From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
Subject: Re: ***Police intimidation ???
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:03:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.035845.61@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> roskar@kavazi.uucp.jhu.edu (Veljko Roskar) writes:
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>I approached a parking garage entrance on our right of a
>4-lane, two way street, just before the next inter-
>section. We noticed the sign that it was full. I decided
>to make a left at the intersection, and crossed over into
>the left turn lane.  The light turned red and we became
>the first car at the light.
> 
>Looking behind, I noticed that I passed the white marker
>where the cars should stop (it was ~2 car lengths back
>from our car). This didn't concern me since our car was
>not blocking any traffic, nor was it in the intersection.
> 
>What did concern my wife and I was the behavior of a
>police officer who was yelling at the driver of a van in
>the right lane and a little ahead of us. 
> 
>We had our windows up, so we couldn't hear what the
>policeman was shouting, but it was obvious that the
>driver of the van was apprehensive and/or confused, since
>he accelerated his vehicle and then abruptly stopped it
>(twice). The cop banged on the van driver's door,
>shouting. 
> 
>The policemanthen turned towards our car and started 
>shouting at me. 
> 
>We didn't hear what he was yelling, so I started to roll
>down my window. Coming around to my side, he yelled:
>"You! Turn your car around and go back where you came
>from!"
> 
>I told him I wanted to make a left turn at the light. He
>then kept shouting "Turn your car around!" And when I
>started to speak again (respectfully) he shouted: "Pull
>up on the curb right now!"
> 
>By that point I realized that I cannot reason with this
>guy, so I obeyed. When he came over to us on the curb,
>STILL shouting, he said something to the effect: "I told
>you before to stay back! (???). "Let me have your
>driver's license and registration!"
> 
>I asked him to please lower his voice because our baby
>was asleep in the car and gave him the documents.
> 
>Right there my wife and I thought this was ridiculous and
>expected a ticket for gridlock or something like that but
>he came back and gave us a ticket for $260 (!), for
>"Disobeying a lawful and direct order of a police
>officer." (!!).
> 
stuff deleted...
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>veljko 


good luck.  similar thing happened to my friend while going to a colts game
in indy.  we were in one of 2, right turn lanes on a 4lane one-way.  as we
turned right(following the arrows painted on the street), a looney pig starts
pointing at me(on the passenger side) and yelling and pointing to go straight..
i turned to my friend driving and said i think he wants us to go straight...
but we were already half way aroudn the turn and the person behind us was going
straight so we could not get back in so my friend kept driving and the pig
went nuts blowing his whistle and running at us so my friend pushed on the gas
and piggy chased us down the street waving his arms and then got on his radio.
we just went down the street and parked in the parking garage and nothing ever
happened....but what a pyscho that donut-eater was!
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