Recently in Florida a cop was sentenced to 12 years for planting drugs in several people car after he stopped them for some lame routine thing. Most of the people plead guilty to the charges because of how the system works. Plead guilty and get a few years of probation or plead innocent and fight it yet if you lose it will be several years in prison. Since the officer will be believed by 99% of the juries out there who wants to risk 5-10 years in prison to fight for your rights over 3-5 years of probation to get shafted even more by the system.
A few years ago a Baltimore cop was busted on body cam planting drugs in a car. It was an embarrassment to the police force is what the captain said at the time. A year later the cop still works for Baltimore PD yet is only a desk cop.
Earlier this year a body cam video from an NYC office has him planting weed in a passenger of a vehicle things. The person that was arrested has already paid his fines and done his probation when the video got leaked. The real problem is the 2 weeks before the video was actually filmed not leaked, filmed the 2 officers involved got busted in court on a different body cam footage. The judge in that case told the person pleading guilty he will not take the plea from him and he needed to hire an attorney.
Even myself who was driving through Virginia with my girlfriend's 15 year old daughter. I get pulled over for 81 in a 70 and was in the middle of the pack of cars, I really thought it was strange that the officer goes past the 2 cars behind me that had been there for at least 20 miles and squeezed in behind me with his blue light. Since I drive a black sports car with tinted windows and Texas (where I live) tags I was pulled over felony stop style. While his gun is out, told to put my hands out the window and open the door from outside. Get out with my hands in air and walk backwards. Because I was not thinking and closed my door with my hand got told I will be shot if I bring my hands down again. While I am walking backwards I say that the 15 year old daughter of my gf is in the passenger seat totally freaking out crying, can you please go talk to her and tell her that you are not intending to shoot me on the side of the highway? He actually does and asks her if I had kidnapped her, how long has she known me, does her parents know she is with me.. blah blah.. Everything he should have asked her. Yet he then says to me that 10 over speed limit is criminal reckless driving in Virginia and he usually just writes tickets in leau of bail but since I live in Texas he was not going to be able to say in good faith I would return to Virginia for court. He was going to have to take me in yet 1st we were going to wait on a drug dog to "spot check" my vehicle. To which I said "ok good, there is no drugs in car. I know for fact. But what are you going to do about my gf daughter? You can't arrest her, you can't leave her on side of road. She is terrified of flying alone which that and the fact her moms car was just totaled and has no way to come get her and why I was asked to drive here on my vacation to get her, what will you do with her? He looked at me and no sh!t says "well that does seem to be an issue. Can you give a Georgia address besides your gf? I asked does my mom count? I grew up in Georgia and company transferred me 6 months ago. He said here is your ticket, sign here. Be safe and have a nice day. I wonder what they would have done if I was a minority or if I had not thought of asking what they would do with the 15 year old. He never waited on drug dog. I always have thought that they would have found something even though there was nothing.
This sounds a lot like future stalkers of the world are running Metropolis. What I was surfing before I needed to park or once I got to there on top of location information.. Hmm sounds like the making of good stalking school..
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Recently in Florida a cop was sentenced to 12 years for planting drugs in several people car after he stopped them for some lame routine thing. Most of the people plead guilty to the charges because of how the system works. Plead guilty and get a few years of probation or plead innocent and fight it yet if you lose it will be several years in prison. Since the officer will be believed by 99% of the juries out there who wants to risk 5-10 years in prison to fight for your rights over 3-5 years of probation to get shafted even more by the system.
A few years ago a Baltimore cop was busted on body cam planting drugs in a car. It was an embarrassment to the police force is what the captain said at the time. A year later the cop still works for Baltimore PD yet is only a desk cop.
Earlier this year a body cam video from an NYC office has him planting weed in a passenger of a vehicle things. The person that was arrested has already paid his fines and done his probation when the video got leaked. The real problem is the 2 weeks before the video was actually filmed not leaked, filmed the 2 officers involved got busted in court on a different body cam footage. The judge in that case told the person pleading guilty he will not take the plea from him and he needed to hire an attorney.
Even myself who was driving through Virginia with my girlfriend's 15 year old daughter. I get pulled over for 81 in a 70 and was in the middle of the pack of cars, I really thought it was strange that the officer goes past the 2 cars behind me that had been there for at least 20 miles and squeezed in behind me with his blue light. Since I drive a black sports car with tinted windows and Texas (where I live) tags I was pulled over felony stop style. While his gun is out, told to put my hands out the window and open the door from outside. Get out with my hands in air and walk backwards. Because I was not thinking and closed my door with my hand got told I will be shot if I bring my hands down again. While I am walking backwards I say that the 15 year old daughter of my gf is in the passenger seat totally freaking out crying, can you please go talk to her and tell her that you are not intending to shoot me on the side of the highway? He actually does and asks her if I had kidnapped her, how long has she known me, does her parents know she is with me.. blah blah.. Everything he should have asked her. Yet he then says to me that 10 over speed limit is criminal reckless driving in Virginia and he usually just writes tickets in leau of bail but since I live in Texas he was not going to be able to say in good faith I would return to Virginia for court. He was going to have to take me in yet 1st we were going to wait on a drug dog to "spot check" my vehicle. To which I said "ok good, there is no drugs in car. I know for fact. But what are you going to do about my gf daughter? You can't arrest her, you can't leave her on side of road. She is terrified of flying alone which that and the fact her moms car was just totaled and has no way to come get her and why I was asked to drive here on my vacation to get her, what will you do with her? He looked at me and no sh!t says "well that does seem to be an issue. Can you give a Georgia address besides your gf? I asked does my mom count? I grew up in Georgia and company transferred me 6 months ago. He said here is your ticket, sign here. Be safe and have a nice day. I wonder what they would have done if I was a minority or if I had not thought of asking what they would do with the 15 year old. He never waited on drug dog. I always have thought that they would have found something even though there was nothing.
I wonder?
This sounds a lot like future stalkers of the world are running Metropolis. What I was surfing before I needed to park or once I got to there on top of location information.. Hmm sounds like the making of good stalking school..
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