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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · Nat Geo Photographer Arrested for Kansas Feedlot Flyover | |
TT1000 wrote:
Rusty, I'm glad you're not in law enforcement.
All I've been saying all along is that if I do something that is against the law and I get caught doing it, where's the big deal if I get held accountable to the law for going against it.
I drive too fast, I get caught, I get a ticket (sometimes)
I don't wear my seatbelt, I get caught, I get a ticket (sometimes)
I drive without a license, I get caught, I get arrested (that sucked)
True story @ administrative error in different state had my license suspended and I was unaware of it. Cops pull me over because local business man called them about me looking around at an old building that was for sale according to development agency in town. Turns out the building had been sold already, but I wasn't aware of that. They run my license and find a bench warrant is out for me, even though no one could tell me what it was for or what I had done wrong.
Took two weeks (no driving, arrgh) to get it straightened out, restored and expunged from record, all charges dropped. Turns out a clerk had failed to remove me from the docket on a registration matter that had already been resolved by mail in advance of the court date (away from home and new registration docs were at home in the mail). Failure to appear, bench warrant, suspended license, arrest ... bummer, but they were just doing their job (even if a clerical error set it all in motion).
Anyway, I just find it odd that NatGeo would suggest no (trespassing) laws were violated if (as alleged in the article) they drove onto property without permission and launched a paraglider from the same property.
Was the officer compelled to arrest him for the violation because of insistence by the land owner? Could the officer have issued a citation in lieu of arrest? Was the officer catering to the land owner? Could the officer have handled it differently? Could the officer have just given him a warning (such as I have received at times)?
I'm not suggesting it was a "hang 'em high" situation, just that I like to call it like it is @ trespassing is trespassing, speeding is speeding. Rest assured, I appreciate the discretion and leniency from the judgment of an officer when I've violated the letter of the the law. But if the officer chooses to enforce the law (for whatever reason) that I've clearly violated ... just not much to say about it other than, "Yes, Sir."
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