A plain clothes in his personally owned vehicle (MD unmarked cars still have lights\sirens) shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place. There was a marked unit there. If when he pulled in front of that guy he made the biker crash, then the cop would have been liable. Stupid on the cops part.
On 7/23/10, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with everything you say, especially about the rider, but I have to > disagree on one point. The cop had a requirement to identify himself as an > officer. This needs to be done before or at the same time as his firearm is > pulled, ESPECIALLY if he's unmarked. We're assuming he's a plainclothes cop > in an unmarked car. I personally think he was an off-duty cop in his > personal vehicle. If you pull a gun on me without identifying yourself, > especially after the way he whipped his car around the bike, I'm going to > run. Pull up beside me, roll your window down, and say "Hey buddy, I'm a > cop, and you're busted" and I'll just slide over to the shoulder. > We're not arguing that the biker was wrong, that he should have been > stopped, the cop went over the top in his methods however. > > -Kyle > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:50 AM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've yet to read a convincing argument that the cop was in the wrong. >> >> He witnessed life-threatening behavior and he stopped it. That's >> what he's sworn to do. Having his firearm at the ready was a wise >> precaution in case the guy got squirrely. >> >> No telling what mental state the biker was in coming down from the >> adrenelin rush of triple-digit speeds and high-risk behavior. He >> might have tried to run over the cop and take off again, which would >> have compounded the problem. And I'm sure the cop was thinking just >> that. >> >> This wasn't just your ordinary traffic stop. The biker had already >> demonstrated the willingness and intention to put himself and others >> at risk. >> >> He was a menace -- and the cop did the right thing. >> >> All the rest of it is pure political posturing. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
