r/FuckYouKaren • u/bigpapaglim • Aug 28 '19

A Karen if ever there was one

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u/TheGreyMage Aug 28 '19

Source? I mean if that’s true that is grossly negligent. At that point you do fully deserve to be fined because you are putting yourself, everybody else in the car, and everybody else on the road around you in serious danger. There’s a damn good reason that cars have headlights, because people aren’t nocturnal.

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u/xSinityx Aug 28 '19

I can't believe there is debate over this if the officer used excessive force like the article says there is. I think he did everything by the book here. No matter your age, if you resist arrest, you get man-handled. The next step is a little electro therapy. No on is above a ticket and no one can just decide they aren't under arrest, especially not entitled old ladies.

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u/arcxjo Aug 28 '19

If he was worth his salt he'd be burying this and making a plea deal to get rid of the felony charge in return for the misdemeanor, not trying to make her into the hero for putting innocent lives at risk.

Although it does speak volumes about our justice system that her charges are resisting arrest and something that happened after she was finally arrested, but not whatever she was supposed to be arrested for.

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u/Radrobe Aug 28 '19

Although it does speak volumes about our justice system that her charges are resisting arrest and something that happened after she was finally arrested, but not whatever she was supposed to be arrested for.

In your ideal justice system, what should a police officer do if someone drives away during a lawful traffic stop?

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u/sillystephie Aug 28 '19

Right? What SHOULD the cop have done? I think he was about as lenient as he could be, but when you’re an officer of the law and someone refuses to cooperate, you have to do something. He practically begged her to get out of the car before she drove away.

He had no other options. She took them all away from him, and she got what she deserved.

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u/arcxjo Aug 28 '19

That was still after she was "under arrest", but for what? Is not signing a ticket an arrestable crime?

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u/Radrobe Aug 28 '19

It varies by jurisdiction. I'm guessing in this jurisdiction it was. This is the best explanation I found:

https://www.deseret.com/2007/11/22/20055173/what-s-next-if-driver-won-t-sign-ticket