Posted on 11/22/2007 7:37:13 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
“The cops in my beloved home town of Indy are focused, seemingly exclusively, on traffic tickets. It’s ridiculous - but you can get more $$ from a soccer mom in a Lexus than from a crack head rapist.”
True in many communities. Police Officers are used in a revenue generating capacity. Specially in smaller cities and towns.
Besides that... I’ve been at that McD’s MANY times... between Slot ‘O Fun and the Stardust motel rooms.. which are all gone now.
Thanks for posting that video... I love it. Great memories of that area... and a nifty piece of police work by a cop who IS in control, of himself and the situation.
Law Enforcement Officers-—LEOs-—they like to use that acronym when referring to themselves-—note the implied allusion to lions and you get the picture.
Big charge handed out by our Federales is ‘incorrect answer on federal paperwork’.
I posted the code on another thread. Pesky details for the gestapo lovers out there.
How much trouble is someone in who admits to the speed he’s going?
LEO: Public servants
Citizens: Authority
They have to do more than get their shirts wrinkled when dealing with us.
“How much trouble is someone in who admits to the speed he’s going?”
I was thinking that myself. Seems that was his first mistake and also shows he started out cooperating.
Getting tasered for a speeding ticket? That cop needs to do some jail time for a) reckless endangerment and b) terroristic threats (to the wife).
And the dude gets a wad of $. Maybe then UHP will learn to screen their candidates better.
Who are you, a mind reader?
All the decent public servants out there wearing a uniform should rise up and make sure that these kind of ego trip officers are no longer on the payroll because these types make all of them look bad. Citizens need to rise up too and see that their EMPLOYEES are doing their job properly. Thank God the dash board cameras are being held as evidence and these officers aren’t going out and erasing them. We’ve all heard these types of stories before.
I think from several threads evidence that there are a few 12 yr olds here.
Thank you VR, I did later on figure it out in the wee wee hours!:)
Why did the cop escalate the situation by asking the driver to abondon his wife and child on the side of the road, for a civil citation?
Apparently (from earlier on this thread) the cops scrambled this tape and his lawyers had to undo it.
Well at least they are feeling the heat, because a representative is out there talking about expediting the investigation.
Sometimes we employers have bad employees. In this case the citizens of Utah have a bad employee who must be dealt with and considering the severity of the offenses requires the officer(EMPLOYEE) to lose employment. Plenty of openings at Wendys.
I would not have gotten tasered because I know when it’s appropriate to submit to appropriate authority.
This cop is has legitimate authority delegated to him by the State, which has been delegated authority by God and affirmed by our society.
The cop’s requests were neither unreasonable nor unlawful. Add to this his reasonable fear for his own safety, and he was well within his rights to do what he did.
I would not have gotten tasered, because I would have submitted to his reasonable requests.
Of course, the anarchists among us can argue against authority all you want. Your rebellion does not negate legitimate authority....
Not quite right. We’ve delegated authority to LEOs. They have authority, legitimately.
When you are commenting on someone’s post, it is considered polite to include them in the REPLY.
Those who don’t, are obviously in the category of ‘12 year olds’, which would mean you.
Have you seen the original video, before it was edited?
Did you actually listen to what was said, and when, in the video?
I have read many,many comments that make negative comments about the attitude, demeanor, past and future actions of the officer, yet you are not asking any of them if they are mind readers.
SO, apparently, you went into this thread with your mind already made up, pre-judged the situation, and the officer.
Now. If the driver of the vehicle had run over a construction worker, and that worker was your brother, how might you feel.
Remember, this driver was doing 68 in a 40 mph construction zone, and posted this video on YOUTUBE so he can try and get public sympathy to help get him out of the ticket.
He did not cooperate with the officer, from the very beginning.
Maybe you should even try READING the article that is at the beginning of this thread. Even the REPORTER admits that the driver was being uncooperative. That is, if you are old enough to read.
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