Almost Everything Is A Crime In America Now: 14 Of The Most Ridiculous Things That Americans Are Bei, page 7


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reply posted on 29-12-2010 @ 07:26 PM by Epsilon5
reply to post by lpowell0627



Thank you for bringing some sense into this conversation. I agree, While some of those fourteen are absurd, I think that the story is blowing them all way out of proportion.


reply posted on 29-12-2010 @ 08:09 PM by urmenimu2
reply to post by RedGolem



I remember growing up when fishing in the ocean from shore with a fishing pole wasnt a crime. Now, you need to pay for a liscense to do that or get fined. I have seen state police watching fishermen with binoculars while hiding on their bellies.

I recently paid a $300 fine for not have life jackets in an inflatible RAFT floating down a calm river.. I was literally followed by a sheriff's car along the river for well over an hour, then flagged over. I could have easily SWAM [and have done so] the entire stretch of river without a liefjacket, and that would have been legal. The raft had an inflatible sleeping pad inside it, and three chambers. The sheriffs deputy told me he had discretion in writing the ticket, it was mandatory. I even wrote a letter to the judge requesting a dismissal, and received a rude response.

PiecesOS is what they are, man.
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reply posted on 29-12-2010 @ 08:20 PM by urmenimu2
reply to post by RedGolem



I remember growing up when fishing in the ocean from shore with a fishing pole wasnt a crime. Now, you need to pay for a license to do that or get fined. I have seen state police watching fishermen with binoculars while hiding on their bellies in the grass.

I recently paid a $300 fine for not have life jackets in an inflatible RAFT floating down a calm river. I was literally followed by a sheriff's car along the river for well over an hour, then flagged over. I could have easily SWAM [and have done so] the entire stretch of river without a liefjacket, and that would have been legal. The raft had an inflated sleeping pad inside it, and three chambers. The sheriffs deputy told me he had no discretion in writing the ticket, it was mandatory. He even bragged that he had written 300 plus similar tickets. I even wrote a letter to the judge stating it was blantantly to produce revenue, and received a rude response saying it was for my own saftey. In a river i swim in everyday?

PiecesOS is what they are, man


reply posted on 29-12-2010 @ 11:59 PM by Blazer
I also just remembered an incident that I PERSONALLY experienced. Just remembering it pisses me off to no end. I got a notice in the mail saying that my drivers license had been suspended for failure to pay a traffic ticket. I had not gotten any traffic ticket, so I went to the courthouse to get the situation cleared up. They pulled up my info on the computer, and it was someone with my name, but a different drivers license number, address, etc. In other words, mistaken identity and a computer glitch which somehow transposed someone else's info into my records. The computer showed that the other guy had gotten a ticket, not showed up in court, didn't pay the fine, etc. Until they finally suspended his license, but by a COMPUTER GLITCH, for some reason they suspended MY license. The only connection between me and him was we had the same first and last name.

It was obvious it was an error and they admitted so, but get this...they still wanted me to pay the fine and a fee to get my license un-suspended!!! I was amazed and in shock, let this sink in now...they knew I had done nothing wrong, and it was a computer error, but they still said I had to pay the fine or my license would remain suspended, and then a warrant would be issued for my arrest!

I demanded to see a supervisor, and I got them to "waive" the fine (THAT WASN'T EVEN MY FINE!), but they still demanded that I pay the fee to get a license un-suspended ($120). I demanded to know why I had to pay a fee for something that I did not incur, and they said BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WON'T LET US REINSTATE YOUR LICENSE UNLESS WE PROCESS THE PAYMENT. I was furious. I said, let me get this straight, the process to un-suspend my license is controlled by the computer, and you literally cannot un-suspend my license without entering that I made a payment? That's right, they said! No override? I asked? No, we have to put in a dollar amount. I said well just put in that I paid it then! They said that they can't do that because it will cause the end of day transactions to come out wrong. I said JUST PUT IN THAT I PAID 0.00 then!

At this point I was so angry that I was shouting. Some big-hatted sheriff came over and asked what the problem was. As calmly as I could I explained to him that a computer glitch had suspended my license, and that I was being told to pay $120 to un-suspend it, which I felt like I certainly should not have to pay. After explaining everything to the Sheriff, he looks at me and says "Son, are you telling me that you DROVE here with a suspended license, knowingly?". After listening to my story his only concern was trying to find a reason to arrest me! I was so angry that I literally had to just turn around and count to 10, because I was about to tell all of them to f# off.

I decided it was a waste of time to try and talk sense into these idiots, who although knew exactly what the problem was, refused to have any humanity and override the computer. I said FINE and swiped my credit card, verified that my license was now restored, and left. I kept saying to myself, I can't believe those assholes forced me to pay $120 for something I didn't do. I was so angry at "the system" that I felt like if I had access to a bulldozer I would raze the entire building. I don't know what is more sad, that my last sentence alone could get me on a terrorist watch list, or that I still feel so much anger when remembering that day.


reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 12:04 AM by The Sword
reply to post by MikeNice81



Parking tickets are a tidy (and profitable!) form of extortion.

There's no excuse for arresting people over putting change into expired meters.


reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 12:05 AM by The Sword
reply to post by Blazer



Why didn't you call your lawyer? Do you even have one?

I wouldn't give them #.



reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 12:27 AM by deviantamerican
reply to post by Blazer



DUDE that's terrible!!! I was placed under arrest 4 "drunk driving" in H.B. Cali after I had taken a cab to my cousin's apt. down the street from the bar we were drinking at. Turns out no one was home so i went to my truck, turned on the heater and fell asleep. It was in mid January so it was cold. Someone called the cops on me and they opened my door. I told them exactly what happened, that I was just keeping warm and to call the cab company dispatch to prove my point. He wasn't hearing it and proceeded to make me take sobriety test. 'i refused. He took me in anyway while i was in the back berating him and cussing him out, betting on the fact he never served in the armed forces, (armed forces cops are the coolest, trust me), which i was right. Turns out it never even made it to court, thanx to my lawyer and even at the DMV hearing, the DMV hearing officer looked at the cop in disgust after answering no to question regarding any evidence of him seeing me drinking & driving or any other probable cause to haul me in. Didn't even make it to court, it was not a case, I didn't have to pay for jack# except for the attorneys fees and towing fee (those pricks!) they didn't have to do that! But boy was I ever so mad, and I googled my name, it shows up in their local paper after years! Is there a pro bono attorney that can help me sue these bastards out there for defamation?!?! I feel 4 u brother, I really do
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reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 04:21 AM by crimvelvet
reply to post by Ghost374




I read the first one about the man facing five years on CNN today. It wasn't just reading the email, he gave the emails to her first husband. But still, Vick gets less than 2 years for killing dogs, while someone who forwards an email gets 5?


I am STILL waiting (6 years) to go to court about a guy who stole my smi truck and 43 ft trailer.
The DA told me that although the guy has 4 convictions including attempted murder his sentence if convicted will be 2 months suspended sentence!

Compare that to the two guy who got 8 years because they wrapped lobster tails in plastic instead of cardboard! www.iamnotguilty.org...


reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 06:06 AM by Blazer
Originally posted by The Sword
reply to
post by Blazer



Why didn't you call your lawyer? Do you even have one?

I wouldn't give them #.


I didn't have a lawyer (still don't). They cost money and I was broke. I had to pay the $120 with my credit card. As pissed as I was, There was no real way out out of the situation. Once the Sheriff tried to trick me into admitting I drove with a suspended license so that he could arrest me, I knew they had no interest in helping me or doing the right thing.


reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 06:09 AM by Blazer
reply to post by deviantamerican



Ouch that's terrible as well. I knew a guy that got a DUI for riding on a skateboard. He was indeed intoxicated, but he was on a skateboard, and on the sidewalk, just on his way home from a party.


reply posted on 30-12-2010 @ 08:57 AM by Wolfenz
reply to post by Bicent76




#4 from the Black list News

Milwaukee Man Fined $500 For Cursing On Bus
Man Given Ticket By Undercover Deputy

Updated: 7:18 pm CST December 26, 2010
www.channel3000.com...

Reminds me of this

Yeah you can say Our Country(USA) is Like a Catch a Pig in a Fence Police State

From Demolition Man made in 1993

Demolition Man - Language Violation



In the Near Future i can See this Happening Will it ? when CCTV become Obsolete !

Minority Report Mall Scene



A Brave New World indeed its Starting Now

with Black Uniformed Intimidating Police that Reminds you of the Gestapo & the SS of Nazi Germany

Metropolitan police WOW ! U.K. Look like Nazi Propaganda


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Securing Britain's Future




America Ohh America

When Will The State Police Of New York Wear Black ?
Well from the looks of this Pic I guess its Soon!






UAFF
www.uaff.info...




Soon it will become like this
THX 1138


A Brave New World Order (Trailer)

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