[Chat] Ticketed for talking!

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Judy,

The officer who gave Dana a ticket was white.  The two cops tonight were 
black.

Steve.

jdy wrote:

>is it the same officer that gave dana a ticket?
>judy
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Emil Volcheck" <volcheck at acm.org>
>To: <chat at charlesvillage.info>
>Cc: <gdb at jhu.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:28 AM
>Subject: [Chat] Ticketed for talking!
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>>Hello, neighbors,
>>
>>After the CVCBDMA Board meeting, I drove back and gave Steve Gewirtz a
>>lift.  Steve and I both live on the 3000 block of Guilford, and I
>>stopped across from his house, right before the intersection of
>>Guilford and 30th.  We chatted for a little while about politics, then
>>Dave Barnett drove by in the opposite direction, on his way home I
>>assume.  I hadn't seen him for a while, so we both rolled down our
>>windows to talk.  Then I saw a police car pull up behind me, with
>>bubble lights.  Dave moved on, and I pulled my car closer to the side
>>to get out of the way.  The police gave me a $50 ticket for impeding
>>the flow of traffic.  I was really surprised because I was in the car
>>the whole time, with the hazard lights on, and I moved almost as soon
>>as I saw someone behind me was trying to get by.  Certainly when Dave
>>moved, I believe the police could have gotten past me.
>>
>>The police starting ticketing me right after I turned the corner and I
>>let Steve off.  Steve asked the officer what the problem was, and they
>>told him to back off, gave him a 5-second warning.  That seemed a
>>little harsh.
>>
>>I think I remember hearing recently that Dana Moore was given a ticket
>>when she was stopped out in front of her house loading or unloading
>>from her car, and that the judge threw it out.
>>
>>I'm planning to tell the judge I'm innocent, and Steve says he'll come
>>with me.
>>
>>Does anybody have any thoughts about this situation?  It seems kind
>>of extreme.  I feel like I should have been entitled to some signal
>>like a honk or yelling "move along" before they decided I was
>>blocking traffic.
>>
>>--Emil
>>
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>>Emil Volcheck
>>volcheck at acm.org
>>http://acm.org/~volcheck
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