Hey Jack,
You're not angry over this are you???
:)
Give 'em hell!!!!
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From: HEMI@charter.net <HEMI@charter.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>;
dakotart@egroups.com <dakotart@egroups.com>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: DML: Are cops above the law ?
>
>First , a little background :
>
>This is about an incident in downtown Atlanta on I-75/85 Southbound in
>Fulton County , and deals with myself and a Henry County Police Officer .
>Henry County is about 30 miles SOUTH of Atlanta and therefor his
>jurisdiction is no-where near Atlanta .
>The HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane is the far left-hand lane in Atlanta
>on the INterstates.
>
>
>I was driving on the "Connector" , I-75/85 Southbound in downtown Atlanta
>at about 6:45PM last night .
>I was in the HOV lane as I had my 4 year old neice with me and it was legal
>. I was running about 70 .
>
>All of the sudden , I see a new Z-28 in my rear-view mirror with a light
>bar on top . No problem as I could tell from the color that he was not from
>Atlanta , and the State Patrol has no Z-28s .So I continue at my present
>speed of about 70 or so .
>
>So then I see that this car has one (1) officer in it , which is ILLEGAL
>when traveling in the HOV lane .
>Next , the officer decides that I am not going fast enough in the HOV lane
>so he starts tailgating me.....I mean *really* tailgating me . He was so
>close at 70MPH that I could not see his headlights , nor the hood , in my
>rear-view mirror .
>Of course this irritates me , so I let up on the gas a bit and slow to
>about 60 .
>He gets closer and then starts flashing the spotlights on his light bar at
>me (not the blue lights) !
>I just continue to slow to about 55 and pay him no mind .
>Then finally I grow tired of worrying if this moron will hit my truck , so
>I pull over one lane and he pulls up next to me and just stares at me ,
>then he darts off at about 80+ .
>
>When he did this , I see taht he is a Henry County Police officer and I am
>like "WTF?" !
>
>This really pissed me off !
>
>First , he was breaking the law by being in the HOV lane .
>
>Second , he was also breaking the law by following too closely , MUCH too
>closely .
>
>And finally , what about all this talk about "Road Rage" ? This guy was
>either going to have a fit of it , or was about to cause another driver to
>have it !
>
>So I get home and just now , I have called the Internal Affairs Division at
>the Henry County Police Department .
>I explained to the officer what happened and although he tried to give
>possible explanations as to why the officer did what he did , he also
>admitted that he made an error in judgement.......DUH!
>So he has invited me to stop by and lodge a formal complaint to be
>investigated by Internal Affairs , which I may or may not do .
>
>I also called the Henry County Commisioner's office and tore him a new one
>. They will also look into it .
>
>I also called the office of the Chief of Police of Atlanta City Police
>Department and talked their ears off for a while and made my point known .
>
>As soon as I get done with this I also plan on calling the Administrative
>offices of the Georgia State Patrol and asking them if a cop from another
>jurisdiction can operate above the law , even when he is not in his
>jurisdiction .
>
>Oh , did I mention that I wrote down the time , location , and plate number
>from the guy ?
>
>I wanna make a point with this creep !
>
>
>I AM CITIZEN.......HEAR ME ROAR!
>
>
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>Jack Hilton III
>
>HEMI@charter.net
>
>http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
>
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