Posted on 05/11/2010 5:49:59 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
LAKE CITY, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) - A man said Tuesday that he is disabled was cuffed and tasered by police in Lake City for parking in a handicapped zone. Police said the man resisted arrest.
Fifty-four-year-old Chester Bradford has an implanted defibrillator for his heart. Bradford said he is disabled and is entitled to a handicapped parking permit.
Bradford said that last December while grocery shopping at a Lake City Kroger store, he pulled into a handicapped space and was questioned by police.
"I told him I could show him the papers," Bradford said.
According to the police report, Bradford showed the officer a black decal, which is different from a permanent blue decal or a red temporary decal. The officer thought the decal was fake.
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I wonder if he hangs the xerox copy of the placard from the mirror too?
Wouldn’t the cop be able to contact the MV dept and have it tell the cop whether or not the sticker was legit?
AZ has a great website with lots of info. I’d so some research on the website first rather than trusting someone answering a phone line working for the state actually knows the law.
Note that the "check ahead" advice concerns "special privileges" that another state might offer ~ e.g. not paying parking meters, etc.
The rules are pretty uniform as are the placards these days. Early on there were some differences but I think the plastic placard people have pretty much beaten that sort of thing out of the system.
Just because this guy didn't know about the law doesn't mean it doesn't exists. Would you remember the name, I'd like to make a copy and keep it in my car's glove box.
Some of these guys think of shooting the citizens before calling in to verify a story.
“ou put these kind of posts up several times a day, to turn people against the cops.”
Yeah cause we wouldn’t want to know the truth about our public servants.
federal law handicap parking interstate reciprocity ~ do a google.com search for those words. Should answer every question.
dont fight with police.
I think a simple check on the law will reflect that photocopies of tags are not legitimate proof that the driver is disabled. I could photocopy a friends tag in that case and get convenient parking anywhere, anytime.
Why the heck does anyone need to sign for a ticket anyway? Just give ‘em the thing and let it go! No need for that little extra hook that just causes trouble!
Today don’t most local cops have mini computers with access to those kind of records in their vehicles?
I never heard of having to sign the ticket right there.
Sure, but when there’s a chance for a beat down some of ‘em just can’t resist.
I suppose he could open up his shirt for your inspection ~ but maybe you’d think he had a terrorist bomb planted in his shorts or something.
An aside: I wonder where that authority is in the Constitution.
That was kinda overkill still having restraining issues when the guy with a heart problem was already handcuffed?
If that guy’s story is true that cop could lose his job and the city will be paying out some money.
DC and other federal territories are part of it too.
It's an admittance of jurisdiction under the guise of agreeing to be bound by the administrative court. Without the signature, they have to arrest you and first make the argument that you are under the jurisdiction of the court.
This isn't some tinfoil issue - all motor vehicle codes specify application to commercial activities only, because the Constitution guarantees a basic right of citizens to travel freely. Someday someone somewhere is going to demand a ruling on whether the code applies to non-commercial activities... and the results will be verrrry interesting.
“No need for that little extra hook that just causes trouble!”
They must show us who is boss.
Thanks for the info! I wonder if NJ does that now.. It’s been decades since I’ve had a ‘lead foot’. Heh.
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