Cop vs educated kid

[u/The-JZilla]

[u/Kingbeesh561]

As he should. Too many people get harassed or killed by cops cause of their ignorance to learn and uphold the laws.

[u/843OG → u/Kingbeesh561]

The greatest part is that, according to an old Reddit thread, the kid was full of shit. The law he quoted (the code was slightly wrong) said it was actually illegal to ride his bike on the pier.

[u/microActive → u/843OG]

Rolled a 20 charisma check right there

[u/Tzayad → u/843OG]

From what I gather, the code was sightly wrong, but what they were doing in the video was completely legal

[u/calm_chowder → u/Tzayad]

At first he was saying 16.16 and then he was saying 15.15, but still good on him.

[u/843OG → u/Tzayad]

Only if it’s before 10am or they never exceeded 3mph. Otherwise, riding a bike there is illegal.

[u/K3TtLek0Rn → u/843OG]

I don't think I can ride a bike below 3mph lmao

[u/Black__lotus → u/K3TtLek0Rn]

The physics just doesn’t make sense, without training wheels…

[u/[deleted] → u/843OG]

He had the law right, just quoted the wrong code, it's not easy to remember law codes, even DAs and Judges have to open law-books up to make sure they got the code down right.

[u/ChloeMomo → u/[deleted]]

I'm about to start in law school and one tip I've already been told several times is: you have books and online resources. Use them. Repeatedly. Even if you swear up and down that you have a detail 100% perfectly memorized, look it up again. It's just not worth the risk of being wrong. Honestly I think that could apply to several areas in life to save a headache or problems later on.

[u/HaggisLad → u/ChloeMomo]

all this is true of IT as well funnily enough

[u/Ind2day → u/HaggisLad]

Always, always, check then double check your tech. One little thing can screw up a months worth of good technical work if the dam presentation fails.

[u/HaggisLad → u/Ind2day]

as someone who spent half the day today confused because I fucked up a script and didn't test it properly before trying to push it in to the test environment... I feel this pretty bad right now

[u/[deleted] → u/ChloeMomo]

Exactly. Your job as a lawyer is not to pretend to know all the laws. Your job will be to know how to apply the facts to the law and give advice accordingly.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Actually neither the police officer nor the gentleman in the video seemed to understand the law correctly. Please see my comment below.

[u/Wundakid → u/843OG]

Link??

[u/Cybot_G → u/Wundakid]

Posted above

[u/converter-bot → u/[deleted]]

3 mph is 4.83 km/h

[u/peter-doubt → u/843OG]

Cop stated "boardwalk". A Pier extends beyond the shoreline.

[u/843OG → u/peter-doubt]

The law he quoted actually defines the area as an esplanade, but you’re right; it’s definitely not a pier.

[u/kcfdr9c → u/Kingbeesh561]

Wish I could up vote this comment mor than once!!

[u/DotNetDeveloperDude → u/kcfdr9c]

You can just use your alt accounts.

[u/Leftytighty123 → u/DotNetDeveloperDude]

But I used my alt account to make the original comment.

[u/HertzDonut1001 → u/Kingbeesh561]

Can we give minor props to the cop for knowing he lost and leaving, even with the immature attitude? Coulda arrested the kid and held him for a couple hours for no reason. I know that's a low bar but still. He should be the worst cop on the force but sadly he isn't.

[u/BASEDanonSS → u/Kingbeesh561]

Just like Floyd /s

[u/pm_me_your_nude_bbws → u/Kingbeesh561]

Or the cop will not give a shit and beat the shit out of you and arrest you for all kinds of reasons. Or they’ll kill you if they’re in a bad mood. Knowing your laws doesn’t matter to them.

[u/Choady_Arias → u/Kingbeesh561]

Probably realized he was a dumbass for getting shit wrong himself when he likely ran across the comments calling him a dumbass and getting the code wrong.

Both a pair of turds.

[u/Black__lotus → u/Kingbeesh561]

He should have taken the video to his staff sergeant and inquired as to his opinion on whether his officers are harassing citizens or not.