Highway Patrol making stuff up

[White trash]

Sounds to me like a case of mistaken identity, nothing more. Cop wanted to confirm who lived at the address.

He fucked up, I doubt wether he had a personal vendetta or anything.

Some of you guys REALLY need to lay off the conspiracy theorys.

[jimbo600]

Sounds to me like a case of mistaken identity, nothing more. Cop wanted to confirm who lived at the address.

He fucked up, I doubt wether he had a personal vendetta or anything.

Some of you guys REALLY need to lay off the conspiracy theorys.

Well I also have footage of the same cop going through my bins and leaving a mutilated pigs head in my letterbox.

Plus the address on the ION was "that cunt on the gsxr" so I guess he had the right person.

[The_Dover]

Plus the address on the ION was "that cunt on the gsxr" so I guess he had the right person.

he could have been looking for any of a number of us.....

[Jantar]

Sounds to me like a case of mistaken identity, nothing more. Cop wanted to confirm who lived at the address.

He fucked up, I doubt wether he had a personal vendetta or anything.

Some of you guys REALLY need to lay off the conspiracy theorys.

Maybe it was simply a case of mistaken identity, but if you received a ticket through the mail for speeding and overtaking on a double yellow at a time that your bike was parked up safely at home, could you PROVE that you weren't guilty?

Under New Zealand law, in traffic offence cases, the onus of proof is on the defendent. That means that if a cop gives you a ticket then you have to prove that you aren't guilty; the cop doesn't have to prove that you are.

This makes the claim of mistaken identity even more abhorent than if it was a vendetta. A vendetta would be easier to prove. No matter how this is viewed it is still a matter for the police complaints authority. There are too many good cops out there to be tainted by the actions of a few bad ones.

[jimbo600]

he could have been looking for any of a number of us.....

OK it was "that pommy cunt on the gsxr with the dribbly cock"

[The_Dover]

or maybe he was just looking for those dodgy gay animal porn mags that you get sent over from Holland.

there's quite a growing market for that stuff in New Zealand you know.

[White trash]

So a cop sees a bike being ridden in a dangerous and reckless manner, gets what he thinks is the number plate, should he do nothing JUST IN CASE it's not the right number?

I aggree, it's disgusting that we have to prove our innocence in our fucked up judicial system, but that aint the pigs fault.

[Steam]

So a cop sees a bike being ridden in a dangerous and reckless manner, gets what he thinks is the number plate, should he do nothing JUST IN CASE it's not the right number?

Yep, that's right. It's the law. Requiring someone to prove their innocence is the hallmark of facist police states.

[Jantar]

So a cop sees a bike being ridden in a dangerous and reckless manner, gets what he thinks is the number plate, should he do nothing JUST IN CASE it's not the right number?...

If he had the number plate then he wouldn't have needed to check the identification by going through the contents of a mail box.

[White trash]

Yep, that's right. It's the law. Requiring someone to prove their innocence is the hallmark of facist police states.

Complete agreement from me mate. Still aint the cops fault.

[cowpoos]

Complete agreement from me mate. Still aint the cops fault.

I dunno jimmy....the letter box thing is a bit OTT...police have the ablity to to find out who lives at a certian address and link it to rego...would have though that was only a RT call away...what he was doing actually requires a warrent...I dunno the full story or his intent...but the police have ways and means of doing things and a proticol to follow... but I'm with jimbo on the quietly careful approch to talk to the DC...this doesn't need to be a public witch hunt... because the public genralise... so gives the whole force a bad name... when there are some bloody good coppa's out there... the public already think alsorts of shit about bikers...??? and there seems to be this "ALL CAGES ARE STUPID" thing going on here on KB....not to mention drivers of 4X4's....

[The_Dover]

or farmers...

[spudchucka]

I aggree, it's disgusting that we have to prove our innocence in our fucked up judicial system, but that aint the pigs fault.

Actually you just have to establish reasonable doubt, which wouldn't be that difficult in Jimbo's case.

[MD]

There's a perfectly legit reason Jimbo. I lifted a copy of your licence a while back when you weren't looking and it's worked a treat. Since the heats on you a bit much now I will switch to the copy I'm getting of fatjim's when it arrives from the printers. Should only be another couple of days so I suggest you lie low.
Bye the way, when I said on the blower the other day that we must get out for a ride - best not! We can't both produce the same licence now can we.
Hey the good news is if you lose your number plate I have a spare with your rego on it for you..$10, otherwise it goes on trademe

Seriously, this doesn't sound to good. Was it the Policeman himself claiming you did wrong or a case of bloody do-goodie joe pubic hairs with a grudge making up stories. Maybe it was that Cop that stopped me a year ago in Piecock, now he's the first Cop I've meet that I wouldn't trust and he gave me the creepies. It just felt like at any minute he would fabricate an offence just for fun to prove that he had the power of the badge.
I'd try not to escalate things. A quiet word with the DC as you suggested. definitely no posting pics on the web or media games.
Good luck
ps- If you need a spare drivers licence in your name check out trademe before the auction ends.

[marty]

maybe the cop hand delivered a letter to you, then decided (he just wanted to double check the ticket was error-free before he left it there) to remove it from the letterbox, and was making sure he had the right envelope, but it had got mixed up with the others when he put it in there - you wouldn't want him to open your telecom bill by mistake now would you?..........