I'm driving home from trying to find someone to mount my tires on my humungous new rims. I'm driving through the outskirts of DC where I go to school. I approach a stoplight and see 2 cops in front of me going the same direction, one in the left one in the right. Like any logical individual with exhaust I upshift and drive like an old lady. Traffic is moving slow, for apparent reasons, and I am in the right lane slowly accelerating. The speed limit is 30 and thats about what im doing. As I pass the cop in the left lane he moves into my lane and the cop in front of me is pulling away. Not drastically accelerating, but obviously going faster than me. I look down and I'm doing 35, look behind me and the cop is up my ass. Ok, no big deal, he wants to keep up with his buddy, they are going somewhere. I'll just wait till I see an opening in another lane to let him pass. Boom, lights go on, WTF! I pull over, give him my info, I ask him whats wrong. He asks me if I know the speed limit. I honestly wasnt sure so I say, "umm, im not positive, 35 or 40 I think." Officer: It's 30, do you know how fast you were going? Me: 35. Officer: you were going 40. As hes in his car the cop that was in front of me circles around to come "assist" the pullover. Not like he could be protecting the nation's capital from more important things at a time like this or anything. So the cop comes back with a ticket, and I was Pissed. I am usually very cordial with cops because it's the best strategy. But this was the first time that I really got **** slapped when I wasn't doing anything wrong. I look at the ticket and it says 45 in a 30 ($75). I say "officer, you said I was going 40, why does it say 45?" He gets real short with me and says this, "I was behind you doing 40, you were in front of me, that means that you had to be doing at least 45." I swear that is EXACTLY what he said. I think to myself, this must be a joke. In my sudden burst of adrenalin I blurt out "This is ****ing ridiculous." Then he tells me he can lock me up for using profanities. Luckily he left before I could show him what the 1st amendment really tolerates. I drive off, and now they are both following me again. So, I proceed to drive 15mph in the right lane. So the ********** pulls me over again. Now im eager to see what he has to say. Me: now what did i do officer? Officer: You know you can be ticketed for driving under the minimum speed limit? Me: No, im sorry, I didnt think i was speeding before so I just wanted to make sure that there was no question this time. Officer: oh, now your getting smart, you know I could write you up for your tint, I could write you up for your mufflers, etc. Me: yes officer, I understand you can write me up for pretty much anything you want. Then he started to get upset with me because I wasnt impressed or belittled when he tried to show me how big his dick was. After that he ran away in a fit and I just turned off the road.
I'm sorry about the rant, but I just needed to vent. It just really pisses me off that when we need protection from police the most they are pulling me over and making bullshit claims. If I really was speeding, fine. If he gave me a ticket for 5+ over, fine. But first he says I was giong 40 when I wasnt, then he comes back with a ticket for 45? We both knew I wasnt speeding. Shit, I would have to be as stupid as him if i was going to speed in between 2 cops. Then to top it off, he pulls me over when his buddy is cruising up the road in front of me. I know with the cops it's "do as I say not as I do." But right in front of me? When he first pulled me over, I was really confident that there was no way he was gonna give me a ticket. I thouhgt it was just a ploy to pull me over and make sure i had inspection and stuff. But this is some shit. I am not gonna hire a lawyer because his fees would be more than the ticket would be, but I am gonna fight this hard. Let's see what my Law major is good for anyway.
I know there are a couple officers who post here, pointcover. . . Do you guys think this is an abuse of power or is this standard operating procedure. Do you think the two cops were working a "trap"?
I really never felt so disapointed in the law before. Although my outlook on cops has never been a positive one, I used to have respect for them all. And I know not all cops are like this guy, but whenever I see a cop I'm gonna think of this incident and how abusive they can be.
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I'm sorry about the rant, but I just needed to vent. It just really pisses me off that when we need protection from police the most they are pulling me over and making bullshit claims. If I really was speeding, fine. If he gave me a ticket for 5+ over, fine. But first he says I was giong 40 when I wasnt, then he comes back with a ticket for 45? We both knew I wasnt speeding. Shit, I would have to be as stupid as him if i was going to speed in between 2 cops. Then to top it off, he pulls me over when his buddy is cruising up the road in front of me. I know with the cops it's "do as I say not as I do." But right in front of me? When he first pulled me over, I was really confident that there was no way he was gonna give me a ticket. I thouhgt it was just a ploy to pull me over and make sure i had inspection and stuff. But this is some shit. I am not gonna hire a lawyer because his fees would be more than the ticket would be, but I am gonna fight this hard. Let's see what my Law major is good for anyway.
I know there are a couple officers who post here, pointcover. . . Do you guys think this is an abuse of power or is this standard operating procedure. Do you think the two cops were working a "trap"?
I really never felt so disapointed in the law before. Although my outlook on cops has never been a positive one, I used to have respect for them all. And I know not all cops are like this guy, but whenever I see a cop I'm gonna think of this incident and how abusive they can be.
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