I realize of course how many Floridians would say they don’t need me around anyway, so don’t bother returning, but for the sake of their own quality of life, I can’t understand how they would allow the police to operate in this way.

I have also been ticketed by a cop who did not radar me, but rather followed me for a 1/4 mile or so and watched his speedometer. Thing was, I wasn’t speeding. Why would I speed with a cop tailing me? I honestly think I got the ticket because when he asked if I knew why he pulled me over, I said, “Looking for drunks I guess.” He was upset with this accusation of profiling.

Anyway, the real garbage of the story is I came to court with pages of questions for the officer. He answered “I don’t remember” to almost all of them. The judge pointed out that there is no burden of proof in a traffic infraction, and that the uniformed man’s word was worth more than mine even though he really had nothing to say beyond “he was speeding.”

I live in Florida and I can neither confirm nor deny your allegations.

It is almost certain that McNeal was stopped primarily because he was leaving a bar parking lot late at night. Also, there was a band playing at the bar and McNeal sys that this band was smoking mj near him (McNeal claims that he himself was not smoking mj that night, for what it is worth). There is a good chance that the policeman knew something about th reputation of the band, whatever band it was.

I am sure that the Jag and McNeal’s appearance did not help, but, chances are, Fornal was going to stop the most expensive car coming out of that particular show, even if it had just been a Ford Escort.

Driving out of a bar parking area at night is always a good way to get stopped, stoner band or no stoner band.

A recent article spoke on social collectivity prior to Saul in the Bible. Saul reportedly brought in the use of force to collect taxes where as under prior law it was voluntary as tithing is. The tribes of Israel were set up more as theocracies and were voluntary associations. I don’t know how really true this is.

As we all know, when the church and state get in bed is when you really have a problem. What we do know is that govenment as we know it, has not produced on environment that protects the rights of individuals, unless your rich and politically connected so that you have the money to payoff the Judiciary. All democracies fail over time and for the same reason. I think you can surely say that our democractic Republic has followed the way of demcracies. If you think about it, adding a layer of politicians on top of the decision making process in any political entity, could not possibly correct the problem.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120824/ARTICLE/120829785

I wonder if the victim in this case was, how do I say this gently, a minority? You do understand that cops in Florida don’t need their nose to establish probable cause: they need their eyes to see anyone with non-white skin.