Your words on criminal activity. You can try to say I am being ridiculous, they were your words. Speeding is a crime.
Next, I am not a libertarian. Used to be just like you. I was married to a police officer and we lived in one of the worst crime areas in NM (which is hard because NM is a mess, no matter where you are except the east and probably some far west counties). I have had police officer friends killed in the line of duty in NM.
But, being married to him also gave me insight into their fatal flaws: covering up crimes for each other, targeting people, and politics.
And even years later, when stories like these came out, I took the side of police, time after time. But more and more stories started coming out where police falsified evidence against suspects, people were being convicted of crimes that they had clear evidence that they were not even in town when the crime happened, or situations like the Duke LaCrosse rape case. And locally, a young man pursued for years for a murder because he walked past the woman’s body and acted odd, in jail for years and released with a multimillion dollar payday.
Police are no better than us, they are us. And, yes, the “war on drugs” has led to the militarization of our police, has led to the idea that police are “above” regular citizens. They have forgotten their place and purpose.
http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/speeding-and-moving-violations.html What is a Speeding or Moving Violation?
Most speeding and/or moving violations are not considered criminal offenses. A speeding or moving violation may result in a fine, affect your ability to get a driver's license, or raise your car insurance rates, but it will not result in jail time or other criminal punishments in most situations. The laws for speeding and moving violations vary widely by states, counties, and cities, so be sure that you are aware of your rights and obligations.
The WOD is at the crux of this. I am sick of it. I do not use drugs. I do not approve of them. A lot of peoples lives are ruined by drugs. But it is now very apparent to me that the societal rot from drugs is not nearly as bad as that which has come from the fight against them. Let druggies kill them selves. I am sick of ruining my life trying to save them.
Well said. Wasted on the terminally tone-deaf, but very well said none-the-less.