turn on red. Stop and yield.


26 posted on 12/17/2013 8:41:55 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Born to Conserve

Actually the cop didn’t seem like a bad guy to me.


27 posted on 12/17/2013 8:46:56 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: capt B
Seems to me this officer was being really nice and would much rather not have to do this “garbage”. Neighbor calls police, Lt. directs cop. He’s mostly laughing at the situation. He knows it’s BS, but has to answer call.

I got kind of the same impression. I thought the officer was polite. These are dumb laws but police are obligated to respond. Some communities where I live don't even allow the parking of commercial vehicles such as vans and pick up trucks on public streets in residential areas or even in driveways or yards on private property where they are visible from the street. Where I live you can't park an unregistered or improperly registered vehicle on your own property if it's visible from the street. I don't agree with it but it is the laws that need to be changed instead of faulting the cops but obviously it's the people in these communities that choose to enact these stupid laws. These kids had a little bit of an attitude also. The car also had improper plates on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they were driving the car on the street.

28 posted on 12/17/2013 8:47:36 AM PST by Wiggins
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To: autumnraine

Option one- to many people were holding car washes for charity that annoyed some petty office holder.

Option two- Some petty office holder OWNS the local car wash chain

Option three - both of the above.


29 posted on 12/17/2013 8:48:00 AM PST by Bidimus1
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To: Wiggins
Hey, when you choose to work for corrupt controlling government, you should expect to be directed to pry into the private property and private lives of law abiding citizens.

No?

30 posted on 12/17/2013 8:50:08 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Hey, when you choose to work for corrupt controlling government, you should expect to be directed to pry into the private property and private lives of law abiding citizens.

Why?

31 posted on 12/17/2013 8:55:02 AM PST by Wiggins
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To: Wiggins
These kids had a little bit of an attitude also. The car also had improper plates on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they were driving the car on the street.

Gezzzz...

32 posted on 12/17/2013 8:56:09 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Wiggins
Hey, when you choose to work for corrupt controlling government, you should expect to be directed to pry into the private property and private lives of law abiding citizens.

Not why....

Is this not correct?

33 posted on 12/17/2013 8:56:53 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: rawhide

That’s New York. No surprise that the liberals hate private property and are doing everything they can to destroy it.

Every year they make more and more laws to prevent people from using their private property they way they want it. The end goal is complete confiscation of private property.


34 posted on 12/17/2013 8:58:24 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: dragnet2
"Are they forced to work for controlling corrupt government?"

I would rather a good man work for a corrupt system than have them all quit and be replaced by those who believe in the system as it is.

35 posted on 12/17/2013 8:59:02 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: I want the USA back
When they told the cop "This is private property" the cop stated:

"That's what you say"

36 posted on 12/17/2013 9:00:24 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Wiggins

When they told the cop “This is private property” the cop stated:

“That’s what you say”


37 posted on 12/17/2013 9:00:48 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Abathar

When they told the cop “This is private property” the cop stated:

“That’s what you say”


38 posted on 12/17/2013 9:01:06 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Starboard

Pay back is sweet sometimes ;)


39 posted on 12/17/2013 9:01:28 AM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: dragnet2

So he isn’t one of the good guys is all.


40 posted on 12/17/2013 9:03:49 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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