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Splifted
12-14-2006, 05:08 AM
Man, its nice when the people who think they are above the law just cause they enforce it get a reality check. I don't think I've had a chubby this big since I read that news article about when the FBI searched that one senator's office and the senator just about had a shit fit. Maybe they wouldn't pass such draconian laws if they thought they would have to abide by them too.....

Anyway, here's the article:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2723428

Fired Cop Sues N.J. Troopers Over Arrest:

NEWARK, N.J. Dec 13, 2006 (AP)â?? A police officer who was fired after being convicted of careless driving claims he was caught between two unwritten rules of the road: Police don't hassle fellow officers, and nobody passes a state trooper especially on the right.

Former Tinton Falls detective Gary Wade is suing over an incident that left him pepper-sprayed and handcuffed face-down on the side of a road. His lawsuit seeks $1 million from two state troopers and his own former department, his lawyer said at a news conference Wednesday.

Wade, 31, maintains that he was pulled over for no reason while driving to work in an unmarked police car.

The arresting state officer says he was provoked.

The August 2004 encounter was recorded by the trooper's dashboard-mounted video camera and a microphone attached to the trooper's lapel.

On the audio recording, Wade is heard repeatedly telling Trooper Michael Colaner to wait until a Tinton Falls police supervisor arrives before taking any further action.

"He was talking cop-to-cop," Wade's lawyer, Susan Chana Lask, told reporters. Asked why Wade didn't simply hand over his identification or immediately state that he was a police officer, Lask said Wade pointed to his badge on his belt.

"It's not a special privilege," she said. "It's just known between them."

State Police Capt. Al Della Fave painted a much different picture. He said Colaner and his partner were driving a marked patrol car in the left lane when Wade's car zoomed up behind them and tailgated them before swerving to the right and passing.

Wade was argumentative when they stopped him and ignored repeated requests to show identification, according to the officers' reports.

"If he expected some special treatment for careless driving and refusing to identify himself, that will not happen, not for a police officer or for any civilian," Della Fave said.

Lask called Colaner "a cop gone wild" and said of Wade, "He's upset that his so-called brothers would do this to him."

"The actual reason he was stopped is because he passed the state trooper vehicle on the right," Lask said. "Officer Wade informed me it's a known fact among officers that you never pass a state trooper vehicle; you let them pass you. They don't like that."

Lask said Wade demanded that a police supervisor come to the scene and refused to surrender his gun because he feared for his safety.

Wade was charged with obstruction of justice, careless driving and resisting arrest. He was convicted in municipal court of the first two offenses, and fired. Wade, who also is appealing the convictions, now works as a contractor and has no desire to be reinstated as a police officer.

Della Fave said two courts and an internal State Police probe have all concluded the trooper acted appropriately.

slipknotpsycho
12-14-2006, 05:19 AM
all i see it as is more frivolous meaningless bullshit :(

Splifted
12-14-2006, 05:21 AM
all i see it as is more frivolous meaningless bullshit :(

As frivolous as getting arrested over a plant. Actually, driving like an asshole should be more illegal than pot, since asshole drivers have way worse side effects. Like death and dismemberment as opposed to a smile & the munchies. Something is fucked up about that.

slipknotpsycho
12-14-2006, 05:23 AM
yeah, i'd agree... but what can you do, honestly...

RedLocks
12-14-2006, 02:53 PM
haha NJ State Troopers are infamous for being total assholes. While back they got into trouble because of their racial profiling tactics. All police around here drive like assholes, so it is funny to me the comment about expecting special treatment for careless driving cause none of these fuckers give one shit about the laws, red lights, speed limits, they don't care. I live on a residential road, little kids and family pets at every house, and a speed limit to match the type of zone. Still the cops don't care they fly through doing 45. I swear one day I'm going to fill a 20 gallon bucket with cement, wait to see a cop flying down the road and let it roll down my driveway and watch the ensuing chaos. Shit really bothers me that if you or me drove like that on my street we would have so many tickets it wouldn't even be funny, yet still they fly through here like they don't care about the welfare of our children!

twocamaros
01-04-2007, 07:14 PM
AHAHAHA PIGGY GOT HUNG

easy_e
03-09-2007, 01:49 AM
Good. I don't get any special treatment neither should that dude. And I mean its not like State and local get along real well he should have known better.

I mean look at Super Troopers.... duhh locals hate state and state is getting shut down.

"Oh I got you good f***er," Farva

WakingDream
03-09-2007, 03:39 AM
A badge does not entitle you to act like a dipshit on the road. At least he doesn't even want to be a cop now.

Genuine17
03-12-2007, 04:10 AM
i read that about 6 times and still cannot make sense of it. fuck da police!














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halfassedjediknight
03-12-2007, 08:09 AM
sounds to me like given the immunity to being passed on the right is a special privelage. this is all stupid.

Weedhound
03-12-2007, 04:00 PM
I'm hearing a tantrum from a guy who didn't get his own way and obviously thinks the rules are not for him just for everyone else. I love to see people like that get thumped. And yes, please don't let him be a cop anymore.

Zimzum
03-12-2007, 05:08 PM
OO I like that state trooper.. I used to live on a one way road and there where always cops driving down it the wrong way to get to the police station. I've taken video of it and submitted to city council.. All they did was make my road a 2way :(