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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:31 PM Original message |
$194 speeding ticket has cost Petaluma $15,000, and counting |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. That the cops are fighting this so hard over such a trivial fine shows a LOT |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Speaks volumes really. The cops have been exposed |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Appeals |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Are you suggesting |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Who? |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You came across |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I cannot... |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Well don't insinuate |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Sorry, I picked up no insinuation |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Well obviously we need to "reform" the criminal courts just like |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. My dad was a cop: cops are some of the most stubborn people on the planet |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Cops are used to wielding power at work.. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. wife beaters most likely |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. and don't forget child abuse... |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. true. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. A cop and wife called in 'Supernanny' to help with their bad-ass kids. 'Supernanny' had to go |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. What it shows is that they dont want GPS data used to dispute speeding tickets |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Really interesting case, thanks for posting this. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. good -- police who lie SHOULD cost the municipality a lot of money |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good. Fuck the cops. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. LOL... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It's also well-founded |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Nice one... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. That's a really stupid comparison |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Of course it is. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wrongful citations can be issued other ways (without radar) too. About 20 years ago |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Cool story. n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Great story except the cop should have been found in contempt |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. American cops need to have their powers severely curtailed. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. No way! that judge rocks. |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. I got a ticket for doing 50 in a 35 |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. We are currently fighting a similar ticket |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Update tomorrow please! This is very interesting to me. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Ths is the first we heard of the Petaluma case. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I wish you well, and hope I see your post |
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Last Stand (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. I got busted for Driving with a Black Man |
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Last Stand (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. delete |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. The GPS data doesn't clear him. It *can't*. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Well of course! That's why they're using it. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. From the story... |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Cops always get the presumption of guilt on DU |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. His stepfather is a retired sheriff's lieutenant in the same county -- it's cop vs. cop. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Perhaps so, |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. There's a knee jerk reaction by a handful of DUers in that regard. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. interesting info |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. this is SO awesome. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. yeah. Hope the Malone kid doesn't disappear one night, driving down a dark road. Just kidding |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. i wouldn't even joke. people get disappeared all the time... n/t |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am sure there are plenty of good cops |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Try Trapster - Realtime phone updates of speed trap locations. Works well in Seattle area. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hmmm. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's important to make bad police conduct cost the cities which hire them. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. "Cops lie all the time. I don't know why people pretend it's unusual."... |
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