| Re: Follow up on I received a traffic citation tonight.
"Hunrobe" <hunrobe@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031105045041.26583.00000081@mb-m05.aol.com...
> As for the rest, no offense meant but your case isn't exactly Miranda v.
> Arizona. You are using a 2x4 to swat a gnat. Lighten up a little or you'll
be
> so pumped by the time you get to court anything less than an immediate
public
> execution of the bonehead that gave you a hard time and a bad ticket will
be a
> tremendous letdown. Since that is *most* unlikely to occur, I'd advise you
to
> throttle back a bit.
Bob, read the guy's last paragraph again and you'll understand why, to him,
it's not a gnat. When a law-abiding citizen is treated like dirt by an
ignorant cop, wasting everybody's time on a triviality just to massage his
own ego, it's something you never forget.
I know, having been there myself.
I hope Dan triumphs and the cop is humiliated exactly the way he tried to
humilate Dan. If the system can accomplish that, then perhaps enough of
Dan's faith will be restored that he won't be suspicious and mistrustful of
the police from here on out, which is still a likely outcome.
Abuse of power is not a gnat.
RichC
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