This is the real deal folks...

Tonight I became aware that our country is in a serious situation.... The outcome of what happens to me with determine my choice to continue living in this country.

On the way home from snowshoeing me and a friend saw alot of wild stuff ... one of them was a truck in the ditch about 4 miles from my house on Petrovisky.... As we drove by I watched them snap a rope and I offered to bring my tow kit with my come along back to help ... if they were around I would help and if they were not well cool for them. So I did what I said and headed back with my gear to help them.

When I arrived they were stuck still so we made our first failed attempt ... they never made a good anchor and I suggested a new placement on the dakota pickup and we went for round 2.... btw this is in my vanagon.

Round 2 was a success and I pulled him right on out. Of course he hit his brakes once out making me stop too... So I jumped out and with no traffic I went to release the tow gear and get my car off the road. As I went to get back into my car I head a loudspeaker say .... Do Not Block the Road with your Vehicle..

I thought ... no problem... I am not hooked to this guy anymore... I will just pull over like I did and then I motioned with a wave out my window that I was clear...so folks could pass without going into the other lane... which was clear ...My hazards were on during the whole time, btw

So as I get out to go pickup the tow gear, I see three police cars in the lane... The one in the front of about 15 cars stops in the middle of the road ... rolls his window down and says don't block the road... To which I replied ... I'm sorry about that but I am off the road now, and I was pulling that truck out of the ditch...Your the one blocking the road by the way.

The dude was... Period... I was in the road for maybe 3 seconds and this guys stops to yell at me after using his loudspeaker and he parks for a few minutes....So I told him the facts .... I was on the side of the road, and he was in the road. To which he replied... do you want some tickets punk? I thought it was a joke considering the traffic and truck just out of ditch etc... like maybe he was about to laugh ... say thanks and drive away.... but instead he pulls over... turns on his lights and proceeds to have 2 other cars surround us making a total spectical while he writes me a ticket with multiple infractions totalling around $650.00 for blocking the road.

Getting the ticket was an ordeal to as another cop sat and verbally assaulted me suggesting that I should do something physical so he could use force.... The whole time a third kept my friend a boater away.

I was not going to get physical so they gave me a ticket and started packing up. Of course while this is going on another car gets stuck on the same hill and as they are about to leave I ask the officer....

So I understand why you aren't going to give yourself a ticket for blocking the road... but what about that guy and I pointed to a cadillac that had been stuck in the other lane blocking all west bound traffic. He has been there blocking that lane for about 5 minutes now and I was only there for a few seconds?

The officer nicely responds... He is stuck, and you were in our way.

All three squad cars drive off leaving the Caddillac stuck in the road, and me standing with a huge ticket wondering how the fuck I just got a huge penalty for helping someone out of a ditch?

During this event, I turned to one of the officers and asked him why he would do something that seemed so wrong. He said to me that what I feel was wrong felt right to him.

So I have decided that when I contest this ticket if I do not get a complete waiver of all charges and fines, I am going to either become a cop or leave this ruined country that I fought for and now realize is so lost, no one may want to even try and find it.
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I will be there even if it is at midnight on my anniversary on the planet Mars. I just hope my hatred of all cops, lawers, judges, and the entire corrupt system doesn't make things worse for you or land me in contept, or worse. (if you are a cop, lawer, or judge, I hope offense was taken caus' it was certainly meant) Cops are the lowest of them all, I think they must have been bullied in school and now they're taking it out on the wrold. Sorry to steal your rant James, but I will quit now before I really get going.

Josh are you willing to accept that when a police officer makes a poor decision, other officers should just watch or help out of support?

All cops are not bad, but I can honestly say that after this event the only thing those three police officers did not do to me was physically assault me.

The problem in this case was not that there was a Bad Cop. It was that three officers isolated me from people I was helping and basically took turns assaulting me because I "mouthed of by saying that the first officer was blocking the road"

This was three cops that wanted to be the shit and they used thier badges and guns and they took my money because they wanted to hurt me and figured if they touched me they would get in trouble.... They knew that writting obscenely ridiculous tickets that waste my time and tax dollars is not something they could be checked on or really investigated as abuse.... That has to change.

Go ahead and compare it to eggs. ... I call that armed robery. I have had a gun to me before and I tell you this... I never continued to feel as violated as I do right now after being openly abused by three King Country Sheriff's that even acknowledged the fact that they were abusing me... they even laughed at me and one said ... hey do you have insurance.... you have 30 seconds to get it out.... and as I raced through my wallet he says to his buddy ...... Opp that was 30 seconds ... write him up for no insurance too....what else would you like a ticket for tonight, how about assualting an officer... would you like a free night  in jail? Then he says to his other buddy , check his tabs and search his vehicle. ....

I will sure think twice about using the battleCat for good causes...

The other officers don't have to back the guy up. I have walked away from other officers, I have told them not to do something, and I have even gone so far as to tell them I will dispute their testimony in court. If I show up at a police incident I am responsible for what happens. If I fail to address obvious abuses of police authority I am just as responsible as the cop abusing his authority.

James that is terrible. I haven't gotten a ticket in that area, but I've seen a number of cops "just lookin'" if you know what I mean. I could give you my theories, but it doesn't change what happened to you. If you really want to do some damage, get a GOOD lawyer and contact the local media. They love this kind of trash. Maybe even help them launch an internal investigation. I've been fired up about flagrant uses of personal power. I won't tell you what I did, but it might not have been totally legal.

I am so Irate still .

What happened was not simply a few Officers that felt they needed to make a point. It was 3 young cops that wanted to control someone and they know now that they don't need a reason to mess with you. And if you don't comply well you will be abused without any accountability.

I hope everyone of you reading this in the next week does some kind act for a stranger. And I hope that during that kind act you are attacked by officers that are 100% aware of what your doing, but just feel compelled to fuck with you because they want to feel power and control. Why do I hope this... because until you are all offended in the most obsence manners you will never be willing to fight....

I will be 100% honest here folks. The next step past what happened to me last night would have been right out of a scene from a Nazi or Communist movie. If you think I am joking .... well I hope you try and do something nice this week and become the target of an officer who's only goal is to belittle you and control you with force, and the removal of your money openly acknowledging that is what he is doing and telling you ... your screwed.

Attitude adjustment tickets.... I love that... Apparently when a cop has a bad attitude and they go off on a ticket spree ... they are writing attitude ajustment tickets right? What is the idea again.... oh yea after writing enough tickets and f**king with enough people the officer can go home feeling powerful and satisfied... What a wonderful method for attitude adjustment.

Welcome to the cruel world. I could really dig my teath into this one !! But it will have to wait untill I get back from the river ! I feel for ya James. I can only say one day the people will lead and the so called leader's will have to follow. The insecure power hungry and in my eye's the weak ass jerk off's people put so much faith in will only have to live with thee own action's. Lawsuit's just cost people and you more money. Expect to get hassled more by the police or get less help from them if you go for a lawsuit. P.Defender's are the way to go if you do don't pay some chump that works for the court system to do nothing for you when public defender's have nothing to loose. Our system and most society's suck and have sucked throughout time. Cop's are an organized gang no better than the mafia or those chump punk tag gangs spraying poorly drawn pieces of the alphabet ! Look ahead not behind. it might be hard but let it go keep helping people like the genuinly good natured person you are  ! Don't let there negativity turn you positve energy into that cycle. I'd sugest next time saying yes sir thank you for upstanding service too our society and tax payer's money. Wich translates to fuck you officer you punk ass biatch !! I say move too Norway , France or Canada if your jetting. I hope not cause I'd miss paddling with you and just because some bully that got teased in school that happened to somehow not get his parent's gun and pull a columbine when he was growing up, is now got a badge and can decide when ever he feel's like taking out his anger problem or his low self estiem issues on good citizens like yourself ! Let it go , these are your test's in life. It's pass or fail bro ... I'm outty. Peace.L & H !!! Think paddling..... I only read your first post so if I'm just saying what's allready been said or if i'm just fueling the fire then....... F-yeah, let freedom ring !!!

Edited by Chuck e fresh - 04 Dec 2007 at 9:55am

I appreciate it all and just wanted to say thanks. Heres my latest.

Wiggins I appreciate your help, honestly your tips and advice are exactly what I need so I can best prepare myself.

Chuck, as much as I want to let it go, well I can't. This has to be settled in my mind. I have to give our system a chance to work even in the most extreme cases. I ain't gonna move this day but I will still hold my tongue on the fact that the outcome of this will play a factor in where I want to raise my children and spend my life. I am not going to split but it makes me want to in other words.

Larry thats some stout fact. I can't agree more.

Here is what I have done. I have downloaded a form from King Counties Sheriff website. This is the complaint section. I will fill it out in detail and mail one copy to the address listed on the form. One copy I am hand delivering to this officer's supervisor. I am also going to sit down and request this supervisor listen to my concerns as a fellow service member and grounded citizen concerned for the future of his community.

I will contest the ticket, request what wiggins has suggested and make a good list of witnesses that were invovled as we had plenty and everyone was very shocked at the outcome.... One witness even offered to pay for my ticket after seeing the event.

Thanks again and please don't hesitate to keep helping me out here ... I need it!

Sorry to hear that James.  What BS!

I'm willing to help out in any way. 

James you start out saying that this situation could determine your choice of staying in this country or not.  Well with the current state of things and the fact that I have 2 sons who will be draft  age in a few short years, we have the backup residence in BC.

James,

Sorry dude. That whole scenario sounds messed up. Especially since you were just trying to help a fellow citizen. I'm glad you have witnesses.

Good Luck james! I myself am very weary of police officers. Its seems to me that their "protecting and serving" is questionable at best in most situations. The sick thing is that some people actually like busting other people. They like their job. It gives them a sense of satisfaction and delight. I have had cops be great to me and I was actually happy to have them around a couple of times.
We had a similar instance in college with some young officers. They "busted" our party after a sober underage designated driver got a flat tire. They were changing the tire and the cops stopped and harassed my friends and used the drunk 21 year olds being with a sober 20 year old as probable cause to come in our house. My former Force Recon marine roomate became upset. Mace was used. They ransacked our house looking for people and drugs. They never found me and the drugs....Suckers!!! My pregnant roomate who was sober said the cops stunk of liqour and were drunk too.     My Marine buddy got charged with everything from public drunk to assaulting a police officer. In the end they couldn't show up to the hearing as they themselves - ALL 3 arresting officers - were in prison for different infarctions. one had beat his woman with his pistol.....

All charges were dropped and my friend got an apology from the police department...

Go to court dude!! I bet those cops won't even show up and all your charges will be dropped.

This story only deepens my hatred for the kind of folk that get into law enforcement. I understand there are good folks who become cops but the profession itself breeds situations like James' way way way way to often....

It all goes back to the 60s, those darn VW vans and the relationship they have to the hippie generation. Cops just automatically assume your a hippie and want to give it to you when they see you. The man is sticking it to you because your in a VW van! Power to the people James Jr.!