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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:11 AM Original message |
I got stopped by a State Trooper on Saturday night |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Where are you, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. East Texas, 8 pm and a white woman |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So Sorry! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It was right before I got into town |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, take a breath (NOW! I just did!) |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I think your tailight was out. nt |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Never in my life have I gotten by with a warning |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Have you tried slowing down going through the stop signs? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. i've gotten off with warnings about a half-dozen times or so... |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. We all get that treatment. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A cop pulled my son over recently on a Friday night. He lied, |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I had a very similar experience ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Based on a trial where I was a juror, in your situation |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. This happened a year and a half ago ... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. My son and his friends got pulled over not long ago |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. How scary for those young men -- and for you. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Or to turn around in a gas station parking lot? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. O no we don't. My sister has been pulled over. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Did you ask why? When it's just a random stop? n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Tx, Ar, Tn, especially along I40 are major drug smuggling routes. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I love this reason... I love it because we have poured so much |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I-95 between Delaware Mem. Bridge and NJTPK they catch a lot of drugs. nt |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Was your license light out? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You bring up a good point, but I'm not sure you are so correct. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Nothing to see here. Be a Good Citizen. Move along. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I agree. No big deal. I was pulled over on the 401 outside Toronto , for having a VA license plate |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. They're not supposed to pull you over just for having an out-of-state |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. "You don't have to answer " |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. What you are saying here |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. that's right. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Last year I was pulled over twice in about 15 min. for a front light |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. it's called a "routine traffic stop" |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Try getting pulled over in a car that wasn't made with one of those plate lights |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. That is a depressing story. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. wow, that's a story and a half. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. Hey, it was out of date plates that got Timothy McVeigh caught. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. A pretext stop. They use traffic regulations to pick the lock on the Fourth Amendment. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Unfortunately, that brusk manner and a disregard for basic constitutional rights is SOP from police |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds like a normal traffic stop. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That's what it sounds like to me too. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. My son was pulled over by a State Trooper in Cary about a year ago. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. And the police wonder why we lose respect for them. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. My last ticket was last May I was driving on a |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't see a problem with the stop. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. I suspect that the extra minutes were spent checking out the plate... |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. I Find this SOOOOOOOO Amusing. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I agree. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. where the hell did you get that from? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. It's not "random" if your license plate light is out. nt |
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blockhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. what bullshit |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. I dont see what the big deal is here. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. It isn't a big deal to me either. The light was out. They got stopped. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. Women need to be extra careful pulling over - I've heard lots of |
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