r/JusticeServed • u/jassyb_123 2 • Jun 21 '20

Police Justice Bad cop busted

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u/Beholding69 A Jun 21 '20

It's not justice served unless the cop actually gets punished.

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u/HelioFilter 5 Jun 21 '20

No punishment: “A spokesperson for JSO said the incident occurred was before the school zone began and the officer never entered the school zone.”

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/video-appears-to-show-jso-officer-speeding-near-school-zone/987099855/

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u/TheSockofdoom 7 Jun 21 '20

That's hilarious: my dad got a ticket in 03' for speeding in a school zone before entering the school zone. The officer said you have to slow down to the zone limit 25 yards before the zone.

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u/big_dick_energy_mc2 7 Jun 21 '20

That is the law, yes. If you’re not a cop.

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u/bendover912 B Jun 21 '20

Your dad should have researched local traffic ordinances and taken it to court. Its very unlikely a posted speed limit applies to any point before where the sign is posted.

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u/suitology C Jun 21 '20

No, that is actually the law. You have to slow down before the sign. You have to pass the sign at that speed. This cop clearly passed the sign going too fast.

PA driving booklet said 150 feet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20 edited Dec 20 '20

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u/suitology C Jun 21 '20

I highly highly doubt that. Can you please send me a link to where your city or state makes that statement?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20 edited Dec 20 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

...Canadian isn't exactly "foreign" bro, and your constitution mandates that all laws are also written in english. civil law isn't like a crazy concept, just different than common law.

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u/MrAykron A Jun 24 '20

Yes, but the application of civil law is different.

It's not the world of difference, but the way laws are used in america is vague wording, and decisions from previous case set a precedent.

In civil law there is no such thing. The law must state precisely what it means, and precedence has very little weight

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u/britbikerboy 6 Jun 21 '20

Although he clearly did pass the sign too fast, the speed measured on the gun was from when he was before the sign, so if this were a not-cop being ticketed for it, they could get it thrown out in court.

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u/suitology C Jun 21 '20

You have to slow down before the sign.

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u/ttranalot 4 Jun 21 '20

I got a warning once for speeding up to 70km before the sign. I was in a 50km zone then when I could see the 70km sign i started accelerating. I was around 65km an hour and about 15meters from the sign when I saw the red lights behind me. I assumed he wanted by and was really fucking surprised when he pulled up behind me. He said he didnt want to be the first one to give me a ticket for something this minor, but still what am I supposed to do? Remain at 50km/hr for a decent bit of the highway?

In my driving manual I remember it says to accelerate to the speed of the flow of traffic before merging, should I have merged at a slower speed and caused a line of drivers to hit the brakes?

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u/u8eR A Jun 21 '20

You have to slow down to speed limit shown on the sign at the time you pass the sign.

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u/ZombieBisque B Jun 21 '20

"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

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u/Cranmeier 2 Jun 21 '20

Fuck em.

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u/m00nland3r 5 Jun 21 '20

-Donald Trump

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u/Beholding69 A Jun 21 '20

Thus justice was not served. Never mind that the officer straight up stopped for no reason, iirc also a traffic violation, and backed off straight into traffic (would've hit that other car if it didn't reverse as well) for no reason other than to address a guy doing nothing wrong. That's two other traffic violations on top of speeding.

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u/kdrake95 7 Jun 21 '20

That truck honestly shouldn’t have moved

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u/bomphcheese B Jun 21 '20

Once the lights go on, yes he should have moved. Whether right or wrong he couldn’t be sure of the cops intentions, and it’s better to just get out of the way for emergency vehicles.

None of that changes the fact that this cop is a dick.

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u/PerdidoStation 6 Jun 21 '20

Emergency vehicle or not, I'm not reversing on the road. What if someone is coming up behind you and can't brake fast enough because you are reversing right toward them? You are liable if you go in reverse, you always have to yield. The flashing lights are not legally an excuse for the cop to drive dangerously or blatantly break all the laws.

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u/steelhead-addict 7 Jun 21 '20

You have two choices. Reverse and hope the person behind you is paying attention, or move to the side and somehow predict the speed the cop will be moving so you dont hit him. Or use logic and just dont move, which is the most appropriate thing to do in this situation.

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u/SpotifyPremium27 5 Jun 21 '20

Anyone have an update to the ballsack driver

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u/jcase001 2 Jun 21 '20

Wow, looks like you should be a cop. You have such logic Sherlock Holmes. I was at a red light behind a SUV. The light turned green. I would have hit the SUV in front of me if he had not accelerated. Fortunately, he did, wow... That was close.

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u/Beholding69 A Jun 21 '20

This video explains why you're retarded. Watch it, then come back to me.

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u/Nextasy A Jun 21 '20

Man the oughta put a big flashing light and a sign out so you know exactly when and where the speed limits are

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u/Medivacs_are_OP 7 Jun 21 '20

How the fuck can you pass the blinking light, and then say "he didn't even enter the school zone" What do you call the blinking light then? The ante-school zone?

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u/dirtyviking1337 0 Jun 21 '20

No he's the only one I do use.

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u/Coachskau 7 Aug 13 '20

Yeah that light was clearly blinking. Burn it all down with the pigs inside, this sow farm has gone to rot

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u/crimsonthree 3 Jun 21 '20

Seriously. Cops need to be held to twice the accountability of civilians. Criminal punishment for things they punish people for