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Title: Free Speech Under Attack: Cops Ticket Man for Warning Drivers about ‘Speed Trap’
Source: Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fr ... an-warning-drivers-speed-trap/
Published: Jun 23, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-06-24 09:56:41 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1433
Comments: 8

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Seattle, WA — When it comes to cops and their revenue generating schemes, those who interfere will have their rights trampled.

Last Wednesday, Daniel Gehlke interfered — his rights were subsequently trampled.

Gehlke witnessed police engaged in an entrapment scheme ostensibly designed for the safety of society, but in reality a means of extracting revenue from the citizenry.

“I saw an injustice so I thought I needed to come out and warn people that something was happening. I thought it was a problem,” said Gehlke in an interview with KIRO 7.

As a concerned citizen, Gehlke took action and a sharpie and wrote on a lid for a plastic bin to warn drivers of the revenue collection scheme. The lid said, “Cops Ahead! Stop at Sign and Lights”

This interference with the revenue stream was quickly dealt with by police. Gehlke was given a $138 ticket for holding up this plastic sign.

“I think that the problem with my case is I interrupted their revenue for the city and they were like okay we need to stop this guy,” said Gehlke.

Of course, the reason given by the Seattle police department for the ticket is for some obscure code violation that states citizens cannot create signs that are similar to public signs.

“It could be viewed as a traffic control device that could be misleading to drivers motorists. It could maybe cause confusion,” said Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, Seattle Police spokesperson.

According to Seattle City Municipal Code 11.50.560 – Forbidden devices:

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“No person shall erect or maintain at or near a street or alley any structure, sign, light or device that is visible from a street or alley and simulating any directional, warning, or regulatory sign or likely to be mistaken for such a sign or bearing any such words as “danger,” “stop,” “slow,” “turn,” “impound,” or similar words, figures, or directions likely to be construed as giving warning to or regulating traffic …”

Do the police really think that a black marker on a piece of Tupperware could be misconstrued as an official sign?

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Not likely.

“This does not look like an official sign in any capacity,” said Gehlke and he’s absolutely correct.

If police were actually concerned for the safety of the citizens, a sign warning drivers to stop at STOP signs would be hugely beneficial to the safety of motorists. However, this was obviously not the case.

The good news is that Gehlke simply scratched out everything but “Cops Ahead!” and said that he will continue to warn drivers by holding up the sign. He also plans on fighting the ticket.

This will be a case to follow in the future as it will likely be debated as a topic of free speech similar to the case of Michael J. Elli. Elli was stopped and ticketed by a police officer for warning drivers of a cop ahead. He fought it and won. The Judge ruled that Elli flashing his lights to warn drivers of a cop, was constitutionally protected speech. (2 images)

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

“I think that the problem with my case is I interrupted their revenue for the city ..."

Interrupted? No. Added to.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-06-24   10:25:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0) (Edited)

The lid said, “Cops Ahead! Stop at Sign and Lights”

That's not what the picture shows.

Ah! Now I get it. The sign originally read, "Cops Ahead! Stop at Sign and Lights”. Because the sign read "STOP at Sign and Lights" he was ticketed.

Afterwards, he crossed out the "Stop at Sign and Lights”, posed for the picture, and whined, "What did I do wrong?"

He wasn't ticketed for warning drivers. He was ticketed for holding up a homemade stop sign.

Then he lied to the rest of us about what he did to gain our sympathy.

What a turd.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-06-24   10:30:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Deckard (#0)

Do the police really think that a black marker on a piece of Tupperware could be misconstrued as an official sign?

They don't care. They will intervene to stop it because it bugs them.

The question is: will the man litigate, and if he does, what will the judge say?

If enough people litigate and win, such that the cost of losing litigation becomes a financial drain, then police behavior will change.

This seems unlikely, because litigation is a pain in the ass.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-06-24   10:38:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: misterwhite (#2)

Because the sign read "STOP at Sign and Lights" he was ticketed.

Oh, he was ticketed for pointing out something that all drivers already know?

The fact is, if this was really about safety, they wouldn't care that he was warning drivers.

But since this was nothing more than a revenue enhancement operation, the cops didn't like the fact that he slowed down their money grab.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-06-24   10:50:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Deckard (#0)

They should leave him alone... he's actually making the roadway safer by reminding turds not to break V&T laws. However, they should double the fines of the people that don't notice the sign and still violate the law ahead.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-06-24   10:53:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: GrandIsland (#5)

They should leave him alone... he's actually making the roadway safer...

True, but as we both know, that isn't the purpose of these little operations, right?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-06-24   10:56:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deckard (#4)

"The fact is, if this was really about safety, they wouldn't care that he was warning drivers."

Of course they would. A drunk driver sees his sign, makes a U-turn and drives away ... possibly to kill or injure someone.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-06-24   11:25:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: GrandIsland (#5)

"They should leave him alone... he's actually making the roadway safer by reminding turds not to break V&T laws."

You don't think a drunk driver, upon seeing that sign, would make a U-turn and drive away? That he might then kill or injure someone?

misterwhite  posted on  2015-06-24   11:29:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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