TheLoneGunman
06-14-2001, 10:10 PM
This is interesting because normally I am ragging on the pigs for trampling people's rights. Now we have the opposite situation.
Client was stopped for speeding in residential area of San Francisco Bay area. (47 in a 30). Client was white, male, fairly well dressed and well behaved in a luxury car.
Cop claimed he was "running" Client's driver's license, but if he really did, he would have seen an outstanding traffic warrant. He also would have noted that Client had a criminal felony record.
Cop never asked for registration or insurance either.
This is more interesting because the late Tim McVeigh had the same situation. He was stopped not far from the Federal Building in Oklahoma. Even though he had an outstanding warrant, the cop never ran him and instead let him go. Eventually they caught him, but it was just as possible that they never would have caught him after that first contact.
What do you think?
Is it negligence on the part of the cop? Fraud? (because he claims he follows procedure?)
Client was stopped for speeding in residential area of San Francisco Bay area. (47 in a 30). Client was white, male, fairly well dressed and well behaved in a luxury car.
Cop claimed he was "running" Client's driver's license, but if he really did, he would have seen an outstanding traffic warrant. He also would have noted that Client had a criminal felony record.
Cop never asked for registration or insurance either.
This is more interesting because the late Tim McVeigh had the same situation. He was stopped not far from the Federal Building in Oklahoma. Even though he had an outstanding warrant, the cop never ran him and instead let him go. Eventually they caught him, but it was just as possible that they never would have caught him after that first contact.
What do you think?
Is it negligence on the part of the cop? Fraud? (because he claims he follows procedure?)