Posted on 01/22/2020 6:29:22 PM PST by Steely Tom
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A traffic stop on Greenmount Avenue in east Baltimore is grabbing the public’s attention because the driver was mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah.
The traffic stop happened in September of 2019. The officer told Vignarajah he was being pulled over for driving without his headlights on. When the officer went back to his cruiser, however, he told Vignarahjha there was another problem.
“Did you get a repair order back last year and didn’t get it fixed?” the officer could be heard saying on body-worn footage. “It’s saying your tag is suspended.”
During the hour-long stop, Vignarajah appeared to become frustrated with the officer.
“We’re 600 patrol officers down and that’s what you’re doing in Greenmount?” Vignarajah could be heard saying on the officer’s body-worn footage.
In a video first reported by Justine Barron, Vignarajah could be heard asking the officer to turn off his body-worn camera.
Vignarajah: “Can you turn your body camera off?”
Baltimore Police Officer: “I’m sorry?”
Vignarajah: “Do you want to turn your body camera off?”
Baltimore Police Officer: “So you want me to turn my body?”
Vignarajah: “I want you to turn, yes.”
On Tuesday night, WJZ asked Vignarajah about that encounter.
WJZ’s Ava-joye Burnett: “Did you ask the officer to turn his camera off, his body camera?”
Vignarajah: “Well into what was an hour-long encounter, the officer kindly offered. I appreciated the gesture and I accepted. It was near the end of the stop or so it seemed and in fact, it was.”
WJZ’s Ava-joye Burnett: “So he offered and you didn’t ask?”
Vignarajah: “A few minutes earlier he had said, ‘Do you want to talk without the camera?’ and that’s what we were trying to do.”
Vignarajah said the tags were suspended because he forgot to submit a minor work order. He also questioned the timing the video surfaced.
“This is exactly what you would expect. Suddenly we have surged in the polls, everybody is paying attention to our solutions, our ideas and the biggest problems Baltimore is facing and then this comes out,” Vignarajah said.
Vignarajah told WJZ he was showing a friend part of the city, some of the greatest spots and some of the “challenges.”
Laws are for the little people.
son of Sri Lankan immigrants. and a leftist scumbag. (jmho)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvendran_Vignarajah
WTF is body worn footage?
Is the name like Thiru Vignarjuh indigenous to Baltimore?
During the hour-long stop,
Takes significantly longer if English is not spoken by both parties!
It almost sounds very fishy that it took 1 hour. There is more to the story.
I really do feel sorry for this nation. Most of the urban areas are just sh*tholes with sh*thole people.
Was this in Baltimore or Bombay?
“A few minutes earlier he had said, ‘Do you want to talk without the camera?’ and that’s what we were trying to do.”
So is that on the tape?
#DoYouKnowWhoIAm
>>”We’re 600 patrol officers down and that’s what you’re doing in Greenmount?”
Why inspect cars at all if failing cars are going to still be failing on the road a year later?
What are the tags for at all?
How many crimes can 600 additional patrol officers pursue?
Is the an SJW list of what transgressions should be pursued and which should be ignored?
Will there be a revolving door on the jail with no bail requirements for murderers?
At Greenmount and 33rd you need a police escort just to get thru the area and not shot by one of the locals.
Used to be a great area back in the 50s/60s until the riots helped destroy it.
For those who drive through that area, read my new imaginary but potentially bestseller about Baltimore. It is entitled “Unsafe at any Speed”.
foreign SCUM IN CONTROL
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