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dougbird wrote:

> The Post editorial was not against ticketing slow drivers who impede
> traffic.  It quite correctly took the Frederick Country police to task for
> arresting and manhandling a woman on the pretext that she was fleeing from
> the police which is an offense separate and distinct from driving too
> slowly.

The way I see it, I'm behind a car for a while and the car's going well below
the speed limit and does not pull over when I turn on my sirens would compel me
to use that kind of force.  Any cop around here would.  It was not because she
was going below the limit - just that it took a while.  I used to go to R.I.T.
in Rochester (Henrietta, NY, actually) and the Monroe County Sheriff's had red
sirens.  I got pulled over by one for going too fast and I thought it was a fire
car (It was also red, go figger).  I moved about 30 feet ahead after a full stop
when the car was behind me but the car moved and stayed behind me.  I could hear
on the loud speaker, "STAY WHERE YOU ARE!"

Well, being the native Californian I was, I got out of my car and the cop had
his gun drawn. Naturally, I froze.  He apologised after I told him I was from
California.

Richard