I work at a tobacco shop. And after they said I blown through a stop sign. When asked when drinking I said no. Then he said I smelled, and I quote, "of something suspicious". I get cops get their paycheck for tickets and such but seriously has it really gotten this bad that for a ticket they try to make it something bigger? and ignoring my rights?

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[–] 47 points 3 months ago (12 children)

They wrote the one armed lady a ticket for holding a phone in the hand that doesn't exist while driving. So yeah. It's gotten that bad.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    thats with a AI flock camera, she has grounds to sue, but unfortunately it just comes out of taxpayers pocket.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    I didn't think flock was involved in that. The point though was the officer just plain lied, and when faced with evidence, he doubled down.
    And yes. Officer need to have individual malpractice insurance in my opinion.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (8 children)

    Not necessarily a lie, but (allegedly) mistaken would produce the same result.

    Not everyone who is wrong is lying.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (7 children)

    Nah. Cops writing tickets don't that leeway. If they aren't 100% certain of an infraction like this, they shouldn't be stopping the driver. His doubling down after being shown proof establishes that he is willing to lie.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

    People can be "100% certain" of things that never happened; it happens all the time.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, but in court, cops are given the assumption of higher accuracy. So they logically should be held to a higher standard.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    No matter how much we expect/hope/demand cops to be superhuman, they will never be.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's not superhuman. It's training. Before radar guns were so easy to get and such, they trained cops on estimating speed. And then they tested them to ensure their accuracy before letting them write speeding tickets. But now... they get the bare min training.

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