Top news story of the day...what's your opinion?

taurus77

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Yesterday, a man was speeding down the two-lane, back road here in North Carolina.
To be exact, he was going a mere 99mph in a 45mph zone. He got clocked by a young, town police officer and pulled over. This young p.o. followed normal procedure--license, registration, blah..blah..blah. The man he pulled over was a state highway patrolman, off duty, in his private vehicle. This gentleman intimidated this young p.o. out of writing him a ticket, obviously abusing his authority! Well, the town chief of police is upset with young p.o. and says that the law applies to everyone--in particular, folks of authority--they need to set the example.
The kicker is this--just this time last year, the very same highway patrolman that was going 99 mph, was featured on a news story regarding speeding and reckless driving behavior.
What do you think should've happened?
 

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I feel bad for the town cop.
The state cop should've sucked it up and taken his ticket, he rightfully deserved it.
Now that the story is out, I think the State cop should have some unpleasant assigned duty for a month or two.
Teaching traffic school, or DMV driving tests or something.

Hopefully the town cop has learned from his mistake that no one is above the law.
 

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Hubby told me about this, the Fletcher P O did the right thing in pulling him over, no one should be exempt from speeding laws, if the trooper was speeding because he was doing his job and going to a scene of an accident or wotever thats fine, but he was in his own personal vehicle and so thats a whole different story. From what hubby said, this cop didnt have his licence with him, is that the case?
I feel sorry for the young cop, being so intimidated by a guy abusing his power.

BTW, I used to live in Fairview so I was not too far from you Taurus
 
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