Posted on 07/12/2018 8:10:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
An Arizona state lawmaker has apologized for telling a sheriff’s deputy to not penalize him for speeding because he has “legislative immunity,” calling his comments inappropriate.
State Rep. Paul Mosley (R) wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that his “desire to get home to see my family does not justify how fast I was speeding nor my reference to legislative immunity when being pulled over.”
“Legislative immunity is a serious responsibility and should not be taken lightly or abused,” he added.
Mosley also said that his “jokes” about often driving over 100 miles an hour while commuting to and from the state capitol were “entirely inappropriate and showed extremely bad judgement on my part, for which I am truly sorry.”
Mosley was pulled over in March for driving 97 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone, according to a police report published Wednesday.
"Mosley stated he was just in a hurry to get home to surprise his family in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Mosley also told me that I should just let him go and that I shouldn’t waste anymore of my time dealing with him due to his immunity as a government official,” the deputy wrote in the report.
Arizona law states that “Members of the legislature shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, and they shall not be subject to any civil process during the session of the legislature, nor for fifteen days next before the commencement of each session.”
Video from the officer’s body cam footage also showed Mosley telling the officer that he sometimes drives faster, at “120, 130.”
“Yeah, this goes 140. That’s what I like about it,” the lawmaker can be heard saying while laughing, referring to the car.
Any elected representative who believes laws are for the little people should be removed from office with extreme prejudice.
Former PA State Senator Vincent Fumo (D-Felon) bragged about going triple digits on the Turnpike and hated getting behind anyone in the left lane who wouldn’t yield to his speed.
So he got a “drive right/pass left” law enacted.
When he is released from his corruption and bribery sentence he’ll be able to enjoy it.
The good voters of the Great State of Arizona must show Mister Paul Mosley the door. (I'm thinking "bums' rush, here.)
Primaries?
Good things!
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Henceforth, instant, painful and ultimately deadly justice is authorized against anyone saying, “Do you know who I am?”
A few years ago, a friend of mine got stopped by a cop for a speeding.
“I have a license that lets me go any speed that I want”, says my friend.
“This I’ve got to see” says the cop. “Get your license out”.
“Here you go officer” says my friend handing over his license plate.
“And where exactly does it say that you can go any speed you want?” asks the cop.
“It’s says it right at the bottom”.
“I don’t see it... can you point it out?” asks the cop.
“Says it right here.... TEAR ALONG THE DOTTED LINE.” says my friend pointing to the perforated edge.
The cop was laughing so hard he let him off.....
We desperately need term limits. Two terms and you have to sit out at least a term.
We need to reduce Senate terms to 4 years. In addition return to the state’s Senators in Congress being chosen by the state legislature.
We need to ban lawyers from holding political office.
Ideally only taxpayers who pay at least 5% of their annual income in federal income tax should be permitted to vote.
A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and a mandated plan to retire the deficit over the next 30 years is desperately needed.
Common sight here in NM. I’ve had
state reps fly by me, and I usually
drive 10 over on the open road.
Out here in the eastern part of
the state, it’s wide open territory.
150 miles between towns. Same thing
in west Texas. No one drives the
posted limit. If we get close to a
town though, we slow down. Local
LEOS get pretty bored sometimes.
Has anyone checked the statue?
“I know a guy...”
who got pulled over for speeding. When the officer asked if he knew how fast he was going he replied, “No idea, Officer, the speedometers on cars nowadays only go to 85.”
Wasn’t it taken down by a bunch of anti-confederates?
I was stopped for “speeding” by a cop who was out of his jurisdiction. We had both been going the same speed, but on a grade, I inadvertently passed him. I asked him why he was speeding. He told me he had just taken a prisoner to the county jail and was on his way back to his city. So I said, “so we are both on our way to the office!” He said that I could take it up with the judge. So I pointed out my address on my license and asked him if he knew where his Chief lived? He didn’t. Then I told him that while I may have to “tell it to the judge, since his chief was a neighbor, I’d also be telling it to him.” He stopped writing, handed me my license, and said “have a nice day!” I had a glass of wine with his Chief a few days later, but didn’t mention it!
The lawmaker says: We make this laws for thee, not for me.
Well he is in a good position to do something about the speeding laws.
My 4-cylinder crossover SUV is governed to not exceed 140....
PsyCon wrote: “Has anyone checked the statue?”
Those laws are fairly common. For example, a legislator cannot be ticket/impeded while on his/her way to a meeting of the legislature. These laws were passed because it used to be common practice to stop legislators on their way to vote to keep certain laws from passing.
Personal story: the same law applies to NG soldiers on their way to an assembly of the guard, ie, drill. I personally was stopped for speeding but was allowed to go with no ticket because of this law.
Couldn't agree more. There is a big swamp in DC that needs draining and 50 other smaller ones in each state capital that also need draining.
Well, this doofus is my District’s representative. And he’s as arrogant and ridiculous as he sounds. Tomorrow is our County GOP meeting and I am introducing a motion of censure. I wish I could tell you that he will step aside, but as you can tell, he’s pretty haughty. The consensus is he cannot survive this.
This is a State representative and in Arizona we do have term limits. 4 two year terms.
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