Follow up on that, complain and complain, get him
fined or put on probation, or something.
I live in the so called Second safest city in the US
http://www.pathfinder.com/@@pXbv*...1d1rX/money/cities/index.html
, population is just over 100,000 and the cops out
here seem to think that they are gods and are
invincible, they see you pick your nose with the wrong
finger, they give you a ticket for manslaughter, its a
freakin joke. I just tint thw windows, now I can pick
in peace. I personally think that 90% of all cops are
on a power trip, but there are a few "law obiding"
cops out there, that respect you if you respect them.
Later
Jack Yates
'99Black CC R/T
http://www.smokindakota.com/rt
--- HEMI@charter.net wrote:
>
> 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!
>
>
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>
> Jack Hilton III
>
> HEMI@charter.net
>
> http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
>
> ICQ#: 32611901
>
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>
>
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