Police rant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[palmdesertcards]

if you in fact ripped the ticket up and insulted him you absolutely overreacted and more importantly you hurt your case at fighting and potentially put yourself in a position to receive further citation or worse. I get that you'd be upset, that's not the issue. You reaction was not the smartest.

I don't know what your state laws say, but from the summarized stories that you posted you did have your seatbelt off (giving him the opportunity to see you without your seatbelt on) and you were looking at your phone (giving him the opportunity to see you messing with your phone). Now, I have no clue what he saw or what his motive was but you can't deny that he saw you without your seatbelt on and with your phone in your hand whether or not it was for a second or to check the time. I guess what I'm saying is look at it from his side. He did actually see you doing the things he ticketed you for. It's not like he pulled you over and busted out your tail light or pulled a speed trap ala Roscoe P Coltrain.

as for grabbing his gun, if I ticketed a guy and he started getting aggressive with me, I'd probably be at the ready as well. I've never been trained as an officer, but they typically don't like when people get aggressive with them. I would have saved your energy for fighting the tickets in court rather than yelling at him.

also, I'm not saying you did or didn't deserve a ticket but I would have reacted way differently and planned to fight the ticket legally.

I know what your saying. As far as the gun, I do not agree. I did not have any weapons in my car, I did not try to get out of my car. I insulted him, and he reminded me he has the power to end my life.

[palmdesertcards]

oh well, just had to rant a little! in the big scope of things, its not a big deal really, just an infraction! ill take that over the serious ones all day!

[lloydr04]

smh at people sticking up for cops pulling their guns because someone got "loud" with them.. thats no different than someone pulling a gun on you for arguing with them, guess thats right too

[palmdesertcards]

smh at people sticking up for cops pulling their guns because someone got "loud" with them.. thats no different than someone pulling a gun on you for arguing with them, guess thats right too

if i had refused an order to get out of my car, got out and ran at him, told him i was going to beat his ### and lunged at him fine. but all i did was remind him that he was a ™™™™ for writing frivilous tickets to me. he didnt pull it and point it at my face, but just grabbed it and pulled it halfway out the holster. to show me he was in charge all over a gun. i mean please, im more worried about getting my vehicle taken (wont happen, im legit), i shouldnt have to worry about someone taking my life. how do i know what he is up to? just like he doesnt know what im doing, i dont know what he is doing either. for all i know he is a nutcase that is about to go postal and murder me?

[Star_Cards]

smh at people sticking up for cops pulling their guns because someone got "loud" with them.. thats no different than someone pulling a gun on you for arguing with them, guess thats right too

he never said he pulled his gun. he said he put his hand on it. UH, it's a HUGE difference than just someone pulling a gun in an argument among citizens and an officer putting his hand on his gun when a driver gets aggressive with him. He has no clue what the person he just pulled over is capable of. I'm not sticking up for the officer either. I'm saying that if you look at things from his side he actually saw him without a seatbelt and messing with his phone (both assumingly ticketable offenses). All I can go off of is what the poster says happen and I can see the officers side.

you can shake your head all you want, but if you start yelling at a police officer you're probably not going to get a good reaction, even if the officer is wrong.

[mrveggieman]

Typical coward with a gun and a badge. He probably got beat up everyday on the school yard growing up.

[palmdesertcards]

he never said he pulled his gun. he said he put his hand on it. UH, it's a HUGE difference than just someone pulling a gun in an argument among citizens and an officer putting his hand on his gun when a driver gets aggressive with him. He has no clue what the person he just pulled over is capable of. I'm not sticking up for the officer either. I'm saying that if you look at things from his side he actually saw him without a seatbelt and messing with his phone (both assumingly ticketable offenses). All I can go off of is what the poster says happen and I can see the officers side.

you can shake your head all you want, but if you start yelling at a police officer you're probably not going to get a good reaction, even if the officer is wrong.

Cant forget it is not illegal to yell at a cop.

[lloydr04]

he never said he pulled his gun. he said he put his hand on it. UH, it's a HUGE difference than just someone pulling a gun in an argument among citizens and an officer putting his hand on his gun when a driver gets aggressive with him. He has no clue what the person he just pulled over is capable of. I'm not sticking up for the officer either. I'm saying that if you look at things from his side he actually saw him without a seatbelt and messing with his phone (both assumingly ticketable offenses). All I can go off of is what the poster says happen and I can see the officers side.

you can shake your head all you want, but if you start yelling at a police officer you're probably not going to get a good reaction, even if the officer is wrong.

i forgot you probably havent had a gun pulled on you before for a routine stop so maybe it is different in your eyes, but in my eyes ... putting your hand on a gun and pulling it out halfway while somebodys lettin you know how you can talk to them is a threat , like it or not


that cop is a coward

[Star_Cards]

Cant forget it is not illegal to yell at a cop.

never said it was illegal. he didn't get a ticket for yelling at him. What it can do is escalate a situation into somewhere neither of you want it to go.

[palmdesertcards]

never said it was illegal. he didn't get a ticket for yelling at him. What it can do is escalate a situation into somewhere neither of you want it to go.

Oh well.. its all over with.. for now at least. he is a coward, he patrols a super rich ritzy area and doesnt know what its like to really have to work.

hope he enjoys that 30k a year paycheck.