Now you have said something we can both agree on. Courtesy, respectability and accountability go a long way on both sides. In my experience, the locals ( East Whiteland in particular ) are worse than state police, but I've had problems with both.
Part of your post leads me to believe you might, in fact, BE a PA police officer. You're absolutely right, they would have gotten her on something. Why? Because a great number of PA local and state officers are nothing more than jackbooted thugs, second only to New Orleans police in their levels of corruption and general lack of education.
What really disgusts me is the fact that you imply that it would have been okay to get her for "SOMETHING." Reminds me of my days in the army. The MPs had a catch-all charge. "An act to the prejudice of good order and discipline." They used this when they had a score to settle with you, but couldn't charge you specifically with doing anything wrong.
I'm no longer in the army. I'm not obligated to take abuse from an officer with the grammatical skills of a sixth grader for doing 7 mph over the speed limit. Furthermore, I expect the officer to be aware of state laws indicating that he has no case when using VASCAR unless I'm doing 10 mph over.
So far, my record is 2 - 0 when I've challenged these mental midgets in court. I thoroughly enjoyed the looks on their faces when I laughed at them on the way out of court, too. What the laughter masked was the fact that I didn't feel like much of a winner. I had to take time off work for the court appearances and spend even more personal time preparing to defend myself.
If a PA cop won't treat me like a human being for a minor traffic violation, how can I possibly expect to be treated fairly if the possible charge is more serious? In the eyes of many of our cops, you're guilty until proven innocent and they know they're unlikely to be held accountable unless there's a major outcry when they mess up.
I am a Canadian citizen with permanent resident status in the US. What if I go to Canada, purchase blank media and burn everything I can get my grubby little hands on.
Can the RIAA come after me for piracy if I return to the US with my new music collection?
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My Tivo can't cope with the networks intentionally skewing start and finish times to prevent recording of shows. It also can't help me when I'm unable to read subtitles on Discovery Channel, Sci-Fi or TLC because the ignorant buggers leave HUGE logos in the lower right hand corner. I can't believe they are willing to compromise the content in order to tell us we're watching their channel. We KNOW what we're watching.
I hope Tivo DOES force the eventual move to a pay per channel or pay per show model. I hate subsidizing lousy sitcoms and sports networks. A show like Family Guy or Firefly comes along and invariably gets canned just as I take interest. If more people could vote directly with their wallets, I suspect some of these shows might live to see the light of day.
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Now you have said something we can both agree on. Courtesy, respectability and accountability go a long way on both sides. In my experience, the locals ( East Whiteland in particular ) are worse than state police, but I've had problems with both.
Part of your post leads me to believe you might, in fact, BE a PA police officer. You're absolutely right, they would have gotten her on something. Why? Because a great number of PA local and state officers are nothing more than jackbooted thugs, second only to New Orleans police in their levels of corruption and general lack of education.
What really disgusts me is the fact that you imply that it would have been okay to get her for "SOMETHING." Reminds me of my days in the army. The MPs had a catch-all charge. "An act to the prejudice of good order and discipline." They used this when they had a score to settle with you, but couldn't charge you specifically with doing anything wrong.
I'm no longer in the army. I'm not obligated to take abuse from an officer with the grammatical skills of a sixth grader for doing 7 mph over the speed limit. Furthermore, I expect the officer to be aware of state laws indicating that he has no case when using VASCAR unless I'm doing 10 mph over.
So far, my record is 2 - 0 when I've challenged these mental midgets in court. I thoroughly enjoyed the looks on their faces when I laughed at them on the way out of court, too. What the laughter masked was the fact that I didn't feel like much of a winner. I had to take time off work for the court appearances and spend even more personal time preparing to defend myself.
If a PA cop won't treat me like a human being for a minor traffic violation, how can I possibly expect to be treated fairly if the possible charge is more serious? In the eyes of many of our cops, you're guilty until proven innocent and they know they're unlikely to be held accountable unless there's a major outcry when they mess up.
I am a Canadian citizen with permanent resident status in the US. What if I go to Canada, purchase blank media and burn everything I can get my grubby little hands on. Can the RIAA come after me for piracy if I return to the US with my new music collection? POS
My Tivo can't cope with the networks intentionally skewing start and finish times to prevent recording of shows. It also can't help me when I'm unable to read subtitles on Discovery Channel, Sci-Fi or TLC because the ignorant buggers leave HUGE logos in the lower right hand corner. I can't believe they are willing to compromise the content in order to tell us we're watching their channel. We KNOW what we're watching. I hope Tivo DOES force the eventual move to a pay per channel or pay per show model. I hate subsidizing lousy sitcoms and sports networks. A show like Family Guy or Firefly comes along and invariably gets canned just as I take interest. If more people could vote directly with their wallets, I suspect some of these shows might live to see the light of day.