Judge throws out 72 traffic tickets

Tennessean.com ^ | 2/28/06 | SHEILA BURKE

[philetus]

You making money on that commercial?

[RHINO369]

I'd care if these people actually committed crimes, instead they were just caught up in a government tax scheme. If police cared about safety they'd send police to high crime areas instead of policing people driving.

[elkfersupper]

I don't know.

Govt. employees, union thugs....

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men?

[jude24]

Traffic tickets are neither criminal nor common law, so the sixth and seventh amendment jury rights do not apply.

[elkfersupper]

If police cared about safety they'd send police to high crime areas instead of policing people driving.

And if the citizens cared about crime or safety, we would fire 90% of law enforcement officers, disarm the rest, and arm ourselves.

But, we don't.

[Sofa King]

Don't worry.

Your personal safety against reckless drivers was sacrificed a long time ago when police departments started using traffic tickets as a means of revenue generation instead of actively targeting reckless drivers.

[Scotsman will be Free]

More americans are killed in motor vehicle collisions every year than are killed by criminals.

[CJ Wolf]

cool. If I understand you mean that we don't have that many criminals. Next you'll tell me we got more heartattacks from hambugers then people killed by criminals too. right? WASSPOINT?

[elkfersupper]

More americans are killed in motor vehicle collisions every year than are killed by criminals.

Ban the wheel.

Then, we can deal with saddlestock, which are much more safe and reliable. (/sarcasm)

[Fruitbat]

So my personal safety against reckless drivers depends on the mood of an elitist slime who thinks that he's a judge.

I'll keep that in mind. Forever.

I also wonder how many people were there w/ tickets for causing accidents!

You can also think about it the next time you get tagged for doing 68 in a 55 on some four lane interstate w/ no one else in view at 3 am.

[timer]

Oh good, try telling the cop that you may have been driving over the speed limit, but it isn't a crime. Where did you get your law degree?

[longtermmemmory]

It is actually old news.

If a judge had an argument with his wife or girlfriend they take it out on the unlucky in front of him.


If this buffoon is to be believed, if he DID draw opposition he would have ordered the 72 executed?

This stinks.

[Toadman]

What I'm thinking is... if he does this when he's in a good mood, what happens to folks when he's in a bad mood?

[Toadman]

You beat me too it!

[Fresh Wind]

We are entitled to presume that when he finds someone guilty, it is similarlly based on how he feels that day, and has nothing to do with the facts.

For traffic offenses, the operative phrase should be "finds someone innocent". There is an automatic assumption of guilt, and you can be found innocent if and only if you are able to prove it to be so by discrediting the words or actions of the arresting officer.

[jude24]

try telling the cop that you may have been driving over the speed limit, but it isn't a crime.

It isn't. It's an infraction. Read your state's statutes. Speeding et. al are not listed as misdemeanors nor felonies.

[R. Scott]

The judge said he was in a buoyant mood after learning he would be running unopposed in this year's election.

Reminds me of the Old Days when the King would pardon prisoners once a year just because he was happy to have survived another year in power.

[elli1]

I lot of FReepers are gonna complain about this. But I doubt if they would be if they were one of the ones getting their tickets cleared.

Freepers never get traffic citations, doncha' know? ;)

[Scotsman will be Free]

You understand incorrectly. The rest of your note is irrelevant. Dats duh point.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Another person incapable of seeing the obvious. No wonder there are so many laws.