LowerCaseRepublican Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp...tion=5&id=28023 A pro-pot group alleges that an Aurora, Colorado police officer pulled over one of its members this week because he had a marijuana legalization sticker on the back of his vehicle. Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER - which persuaded Denver voters to legalize adult possession of a small amount of marijuana - alleges the officer told Paul Wansing he was "offended" by the sticker and cited the 25- year-old chef for having a cracked windshield and an air freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. The officer, who wasn't identified, allegedly told Wansing that he wouldn't have been cited if he didn't have the sticker on his vehicle and that he didn't want his children to see such "trash." -- So, let's just stomp all over the Constitution, officer? What a thug. As Hunter Thompson once quipped: "We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws." And is not the drug war getting so insane that people are getting pulled over and harassed because of stickers on their car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I think this is total horses***. Pure conjecture and you just eat it up. BAAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted January 14, 2006 Author Share Posted January 14, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) I think this is total horses***. Pure conjecture and you just eat it up. BAAH! Yeah because cops have never been known to strongarm anybody or act out of line at all. /soaked in green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Even if his car was littered with "I hate cops" stickers, he shouldn't get a ticket... that being said, smoking pot is so middle school... grow up douche bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 If it is AGAINST THE LAW to have a cracked windshield and something hanging from your rear view mirror, why SHOULDN'T he be given a ticket? You can get pulled over for not wearing your seatbelt, and in some places for talking on a cell phone, so why not the window? Come on,if he was breakng the law, he was breaking the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 The guy got a ticky tack ticket, but it isnt an illegal ticket. That cop shouldnt have said what he said though, it drew attention to a completely mundane and normal thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 ^^^^ that's another story. (If my car didn't have a crack in the windshield I'd agree ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I also have to think that cop was looking for the smell of pot. A guy I used to play softball with(who is a cop in Carbondale, IL) told me that they hate citing people for little things like that because of the paperwork stream. Maybe the cop was pissed that he thought he nabbed a stoner and just said the first thing that came to his mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jan 13, 2006 -> 09:58 PM) Yeah because cops have never been known to strongarm anybody or act out of line at all. /soaked in green Oh and because that sometimes happens you automatically assume that particular cop was "bullying" someone with nothing but conjecture to back it up. Pathetic. Even by your low standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I can believe some cops out there would pull s*** like this. Most cops are good people, but some do tend to think with their badge instead of their brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Having signs that say "I hate cops" isn't something that just that should be able to pull over, but I assure anyone a cop will be looking for something to pull them over, whether it's a rolling stop, a break light out, whatever else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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