Idiotic Police Officer Gives Woman A Ticket For Holding Her Phone In Her Non-Existent Right Hand

[Seymour Flops]

I wonder if anyone's ever asked her if they could give her a hand or could she use a hand.

Or the cop should have said, I'll hand this off to the prosecutor. If he had torn up the ticket, she might have clapped for him and he would have learned the answer to the age-old question.

 

[ChristisKing]

If he had torn up the ticket, she might have clapped for him

Man, I would really would like to see what that would look like.

 

[Dragonlady]

He could have just said he obviously made a mistake, laughed, and said have a nice day.

Instead he had to be a dick. And now he’s receiving national attention for how stupid he looks. Serves him right.

Most people don't bother to fight tickets because of the expense involved. Cops get raises and promotions based on how many tickets they write, and how much revenue the fines imposed collect for the municipality.

Fighting tickets usually works out well. Half the time the cops show don't up in court and the case is dismissed, making it well worth your while to fight the ticket.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

He could have just said he obviously made a mistake, laughed, and said have a nice day.

Instead he had to be a dick. And now he’s receiving national attention for how stupid he looks. Serves him right.

Yep. My brother was a cop. He retired last year. I know a lot of the guys he worked with over the years and most of them are good guys, but a few can develop a real ego.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Most people don't bother to fight tickets because of the expense involved.

There is no expense to show up and contest the ticket. If you win, you leave. That's it. No fines or fees involved, at least where I live.

Cops get raises and promotions based on how many tickets they write, and how much revenue the fines imposed collect for the municipality.

Maybe in Canada, but not here.

 

[XponentialChaos]

Yep. My brother was a cop. He retired last year. I know a lot of the guys he worked with over the years and most of them are good guys, but a few can develop a real ego.

Seems to happen quite a bit in that line of work.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

Man, I would really would like to see what that would look like.

Um, I was going to ask if you're a guy or a gal.

I'm pretty sure you're a gal based on previous comments.

I think you and Seymore Flops are thinking about different kinds of clapping.

I mean, I can see how it's kind of a "hand" joke, but I think it was more of a double entendre.

 

[westwall]

He could have just said he obviously made a mistake, laughed, and said have a nice day.

Instead he had to be a dick. And now he’s receiving national attention for how stupid he looks. Serves him right.

Now the whole world knows he's a liar. He needs to be on the Brady list.

 

[Dragonlady]

There is no expense to show up and contest the ticket. If you win, you leave. That's it. No fines or fees involved, at least where I live.



Maybe in Canada, but not here.

The expense in fighting tickets is taking time off work and hiring legal representation, with no guarantee you’ll win. It’s just cheaper to pay the fine.

While much of the USA has outlawed “quotas” in law enforcement, there are “key performance indicators”, which in reality do track “interactions with the public” in performance assessment.

In Canada, you’re more likely to get a ticket at the end of the month as cops attempt to boost their numbers before the month ends.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I'm very supportive of cops. I have a cop for a son and I love the way they will rally around each other unhesitatingly, because that helps keep my son safer.

But - even though he isn't yelling and screaming - this is another law enforcement officer who let his ego get in the way. I'm sure this is embarassing for him, but he could have made it a lot less embarassing if he had just admitted that he was obviously mistaken.

Yea just check her ID for warrants, laugh and move on.

Evidently the ticket was either dropped beforehand or she went and he didn't show up.

 

[ChristisKing]

Um, I was going to ask if you're a guy or a gal.

I'm pretty sure you're a gal based on previous comments.

I think you and Seymore Flops are thinking about different kinds of clapping.

I mean, I can see how it's kind of a "hand" joke, but I think it was more of a double entendre.

Oh. I am a gal for the record (although I don't know how that's revelant here) but I still want to see what that would look like.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Man, I would really would like to see what that would look like.

Um, I was going to ask if you're a guy or a gal.

I'm pretty sure you're a gal based on previous comments.

I think you and Seymore Flops are thinking about different kinds of clapping.

I mean, I can see how it's kind of a "hand" joke, but I think it was more of a double entendre.

Oh. I am a gal for the record (although I don't know how that's revelant here) but I still want to see what that would look like.

I must confess to being too vague in my little jape. To understand, you would need to read the whole sentence and understand the reference:

If he had torn up the ticket, she might have clapped for him and he would have learned the answer to the age-old question.

The "age-old question" being the Zen paradoxical riddle "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

A handoff in football will never be the same.

 

[westwall]

Yea just check her ID for warrants, laugh and move on.

Evidently the ticket was either dropped beforehand or she went and he didn't show up.

Why check her for warrants after you screwed up?