By your own definition you are bashing sir.
What in my posting has been unfounded or mean spirited? ???
While we would like to hold officers to a higher standard we can't legally.
Actually, I do not expect them to hold to a higher standard, just the same standard they apply to everyone else.
Until they plead guilty or are found guilty in court they're innocent. Obviously to a reasonable person they broke the law.
Agreed on both counts. However, I don't think there's any credible doubt that they were speeding when the tickets are for 147 and 149 mph.
Wreckless driving here is very hard to prove. I've read countless threads about high speed citations here, but I can't recall someone getting a wreckless driving citation for simply speeding. Here for example, they might have been charged wreckless if the section of road had traffic or they had a passenger aboard. Didn't see that in the article.
I must concede that I was assuming wreckless driving based on the laws local to DC Metro area in which such speeds would result in MUCH harsher penalties including a ride to jail, loss of license, huge fines and impounded vehicles. If that is not the case in their state, so be it. If they are being treated just as any other citizen, then justice is in force and I have no complaint. However, the article stipulates that it's up the discretion of the ticketing officer as to whether or not wreckless driving is applied or not and I find it difficult to believe that the average rider wouldn't have garnered the more harsh penalty. Still, if the law has been applied equally, then I praise the ticketing officer!
Seems to me that both were cited for doing the deed. What's not mentioned in the article is that they will both probably lose their jobs and quit possibly never be allowed to work in law enforcement again.
Matter of fact, as it should be and a risk that they should have known they were taking, just as anyone else here that does 147+ should know they are risking their freedom, their property, their job and their ability to make a living/support their family...not to mention their life.
I'm just as guilty as any on this site. I'm not perfect.
Not expecting perfection from anyone, just equal standards/laws.
If they weren't cops this would have probably never hit the news and we wouldn't be discussing it.
Probably. But why is that? IMHO, because when a cop breaks the law so completely it does cause a loss of faith in law enforcement and/or brings into question why we're following laws that the even the enforcers don't believe in. It's like a vegetarian advocate having a steak or a pacifist advocate using violence. Going against your own rules invalidates those rules.
Your first post made me think they got away with it. I was somewhat confused as I read the article. All this being said without knowing the state laws in which they were cited.
And that was, sort of, my intent based on my knowledge of the wreckless driving parameters. As it turns out, many of you have informed here that you believe the officers have received typical treatment. Again, if that it correct, then justice has been served and I
Apologize for my apparent ignorance of the law in the jurisdiction in question.
Again, I more than appreciate the police in general but ONLY when they are willing to live up to the same standards to which they hold others.
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