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Nearly all moving violations are solely for revenue generation
It has nothing to do with catching people doing wrong and potentially killing someone....
Speeding
Cell Phone usage (clue, a main cause of me being rear ended a few years ago)
Unsafe lane change (cause of many accidents)
Tailgating (cause of chain reaction collisions)
Interfering with a police investigation is obstruction of justice. You don't have to commit another crime in order to be charged with obstruction of justice. You can, in fact, do something that would otherwise be perfectly legal, like safely crossing the street, but if it interferes with a police investigation, you can be charged. You can even engage in constitutionally protected behavior and be charged with obstruction of justice if that behavior interferes with a police investigation. One could make the argument that telling someone about an impending subpoena for documents should be protected under freedom of speech, but if it interferes with a police investigation, it is considered obstruction of justice and you can be charged.That's nice. Has nothing to do with the topic...but that's nice.
Yes, it's not an all or nothing proposition (safety vs. policing for profit). But threating a guy with arrest for crossing the street safely, is asinine.
That's nice. Has nothing to do with the topic...but that's nice.
Yes, it's not an all or nothing proposition (safety vs. policing for profit). But threating a guy with arrest for crossing the street safely, is asinine.
He was interfering.
Interfering with a police investigation is obstruction of justice.
You don't have to commit another crime in order to be charged with obstruction of justice. You can, in fact, do something that would otherwise be perfectly legal, like safely crossing the street, but if it interferes with a police investigation, you can be charged.
You can even engage in constitutionally protected behavior and be charged with obstruction of justice if that behavior interferes with a police investigation. One could make the argument that telling someone about an impending subpoena for documents should be protected under freedom of speech, but if it interferes with a police investigation, it is considered obstruction of justice and you can be charged.
Was the guy using the flag prior to the sting operation?
The flags were set out for pedestrians to use before the sting operation but really that’s irrelevant anyway...
It's not irrelevant. If the flags were set out for pedestrian use, then the police don't have a leg to stand on.
If he brought a sign saying “Watch for pedestrian! Cop sting operation ahead!”, that would still be legal. It’s irrelevant whet the flags were already there or not. They don’t have a leg to stand on in any case.
Sure. If you don't have any understanding of how the criminal justice system actually operates.
He was intentionally interfering.Bullshit. He could hold up a sign that said, “Cops ahead checking that cars yield to pedestrians!“ and it still wouldn’t be interfering. That would come under first amendment protected speech.
He was intentionally interfering.
And if a car hits someone while the civilian is waving his flag?A man is threatened with arrest for crossing the street with a flag that helps drivers to see that there is a pedestrian crossing the street because the cops are trying to do a sting operation to nail drivers with tickets for not yielding...
So...is the goal to make people safer, or revenue generation?
Free speech. Too bad, so sad
Bullshit. He could hold up a sign that said, “Cops ahead checking that cars yield to pedestrians!“ and it still wouldn’t be interfering. That would come under first amendment protected speech.
And if a car hits someone while the civilian is waving his flag?
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