Disturbing video. Man pulls large knife on police officer.
http://americangg.net/tb-police-officer-defends-himself/
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you say the officer did everything right. you're wrong.After informing the man that he could not legally walk along this road the officers start asking a few questions.
It was on I-75 in Cincinnati, where pedestrians are prohibited. He was a fugitive from Boston, wanted in connection to a stabbing a couple of weeks prior.Hard to be sure but that didn't look like a limited access roadway. For what crime was the pedestrian subjected to a seizure of his person?
Upon further review, there appears to be a sign conforming to the standard Interstate route signs early on in the video which leads me to think our pedestrian may have been on I-71, a roadway upon which pedestrians are prohibited. If that's the case then the officer stopping him for that violation is perfectly fine.
if i told you, a man that was minding his own business, that you cannot walk a road, what would you think about it?What did he do wrong?
Is that road [in] a prohibited place?if i told you, a man that was minding his own business, that you cannot walk a road, what would you think about it?
obviously, i'm prohibiting you from walking it, even though the road does not belong to me.Is that road [in] a prohibited place?
I think he meant, "Is that road prohibited to a reasonable person?" not "Is that road prohibited to a sovereign citizen who recognizes no law but his own?"obviously, i'm prohibiting you from walking it, even though the road does not belong to me.
sorry, i see nothing "reasonable" about creating a special class of people that get to boss you around at the point of a gun. it is clear to me that, while some may consider what the cop did legal, that it can also be "wrong".I think he meant, "Is that road prohibited to a reasonable person?" not "Is that road prohibited to a sovereign citizen who recognizes no law but his own?"
I agree 100%.sorry, i see nothing "reasonable" about creating a special class of people that get to boss you around at the point of a gun. it is clear to me that, while some may consider what the cop did legal, that it can also be "wrong".
i think it's important to remember that morality and legality aren't equivalent.
Kinda sorta sounds like you think pedestrians, bicyclists, and tricycle riders sharing the road with 40-ton trucks and 70 mph automobiles is just hunky dory.sorry, i see nothing "reasonable" about creating a special class of people that get to boss you around at the point of a gun. it is clear to me that, while some may consider what the cop did legal, that it can also be "wrong".
i think it's important to remember that morality and legality aren't equivalent.
i'm fine with being responsible for my own safety, as i'm not a child. i don't need others kidnapping, maming, caging, or killing me "for my own safety."Kinda sorta sounds like you think pedestrians, bicyclists, and tricycle riders sharing the road with 40-ton trucks and 70 mph automobiles is just hunky dory.
Pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles are prohibited on limited access highways for safety reasons, not to give any special treatment to any particular class.
One person? Probably none.How does someone walking along the side of the road put you in danger? Are you not staying on the road when you're driving?
Fallschirmjäger said:A parade of people migrating from one town to another using the interstate because that's the most direct route? More than you might imagine.
Right, if you allow people to talk on the side of the interstate it will suddenly be flooded with all of the people who have just been itching to walk down the interstate. So like maybe two. Regardless, I still fail to see how people walking alongside the road endangers you.One person? Probably none.
Two people? A little more.
A parade of people migrating from one town to another using the interstate because that's the most direct route? More than you might imagine.
Why, if we allow pedestrians on the interstate, not allow bicyclists as well?