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Title: Cops Go ‘Undercover’ as Homeless People in Elaborate Scheme to Separate You from Your Money
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/co ... aborate-scheme-separate-money/
Published: Jul 26, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-07-26 12:33:55 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 4641
Comments: 21
San Bernardino, CA — In an apparent attempt to give rise to their bottom line, the San Bernardino Police Department took to the streets dressed as panhandlers this week. Four officers donned their cardboard signs and walked the street looking for vile criminal law breakers who’d dare to be inside a vehicle without their seat belts on. According to the NY Daily News, The four-hour operation led to 50 total vehicle stops, including 33 for cell phone violations, 15 seat belt violations and five cars impounded because the drivers were either unlicensed or driving on suspended licenses, police said. Officers Walton and Alvarez wore sunglasses and plainclothes and held cardboard signs — like those held by a panhandler asking for money — with a twist. “I am NOT homeless,” the officers wrote by hand on the cardboard. “SB police looking for seatbelt/cell phone violations.” The SBPD claimed that their efforts were noble as they risked life and limb to stop rogue villains who’d dare threaten the very fabric of civilization by attempting a text message or a phone call while stopped in traffic; or forgetting to buckle up. “During this detail, our undercover officers walked up to the windows of many vehicles unnoticed by the drivers that were either talking or texting on their cell phones,” police said in a statement on the sting. “Those calls and messages can wait until you arrive at your destination and are not worth risking the life of yourself or those around you while driving.” Curiously, they failed to mention how exactly extorting money from people for victimless crimes such as not wearing their seatbelt contributes to the safety of the community. Probably because it doesn’t. Seat belt violations are merely a scam to allow officers to “lawfully” extort money from the citizenry so they can keep getting their scheduled promotions. In fact, the enforcement of laws for victimless crimes, in reality, makes society less safe. In a recent study, it was revealed that locking people in cages for crimes in which there is no victim, almost guarantees that they will become a real criminal. Sadly, most people attempt to rationalize the idea of police extorting money from them for victimless crimes such as seatbelt violations, window tint, etc. Police are just doing their job, they say, when they pull us over and give us a piece of paper demanding we pay them — or face death. Death? Yes. Death. Most people do not contemplate a “traffic citation” in its entirety. Most people will not realize that the only way the state can compel you to pay them for these supposed “violations” is to threaten you with violence. It is the threat of violence to which the state owes its very existence. People do not pay these citations out of the kindness of their hearts; they pay them because if they didn’t they’d be locked in a cage. Despite people not explicitly saying that is why they pay them, subconsciously it is understood. Pay up, or lose your freedom. Resist losing your freedom, and you will be killed — for not wearing a seat belt. But remember, these public servants who extort the masses through the enforcement of immoral laws designed solely for boosting revenue, do this to keep you safe. They do this to maintain order and keep us free. Sadly, many of these officers actually believe that kidnapping, caging, and killing you over a plant, or a seatbelt, makes society a better place — they even consider it to be heroic. The good news is that more and more cops are seeing the tyrannical nature in which these laws are based and are calling it out. 
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#2. To: Deckard (#0)
How about we make a deal? You don't have to wear a seatbelt if the rest of us don't have to pay for your medical care if you get in a accident and are seriously injured. Same thing with talking on a cellphone. Talk away. But you better have good health insurance. But if you want me to pay for your medical care, then I'm going to insist on some laws which will minimize my cost.
Uh - the good folks here were cited for using a cell phone in a stopped vehicle. On the other hand, cops have the luxury of committing manslaughter while texting and not face any consequences. Cop Drives 126 mph While Texting, Kills Teen Girls
Silly cops probably assumed they were talking before they stopped and would continue talking after they started. You and I both know they only talked in the 2-3 seconds they were stopped.
Yep The fact remains that they were cited for texting while stopped. Shall we allow cops to write citations based on "assumptions"? Never mind - we all know your answer.
That's still illegal unless they are pulled onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. If they are STOPPED in traffic, at a red light or just stopped in traffic in general, it's still illegal. The law was passed by elected officials, elected by your peers... and it's not a constitutional violation. The fine and surcharge amounts were written into law by your elected peers. The best way to curb using fines and fees to balance budgets is if you can convince your peers TO STOP BREAKING THE LAW.
Unless you're a cop, then you can kill someone as you are texting while driving and get off scot-free. Cop Drives 126 mph While Texting, Kills Teen Girls STOP BREAKING THE LAW. Yeah - sure. Tell it to these law-abiding citizens. 30 Reasons Why Saying “Don’t Want to Get Hurt By Cops? Don’t Break the Law” is an EPIC FAIL
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Seat belt violations are merely a scam to allow officers to “lawfully” extort money from the citizenry"
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
Same thing with talking on a cellphone.
#4. To: Deckard (#3)
"Uh - the good folks here were cited for using a cell phone in a stopped vehicle."
#8. To: misterwhite (#4)
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Silly cops probably assumed
#9. To: Deckard (#8)
The fact remains that they were cited for texting while stopped.
#10. To: GrandIsland (#9)
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That's still illegal unless they are pulled onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. If they are STOPPED in traffic, at a red light or just stopped in traffic in general, it's still illegal.
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