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11/18/2012 1:29:54 AM
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I just wrote a police officer a ticket
So today I saw a police officer parked in a yellow "no parking zone" But he wasn't responding to an emergency, He was at a 7-11 and he walked out with a big gulp.
He was abusing his status as a police officer. And this is how I am about to knock him down a level for it.
I live in Oregon. In Oregon it is a little known fact that you don't have to be a police officer, or a parking attendant to write someone a parking ticket. [url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/153.html]See ORS 153.058[/url]
Now back to the story. as the officer was coming out as soon as I saw that he was parked illegally I took a picture of him ( as he was coming out holding his big gulp, and of his car parked illegally. AND of him getting into his car.
This is all of the evidence that I need to issue him a citation.
I went on down to the police station and initiated the proceedings of filing the citation. Filled out his ticket, and took it down to the court house as per the instructions. At the courthouse I gave the nearly-finished ticket to the clerk who found an available court date. And then signed the ticket. And took an oath that the information was correct.
This police officer is now going to receive the ticket in the mail with his court date. I will also be going to this court date where I will be presenting the photographic evidence of his illegal parking. He will have no excuse.
tl;dr I wrote a police officer a ticket, and now he must appear in court.
UPDATE: 500 replies w00t, I will be posting the pictures AFTER the court date. Due to legal/security reasons.
[Edited on 11.18.2012 6:31 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Elite Mouse Congratulations, OP. You came on here expecting praise, and instead were met with universal disdain. Should have posted this on an alt.[/quote] I posted this to make a statement. Not to recieve praise. a statement about the common abuse of power. While this may be a small case. It is a case none the less.[/quote] No you didn't. You came on here expecting for people to think what you did was noble and give you credit, but instead people justly called you out on how sad you are. And no, a parking violation isn't an abide of power. If you made a thread about such a thing, you would still be seen as foolish.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Aang the Avatar LOL at people attacking the OP for doing the right thing.[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Super PolarBear You showed him![/quote] I sure did. He now has to take his personal time to appear in court and argue his case. Only thing is, he has no usable argument. If he does not appear in court he will fined.[/quote] Yeah, suck it law man, its not like the officers get paid overtime to appear in court, doing essentially no work but dressing up and appearing in front of a crowd, getting paid time and a half for their effort. OP, you just made the guy some easy money.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xplode441 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 If an average joe parked there it would have been just as much of a parking violation. But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car. This is where the abuse of his authority comes in.[/quote]Your fault in logic OP is that you [i]believe[/i] that he was using his authority as an excuse, when you have no proof of that. You simply have a belief that you are attempting to put off as fact. The officer was not attempting to use his power to justify his parking.[/quote] If you believe that someone has done something illegal, then going to court is the right action. A police officer gives someone a ticket because the officer [i]believes[/i] that the person has done something wrong. If you pay the ticket, you're admitting guilt. You can take tickets to court if you believe that you weren't doing anything. [/quote] Correct. In court the police officer will have to argue his case to the judge. I don't think that it will be very easy to argue his case though.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xplode441 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 If an average joe parked there it would have been just as much of a parking violation. But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car. This is where the abuse of his authority comes in.[/quote]Your fault in logic OP is that you [i]believe[/i] that he was using his authority as an excuse, when you have no proof of that. You simply have a belief that you are attempting to put off as fact. The officer was not attempting to use his power to justify his parking.[/quote] If you believe that someone has done something illegal, then going to court is the right action. A police officer gives someone a ticket because the officer [i]believes[/i] that the person has done something wrong. If you pay the ticket, you're admitting guilt. You can take tickets to court if you believe that you weren't doing anything.
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Good job, OP.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Elite Mouse Congratulations, OP. You came on here expecting praise, and instead were met with universal disdain. Should have posted this on an alt.[/quote] I posted this to make a statement. Not to recieve praise. a statement about the common abuse of power. While this may be a small case. It is a case none the less. [Edited on 11.17.2012 6:02 PM PST]
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Congratulations, OP. You came on here expecting praise, and instead were met with universal disdain. Should have posted this on an alt.
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So can we see the pic?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car.[/quote] Average citizens do the same thing - park there because they think they can get away with it. There's no abuse of authority. There's not even any real authority in that situation... Calling the OP names because he was doing something he thought was right is a bit hypocritical, though.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xplode441 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 If an average joe parked there it would have been just as much of a parking violation. But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car. This is where the abuse of his authority comes in.[/quote]Your fault in logic OP is that you [i]believe[/i] that he was using his authority as an excuse, when you have no proof of that. You simply have a belief that you are attempting to put off as fact. The officer was not attempting to use his power to justify his parking.[/quote] You are correct. There is plausible deniability in the fact that that he may have just parked there because he thought it wouldn't hurt to run in and run out. However. There is not plausible deniability in the fact that regardless of his thought process in choosing to park there,that it was a parking violation in the end. However he came to the decision to park there. [Edited on 11.17.2012 6:01 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 If an average joe parked there it would have been just as much of a parking violation. But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car. This is where the abuse of his authority comes in.[/quote]Your fault in logic OP is that you [i]believe[/i] that he was using his authority as an excuse, when you have no proof of that. You simply have a belief that you are attempting to put off as fact. The officer was not attempting to use his power to justify his parking.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SPARTAAA 117 People like you disgust me. Making other people's live more stressfull[/quote] That is perfectly alright, You are of course entitled to your opinions, thoughts, views and beliefs. I encourage individualism.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sgt monkey41 I love how OP is acting like he did something noble,but in reality he's a smug douche. Really? You honestly think you did something good? All you did was -blam!- with a policeman and posted what you did on the internet to look cool. OP is a special kind of scum. [/quote] QFT
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Doing your civil duty is great, but your gonna lose. And the cop will now have a vendetta against you, good luck on putting those worms back into that big'ol can...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xplode441 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 The police officer was parked in a yellow emergency zone parking area. The police officer was not responding to an emergency. There were no spots open in the parking lot, which influenced his decision to park in the emergency zone. Therefor, his actions were abuse and a violation of the law. His attitude does not determine whether its abuse. His actions do. its as simple as that.[/quote]You're seriously ignorant OP. He wasn't abusing his power. "His actions do" what a stupid statement. If a average Joe parked there, would he be abusing his power? He was not using his power to justify his parking, therefore he wasn't abusing his power. Seriously, I can't wait for the judge to laugh in your face if you try to bring that up.[/quote] If an average joe parked there it would have been just as much of a parking violation. But the police officer parked there because he thought he could get away with it because he was in a police car. This is where the abuse of his authority comes in.
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People like you disgust me. Making other people's live more stressfull
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I love how OP is acting like he did something noble,but in reality he's a smug douche. Really? You honestly think you did something good? All you did was -blam!- with a policeman and posted what you did on the internet to look cool. OP is a special kind of scum.
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Hello fellow oregonian, while this may seem petty and pointless to some, it is very important that our law enforcement officers are not above the law. Good for you OP!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xplode441 OP is a juvenile delinquent who doesn't like police officers. But seriously, why go through all that trouble for something so minor? The cop wasn't abusing his power unless he told you, "-blam!- you, I'm a cop, I park where I want". He made the same mistake anyone else could have made. To call it an abuse of power is stupid.[/quote] The police officer was parked in a yellow emergency zone parking area. The police officer was not responding to an emergency. There were no spots open in the parking lot, which influenced his decision to park in the emergency zone. Therefor, his actions were abuse and a violation of the law. His attitude does not determine whether its abuse. His actions do. its as simple as that.[/quote] And if it was a mistake, that voids your entire argument. Also, actions and attitude are highly correlated. You're making the biggest fool of yourself. Like no lie, you look horrible. [Edited on 11.17.2012 5:56 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 The police officer was parked in a yellow emergency zone parking area. The police officer was not responding to an emergency. There were no spots open in the parking lot, which influenced his decision to park in the emergency zone. Therefor, his actions were abuse and a violation of the law. His attitude does not determine whether its abuse. His actions do. its as simple as that.[/quote]You're seriously ignorant OP. He wasn't abusing his power. "His actions do" what a stupid statement. If a average Joe parked there, would he be abusing his power? He was not using his power to justify his parking, therefore he wasn't abusing his power. Seriously, I can't wait for the judge to laugh in your face if you try to bring that up.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ZipZapZop123773 Did you do this somewhere out in Eastern Oregon? Or were you in the Valley?[/quote] I live in Eugene. So in the Willamette valley. [Edited on 11.17.2012 5:55 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AK FROST You did all of this so the officer gets a 20 dollar ticket wow.[/quote] Exactly right. Not just that. But chances are the other police officers will hear about it and will never let him live it down. And as I have also discussed its the symbolism behind the ticket that matters more than the actual ticket in this case.[/quote] Actually no, if anything you've just made things worse for the people in your community. I can guarantee you that the cops in your community have been overlooking civilians doing what he was doing because it's something so small and minor that a car being there for a couple minutes really isn't a going to be an issue. Now because of your actions the police are just going to react with a "well it looks like we can't be nice anymore" and start cracking down on that. Way to go jackass.
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Did you do this somewhere out in Eastern Oregon? Or were you in the Valley?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] randomrosso [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 ( and fail doing it making him look like a tard )[/quote] Yes, that's exactly what's going to happen here. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 Exactly right. Not just that. But chances are the other police officers will hear about it and will never let him live it down. And as I have also discussed its the symbolism behind the ticket that matters more than the actual ticket in this case.[/quote] How old are you, seriously? "Never let him live it down?" Are you serious? It's a god damn ticket. No one will give a crap. At all. [/quote] I'm 31
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AK FROST You did all of this so the officer gets a 20 dollar ticket wow.[/quote] Exactly right. Not just that. But chances are the other police officers will hear about it and will never let him live it down. And as I have also discussed its the symbolism behind the ticket that matters more than the actual ticket in this case.[/quote] This idiot seriously thinks he's making a statement. And I can't wait to see you in a position where you need the cops and they let you rot, because I guarantee he will get the word out about you. In the eyes of the PD, you'll be that one idiot who tried to make a "statement" by giving someone a ticket and wasting their resources and time.
