Is this a traffic stop or a car jacking?
***UPDATED VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST***
Whatever you do, don’t speed to work in Maryland. Apparently, the cops in that state believe the appropriate way to handle speeding is to use an unmarked car with no lights or sirens to cut off the speeder, forcing them to stop, then jump out the car with no uniform or badge and fail to identify them self while he pulls out his gun and orders you off your vehicle. That’s what happened to Anthony Graber, who admitted to speeding. He was cited for doing 80 MPH on the highway. Fortunately for us, the story gets more interesting.
Anthony was riding with a video camera attached to his helmet to record his venture. It was still recording when it caught the cop acting like a thug. The police interaction takes place in the last 30 seconds.
The incident itself raises some interesting questions. First of all, the officer here comes off as an impulsive thug, not the image we should expect of our law enforcement officers. Second, as a concealed pistol license holder, I would probably interpret this officers actions as those of a car jacker or road raging murderer. If this happened to me or someone else who was carrying, it might have resulted in the officer and/or the motorist being shot. Not wise, officer.
But it gets worse…
A month after this incident cops found the video Anthony posted on youtube. Apparently furious that their behavior was exposed, they showed up to his home with a warrant for his arrest for felony recording without consent from the other party. Maryland is a two-party consent state for audio recording, but that is usually never upheld when there is no reasonable expectation of privacy – such as on the side of a busy road during a traffic stop. They also confiscated his cameras and computers. Anthony now faces five years in prison, but it seems likely the case will simply be thrown out. We’ll see. I think Anthony might be looking at a fat paycheck at the end of this.
UPDATE: I found the portion with the plain clothes officer with audio, so you can hear he clearly does NOT identify himself for several seconds AFTER he pulls out his gun.
UPDATE 2: Looks like the Maryland PD are at it again.
The Pursuit of Liberty 
JO
April 10, 2010
Cops think they are allow to do what ever they want, I hope he sues the shit out of all of you! Bullshit what he did and if it was me I would of ran the cop over for pulling a pistol on me like that.. I hope the cop gets suspended or fired..
Jo Woods
April 10, 2010
Its punk cops like this I just love to hear about in the news that get clipped in the line of duty!
Lou
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Michael
April 10, 2010
LOU, ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH YOU, YOU “MISSED” THAT HE AWS ‘OFF DUTY’, THERE-FORE NOT-REPEAT NOT- “IN THE LINE OF DUTY”!
TDP
April 10, 2010
No Audio no broken law. Why would he record audio anyhow since all one would hear is a high-pitched wine of the engine.
There is no intention to record the officer even if there was audio. He appears out of nowhere, doesn’t have any identification and pulls out a gun.
The biker would have been justified in running the guy over or doing anything else to defend himself.
Anonymous
April 10, 2010
Intentionally speeding down the highway while recording it, no doubt to make some sort of stunt video, put many innocent people’s lives at risk. This guy deserves what he got, and I hope he gets his five year prison term.
Rider
April 10, 2010
“no doubt to make some sort of stunt video”?
how can there be “no doubt” whether or not he was making “some sort of stunt video”? was there anything in the video even implying that he was planning to do anything that could be labeled as a “stunt”?
Carl D.
April 10, 2010
Deserves what he got, did he? Tend to your Nazi memorabilia collection, stupid. The rest of us are trying to stop the US trend towards a police state.
Anonymous
April 10, 2010
The most uneducated, biased, and ignorant remark i’ve ever heard. You’re probably a fucking cager who have never touched a bike. Imagine the same situation in a car.
Would you like to do 5 years for video taping the scenery while doing 10 miles above the speed limit? All the while a unknown man cuts you off, does not identify himself as a cop, and pulls a gun in your face? Was this necessary when a marked police car is literally 3 seconds behind?
B. Y. Kerr
April 10, 2010
Since you obviously have some intimate knowledge of the facts of the case, you’re neglecting your civic duty by not participating in the investigation.
Oh? What’s that? Just shooting your mouth off?
Never mind, then.
Josh Saint Jacque
April 10, 2010
For God’s sake, if speeding warrants this treatment plus a 5 year prison sentence than most drivers should be in prison. That’s insane. Contempt of cop is not a crime.
Joe Blow
April 10, 2010
Unfortunately, you are wrong. Contempt of cop has been a crime for almost two decades now, and the “fine” for it is just going to continue to rise. The US is deep into the fascist police state model, and there are NO signs of reversal.
Anon Biker
April 11, 2010
I’ve strapped a camera to my bike before, but it while we were doing a local toy run for a Children’s Hospital where I lived. I left the video running while we stopped and chatted with people – even had kids waving at the camera.
But yeeeaaah – I have a camera on my bike – it must be for stunting. Way to jump to conclusions. Uninformed people like you who believe what they see on the internet need a good education about what “real” bikers do. Stop painting us all with the same brush!
The Dude
April 11, 2010
You are probably a cop that thinks you can also get away with this behavior – I hope you get shot in the street one day. You deserve it.
cbr600rr dogg
April 12, 2010
wow poeple like you should get shot law abiding pussy.i had a pussy like you call the cops on me for speeding i brook his fucking jaw. live in your mommas boy goody 2 shoes bubble going to church mutherfucker he leave us have are fun.
Anonymous
April 21, 2010
There is no point responding to an anonymous comment. it was probably planted by the police anyhow. Just keep focused on the goal to expose the police state.
Josh Saint Jacque
April 22, 2010
I would like to point out that I try never to censor comments. The reason I allow comments like the one you responded to to remain is because I think it reflects poorly (and accurately) on the source. Let the pieces fall where they may.
That said, I will continue to keep an eye on the police state. Most cops are great people and officers, but the ones that aren’t must be weeded out.
Steven
April 10, 2010
It appears to me the guy may have even been off duty. Who knows and what a crock. There is no reason to draw a gun for speeding unless the person just robbed a bank or was running from the cops. The speed limit on that road was in the range of 55-65 MPH – meaning at most he was 25 over — pull a gun? WTF? Looks like a jack ass high on authority. I hope he is reprimanded for his douchebag actions.
Rider
April 10, 2010
That situation could easily have gotten out of hand.
This was an overly aggressive and irresponsible way for the police officer to handle this. He obviously did not think the situation through. He should have had a very clear idea of how he was going to handle the situation before he pulled alongside the bike. Quite obviously, this was an impulsive act; which should make his superiors question whether he should be allowed to drive around with a weapon.
At no time did he present any visual evidence of belonging to law-enforcement and in these situations, *saying* he was with the police would not do (most riders doing longer rides usually have ear-plugs so you can’t expect them to hear what you say).
The police officer was extremely lucky to pull over someone who was so calm so the situation did not escalate.
I would hope that for the sake of the public this officer was pulled off the streets, but I find it highly unlikely.
Curt
April 10, 2010
Sue them for everything they have!!
Josh Saint Jacque
April 10, 2010
And he likely will and he will likely win in civil court. Unfortunately, that will be paid for by the tax payers and the officers will never be punished. We have to demand accountability from our government employees, cops included.
Justin
April 10, 2010
If it is a two party consent state and both parties must give consent than how can Police in the same situation record an event on the side of the road without consent and the the other party can not?
It also was not like he was recording for the purpose of catching the police. He was recording and they jump in his video.
He also knew these guys were the cops from the time he stopped. If you see he looked back before the cops pulled him over. I’m sure he heard the uniform officer coming up on him.
Justin is a fucking retard
April 10, 2010
You look behind you before you slow down when you’re on a bike. It’s so you don’t fucking die.
Josh Saint Jacque
April 10, 2010
“If it is a two party consent state and both parties must give consent than how can Police in the same situation record an event on the side of the road without consent and the the other party can not?”
The same reason we could record them – they have no expectation of privacy on the side of a public street.
Lead Guitarist
April 10, 2010
Wtf, first thing to do is ask this cop’s badge. He looks like a redneck with a gun.
cb122
April 10, 2010
More than likely the rider was recording to take record of his drive. I know a few bikers that are now using a recording system to document accidents if they happen. That way a car driver will be documented coming over on a rider. I have seen it too often and had it happen to me as well. If I would have had this system I would have owned the person that caused my accident.
Bo
April 10, 2010
In Europe, we have something similar. They’re called “The Interceptors”. If you are speeding, they will pass you so that they’re in front of you, but then lights in the back windshield will go off saying “POLICE – STOP – POLICE – STOP” etc.
Josh Saint Jacque
April 10, 2010
At least it announces “police”, something this officer in his unmarked car did not do before he drew his weapon. Not wise.
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Opie
April 10, 2010
I know in Illinois you’re not required to stop for an unmarked vehicle without lights or officer not wearing a uniform.
Robert
April 10, 2010
This is total crap. I once got pulled over by an off duty statie and the only reason I knew he was a cop was because he was telling me to pull over via microphone and he had 2 little flashing lights on his front bumper. For the longest time I thought he was some prick tailgating me so I was flooring it and switching lanes trying to get away from him. All states should have laws about cops have to be in marked cars with uniforms.
Michael
April 10, 2010
TOO MANY POLICE OFFICERS LIKE THIS GIVE TOTAL CREDIT TO “…BADGE & GUN = INSTANT A**HOLE…” TOO BAD THE REAL/GOOD ONES SUFFER FOR IT!
Anthony Graber
April 11, 2010
I’m sick of people saying that they were chasing me. Obviously, they are not motorcyclist!! I ride a CBR1000RR, 1 LITER, ~180hp. I would like to start by saying I would never run from the police. If someone was riding on my same bike, the cops would have never had a chance to catch that person. I’m not running. There were no lights. No sirens. Nothing. If you support me, thank you.
Anthony
Anonymous
April 11, 2010
I feel you Anthony. I’ve had to deal with the exact same thing, my computers were confiscated for a year. Unfortunently for mef
TurboHugh
April 11, 2010
I think you deserved it. Want to treat the public highway like your own personal stunt track, endangering everyone elses life. And you want to act ‘offended’ because you were threatened because he had the gun out (Which was never directly pointed at you.). You obviously dont care about your own life, and an off duty cop had to take time out of his personal activity to pull you over. Maybe be more responsible about your riding instead of trying to transfer the blame. Far as the cop knows you were stealing a bike or high on drugs. So no sympathy and I hope you get the 5 years for trying to be clever with the camera.
Josh Saint Jacque
April 12, 2010
Turbo, he was cited for 80 MPH. Saying he deserved this is like saying every motorist who’s ever sped to work deserves a visit from the gestapo. A minor civil infraction like speeding does not call for this nonsense.
Marta
January 29, 2013
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Tom
April 11, 2010
Before getting too out of hand with the unidentified gun-toting motorist, notice that the state police had a marked squad car right behind this guy when he stopped. This was clearly a phone in traffic stop and mr. off-duty felt compelled to get involved (poor judgment).
The thing I find disturbing is that the video displayed what could be called “a normal day on a bike” since that’s how all bikes drive on the freeway, including motorcycle police bikes.
I really wish our paid thugs would focus more on real violent criminals than otherwise law abiding citizens out for an afternoon drive.
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November 27, 2013
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April 11, 2010
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Anonymous
April 11, 2010
theres a officer in a marked car and on duty you can see right at the very end… why didnt he just take car of it
Josh Saint Jacque
April 11, 2010
That would have made entirely too much sense, plus the off duty cop was bored.
Dorina
November 29, 2013
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cbr600rr dogg
April 12, 2010
i hate cops like that there is one around my house that as a r1 drives like an idiot but when i go a bit over hes bugging me . i wish the same rules would apply to them if ever a cop pulls a gun on me he better have a reason because ill knock his donut eating overweight ass out .i hate all cops when im on my bike .
cbr600rr Dave
April 12, 2010
That’s messed up, cop had no rights on acting like that, plus he did’t show a badge or presented himself as a cop. 10 miles over the limit ?? Yeah the biker was wrong for speeding a little bit, but that isn’t a reason for a gun to be pulled out, cops be driving 25 miles over the limit for no reason, why ?? because they represent the law ?? what a way representing the law the way he did, more like a crack head thug trying to steel the bike, grabbing the bike and the rider like he did. I would have acted on self defense and knocked him out with my helmet. Then talked with the real cop behind that really acted like a cop, made a report, and taken this to court. Rights are equal to EVERYBODY.
Cops out there see a young guy on a bike or even cars, try to fuc* them any way they can, that’s why everyone should know their right as a citizen.
They don’t tell you that they are recording you when they stop you do they?? That camera looked like it was right in his face, that more than a warning that you are being recorded.
Well good luck to Anthony and hopes he sues that piece of $h!t cop.
A bike rider
April 13, 2010
This entire twisted story is totally way out of line. Here is the news clip from the local station with the story:
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Motorcyclist-Charged-for-Recording/pfFRVeEePU6qFr5fAq-tlA.cspx
And the police spokesman Greg Shipley should be another one who loses his job. Shipley has said on the video “he held his gun at his side”. Is Shipley watching the same video we all are? I f I was the rider, I would have freaked out and probably ran off if someone jumps out like the officer did with his weapon drawn. And Shipley says that fear was put on the officer? Prime example how corrupt that organization is starting with the officer, the whole way up to the state attorneys office.
i hope the rider sues for every penny…and wins!
Squibster
April 14, 2010
The bike is a Honda CBR1KRR, its top speed is at 12,000 RPM is 178 MPH. That’s factory specs. Some motorcyclists have hit top speeds of 182.6 MPH @ 13,000 RPM on this same bike. I looked at this video several times and made observations you may want to review for yourselves.
First of all try as I could the video did not show any posted speed limit signs so unless your familiar with this stretch of highway the speed limit is undeterminable at least to myself.. The Honda 1KRR has a circular tachometer that resembles a speedometer and is visible during most of the ride and that is an important thing to remember for later on. The tachometer’s increments are 1,2,3, etc. indicating engine revolutions in the thousands, 1 = 1000, 2 = 2000, 3 = 3000 etc.
There is a digital speedometer at the right lower corner of this tachometer greenish yellow in color with a black numerical display indicating miles per hour which was not readable to me during this particular run on the video.
Before you even start the video there is a gray car in the left lane next to the white bus, this appears to be the off duty, or unmarked (plain wrapper) State Trooper’s car. It is visible again at the 0:34 second point of the video as the motorcycle accelerates past the white bus, you see the car just briefly to the left of the screen still in the outside left lane only now in front of the bus. I believe that this is actually the time that the pursuit began.
This particular motorcycle has a six speed close ratio transmission. I believe the motorcyclist is in third gear at the beginning of the tape, although I can not visibly see the tachometer needle at this point to determine accurately the speed of the bike, also there is no audio to hear the shifts as they progress upward. However they are visible in the video. At 0: 24 seconds in the cyclist shifts into what I believe is fourth gear, watch the left hand depress and release the clutch lever on the handle bar. It appears that the cyclist pulls the front wheel off the pavement at the 0:32 point of the tape and sets it back down at 0:36. Also at the 0:36 just after setting the front wheel back on the pavement you can visibly see what I believe to be a fifth gear shift, followed by the sixth gear shift at 0:38. The irony here is that when the cyclist came out from behind the side of the bus he had the front wheel of the bike in the air. He went past the trooper in the unmarked car at what I would estimate to be at least 120 MPH. Then proceeded to catch two more gears after that at the 0:42 second point on the video I believe I can see the tachometer needle pointing at around 10 grand. If the cyclist is in sixth gear doing ten grand he is doing somewhere around 148 to 152 MPH. At 0:46 seconds he starts slowing down rapidly because there are three cars in front of him taking up all three lanes of traffic.
It is evident here that the cyclist has returned to a speed that is equal to other cars on the road. Now we come to 1:06 on the video, if you look to the left at this point on the tape you will see a Highway Patrol Car in the turn around lane waiting to give pursuit, this is the same car we see behind the biker at the end of the video.
At 3:13 on the video is when the trooper in the unmarked car pulls up on the cyclist’s right, the bike was already stopped in traffic at this point, the officer was attempting to prohibit the cyclist from either pulling forward past him or exiting down the ramp visible at the right. The gun was never pointed at the cyclist. When the officer pulled the weapon initially he pointed it out away from the car, over the guard rail and then down to his side. From 3:13 to 3:16 the motorcycle is rolling backwards away from the plain clothes trooper as if the biker is going to make a run for it. At the very end of the video the Highway Patrol Car you saw at the 1:06 time mark of the tape is now behind the biker and the officer.
Sorry folks the cops are absolutely correct on everything on this one. A few things to consider, if you come up behind an unmarked police car switch lanes and come out from behind a bus in excess of 100 MPH with the front wheel dangling in the air and grab two more gears accelerating to 150 MPH your suspect period. These officers had probable cause to pursue and apprehend. I will assume that the speed limit on that particular stretch of highway is 70 MPH, so the biker is right he was only doing 80 MPH, yeah 80 MPH over the speed limit. One more thing the officers don’t know diddle -squat about who you are or what your doing or have done, they don’t know if your an armed fleeing felon or just John Q. Public doing something stupid.
The police on this one are no way at fault the fault lies with the motorcyclist. If I were the prosecutor on this one I would show this tape in court it is self incriminating.
Squibster
April 14, 2010
Anthony, I don’t believe that you were trying to elude the police after your high speed run. When your bike started to roll backwards away from the plain clothed officer after he pulled in front of your bike I was wondering just for a second if you were going to attempt to run, in this case the officers drawn pistol would have certainly been a deterrent would it not?
I find it odd that you found audio for the last few seconds of the video, where is the rest of the audio especially when you were accelerating through the gear sequences? I realize that to the unknowing viewer of this video one might mistake the tachometer for the speedometer and in doing so it might appear that you were only doing 80 MPH or so.
In reality the tachometer at that position places you at a much higher speed if you were in sixth gear, somewhere between 148 and 152 MPH.
It is hard to distinguish the read on the speedometer during the whole video with the exception of occasionally the red needle on the tachometer. The shadow from the sun is in front of the bike meaning the sun is at your back, this caused a reflective quality to be produced on the lens of the tachometer/speedometer revealing your helmet and face shield most of the time on the face of those instruments.
The bike looks new in the video, I believe that Honda came out with the CBR1KRR originally in 2003. Your bike looks newer 2008 – 2010 I would estimate. Here’s the thing what you did was gutsy I will give you that, the time and the place was stupid.
I would suspect that your charges are going to be excessive speed and reckless endangerment, which may or may not be a felony in Maryland. I did not see any elusive behavior at the end of the video nor was there any resisting arrest, I am confident that you were in fact arrested on the spot.
I don’t know you nor do I know your driving history or moving violation citations these will all play a part in the leniency of the court. You need an attorney to represent you in court. If I were you I would plea guilty with an explanation if this were a first offense and then ask for leniency from the court. This is a serious offense you may want to rethink it and tell the court it will never happen again and as for getting away on the bike its pretty much 50-50 these days. Bikes are fast but not as fast as radios which basically operate at the speed of light, 186,282.4 miles per seond.
Then there is always the eye in the sky possibility as fast as your bike is a helicopter can watch your travel rather well and call in locations as to where you are. I do not believe that eluding was a viable option in your case, I am confident that routes were already being put into play to apprehend you, the box was already forming around you, I think you were smart to stop when you did I will give you that.
The law enforcement in your case were just doing their job what you did was endanger peoples lives as well as your own and you did it with reckless abandonment from a legal point of view. The officers acted accordingly in responding to your actions on the highway at least that’s the way I see it, sorry sir.
Mats
April 14, 2010
I’ve not ridden a CBR1KRR, but I’m pretty sure that it will NOT wheelie in 4th gear without serious abuse of the clutch. And there is no indication of the clutch being used to lift the front wheel.
Further, you can actually see the speedo during the wheelie. It shows just over 100 mph at the end of the wheelie. I’d say that’s probably second gear, possibly third. The Kawasaki ZX10R in stock setup does about 105 mph in first gear, so second gear would take it up to well over 100 mph, and I expect the Honda to be a little lower, but not by any large amount.
And after that, I don’t see any point where the speedo shows goes beyond the 70’s (it’s not easy to read the speedo, but it is fairly clear from time to time in 720p mode).
Of course, speedos are known to be inaccurate – and more so if the rider has altered the gearing to make the bike accellerate/wheelie better.
Squibster
April 14, 2010
I’m not sure I follow you on the speedometer reading of eighty miles per hour. I do not know the capability of the bike in question whether it has had engine work or gearing work done. It is possible that the bike was in a lower gear, there definitely is a shift at 0.24 on the tape, and the left hand pulls the clutch lever to the handle bar and releases it just before cyclist accelerates around the right side of the bus where he pulls the front wheel off of the ground. This could possibly a third gear shift. I just can’t see him cruising along at seventy miles per hour in first gear, may be though.
I do not know the video enhancement system you are using to arrive at the 80 MPH figure on the speedometer, perhaps you have a polarizing filter of some sort and a pixel enhancer I don’t know. For the majority of the run the only thing I really see on the large screen is the reflected image of the operator’s helmet and face shield.
You guys need to go to the site below this is a pretty good image of the tachometer and speedometer set up on a 2008 Honda 1000 RR going through the gears. If you look at the higher end painted white lane dividers and the frequency that they pass by are pretty much consistent with the rate that they pass by on the video of the bike in question. Look at the speedometer speeds at these times, both of these guys were booking!
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=TmVX5eG6N2Y&feature=related
I rode a 1971 Yamaha XS1 650 twin cylinder custom café style bike with an eighteen inch Harley rear wheel and Pirelli rubber all around. It was jet black with the front and rear fenders cropped. For its day it was pretty fast. The Harley rear wheel and Harley
cropped rear fender pulled it all together as did the custom Sportster style fuel tank. I kind of like theHarley Davidson 1200 Nighthawk, I’m not sure that they are still in production I believe it
was 2008-2009 only. That was kind of how my Yamaha XS1 looked. I just wore a skidlid with a chin strap, no ear protection and a pair of Ray Ban mirrored aviator shades.
I miss scootering around sometimes, there are just to many crazies on the roads these days that’s what keeps me in the four wheeler ride insiders. A hundred and five MPH in first gear, that was the top end on my bike from the factory before we reworked it. Its a totally different BIKEARAMA these days HUH?
Squibster
April 14, 2010
The link was missing the question mark, peventing it from linking, this one should be complete.
Here it is again:
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Mats
April 15, 2010
You are right, we don’t know what mods the bike have, but I doubt it’s got nitrous oxide, turbo or extremely altered gearing – no wheelies in 4th gear – it will do around 150 in fourth at redline tho’.
Well, just comparing the bike with the traffic around, I’d say it’s not like the traffic is standing still – 150 mph, no way. The bike is faster than average traffic, but not whizzing past…
And I’d say the bike doesn’t speed up in the up changes after the wheelie (by any large amount).
I have a Kawasaki ZX-9R, and it does over 80 in first gear. It lifts the front in second under accelleration, and if you dump the clutch/mess up the gear change, the front wheel will come up in third too.
Torie
April 15, 2010
Why did the perpitraitor (who was breaking the law and putting other people at risk) post the whole video with no sound. Is there something he does not want us to hear. The video of the end of the chase shows a marked car and officer in uniform behind him. Did this officer have his siren and lights going? Did he use his loud speaker to tell the motorcyclist to pull over? Why did he look behind hmself seconds before the unmarked car cut him off?
Is this a trend, or one rouge officer?
I will wait for all the facts.
Squibster
April 16, 2010
Mat,
I believe you were right the bike was in first gear, he shifted it into second at the 0:24 mark on the video and went around the bus on the right side.
At 0:36 on Anthony’s bike video I was able to get one clear read of the odometer it is clearly 127 MPH. That makes sense; I believe that is also the time of the third gear shift, followed by fourth gear at 0:38. Third is geared for 140 MPH is @ 12,500 RPM.
There was one more gear shift so it is conceivable that he hit 130 MPH, sixty over the posted limit. I still think it’s going to be excessive speed and reckless endangerment with a motor vehicle.
Keep that Kawasaki shinny side up rubber side down and Twix the ditches. See ya on the road.
Jonnes
February 1, 2013
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Squibster
April 17, 2010
El reductor de velocidad como tú le llamas alcanzó un odómetro visibles velocidad de 127 MPH probablemente más rápido que cambió una vez más después de la lectura del odómetro visible a 0:36 en el vídeo. Creo que él puede tener éxito fácil 130-135 millas por hora en lo que parece ser el turno de la cuarta velocidad. Cuarta velocidad sería lo suficientemente fuerte como una marcha a esa velocidad para acelerar rápidamente hasta debajo de los 150 a 135 1N dos o tres segundos. Esto no era su parada en la que alguien aceleración promedio es de 10 o 15 millas por hora sobre el límite, lo que fue el abandono imprudente con una indiferencia peligrosa para la seguridad de otras personas que utilizan esa carretera en ese momento. El vídeo actualizado con el audio, que es sospechoso en sí mismo, ¿dónde está el audio del video entero? También en la final del vídeo hay un Estado de Maryland Troopers coche detrás del motociclista y un soldado en uniforme de gala a caminar hacia el oficial vestido de civil que inició la parada. Estoy seguro de que estos dos Troopers fueron probablemente en contacto por radio durante el ejercicio completo si no antes de la persecución de empezar. Cuando usted mira el vídeo actualizado el último grabado unos cuantos metros de la primera grabación que falta?
Los hechos son testarudos, y sin perjuicio de nuestros deseos, nuestras inclinaciones, o los dictados de nuestra pasión, no pueden alterar el estado de hechos y pruebas.
John Adams “, argumento en defensa de los soldados en la masacre de los ensayos de Boston,« de diciembre 1770
English Translation:
The speeder as you call him hit a visible odometer speed of 127 MPH probably faster as he shifted once more after the visible odometer reading at 0:36 on the video. I believe he may have easy hit 130-135 MPH at what appears to be the fourth gear shift. Fourth gear would be a strong enough gear at that speed to quickly accelerate to 135 up to150 in two to three seconds. This was not your average speeding stop where someone is 10 or 15 MPH over the limit; this was reckless abandonment with a dangerous disregard for the safety of others using that highway at that time. The updated video with the audio, which is suspect in and of itself, where’s the audio for the entire video? Also at the end of the video there is a Maryland State Troopers car behind the motorcyclist and a trooper in full uniform walking towards the plain clothes officer who initiated the stop. I am confident that these two Troopers were probably in radio contact during the whole pursuit if not before the pursuit even started. When you look at the updated video the last few recorded feet of the first recording is missing?
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
John Adams, ‘Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,’ December 1770
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January 29, 2013
While I find myself to someitmes (ok, frequently) be the only on in my organization who notices or cares about this issue, I feel caught between a rock and a hard place in terms of not stepping on Legal’s toes. In my current role, I actually wrote to the legal person in charge of copyright for the org to ask what existing policies etc. were in place, and he never even answered me!
rider
April 26, 2010
Question…. the off duty cop would of had to speed to catch him remember i did say off duty since when does the law allow for off duty speeding ?
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This cop has done nothing wrong! If anything he had probably prevented anyone from being killed, including the idiot motor cyclist! Its funny the only people who seem to have a problem with the police are those who live on the wrong side of the law or are just too naive to look at the bigger picture. Why do people always think they can make a claim and spunge even more out of the tax payer than they already get! If this idiot killed a kid it would be a different.story then!
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March 14, 2012
No one’s saying this guy shouldn’t have gotten a ticket. We’re saying he shouldn’t have been forced off the road at gun point, that was over the line. Have you ever sped on the road? Would you want a gun pulled on you for it? Seems unlikely.
Second, I don’t live on the wrong side of the law, neither do most libertarians. We are citizens who believe that everyone, including the police, should be subject to the law, a law that is limited in scope, is reasonable, and respects liberty. If that goal is at odds with some police officers then I would submit it is those police that are on the wrong side of the law.
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