Great Way to Start the Day

sightunseen

Got a nice shiny new jaywalking ticket this morning. No disrespect to the officers of the law on this forum, but I think cops have higher priorities than jaywalking.

The Sniper

Goldy

Wow, I have never actually heard of someone getting a ticket for that.

wwhwang

People still get tickets for that?

phobicsquirrel

sightunseen:

Got a nice shiny new jaywalking ticket this morning. No disrespect to the officers of the law on this forum, but I think cops have higher priorities than jaywalking.

really? that actually gets enforced? Now is that walking across a street not at a cross walk or zigzagging? I'm wondering... btw why didn't you just say, Oh I have no ID, I'm walking!!!!

phobicsquirrel

zeebra

did you guys read about the cop who punched the 17 year old in seattle area?? he gave her a ticket for jaywalking and her friend interfered and got punched! i'm sure you heard about that Tony.

xmacro

phobicsquirrel:

But they showed that we really have no rights and we as the people are in the mercy of braindead police as they seem to not be able to take orders and think at the same time, much like a lot of the soldiers in this country.

Whoa there Pheebs, you're confusing the guys who write tickets for a living with the SWAT team, and then confusing them with our military soldiers. The guys who write tickets have discretion, and the one who wrote the jaywalking ticket is a *** for sure, but the SWAT team is called in to save the lives of the cops walking the beat, and the military does what they're told because there's a chain of command.

fla-gypsy

Please tell us where this occurred? I need to know which states to avoid.

kuzi16

how much was the ticket for?

sightunseen

kuzi16

sightunseen:

kuzi16:

how much was the ticket for?

$56, or a box of Nica Libres. The cop mentioned community service in lieu of the fine and I am seriously considering it because I'll be damned if I pay money for this.

do it. you may get a seriously easy job for one day. and since it was suck a petty crime you may even get sent home with your papers signed and not do a damn thing.

phobicsquirrel

phobicsquirrel

GadwinDuil

j0z3r

So, uh...if you don't pay the ticket, do they take your shoes away?