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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by ceejayoz »

x______________ wrote: post #46
ceejayoz wrote: post #32

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Yup. That's a clear Fourth Amendment violation. Same with the "pulled over to give you an ice cream" feel-good ops they do. https://abc7ny.com/post/video-police-hand-out-ice-cream-inst... An illegal detention is still an illegal detention if it's being done nicely.

Finally! A nice story about cops pulling over a 23-foot banana motor vehicle for years without any consequence other than spreading joy to the people involved and years of fame! No? You could also pull the public tax dollars spent card, or other crimes not being pursued while you're at it but it won't help sour the mood!

> A nice story about cops…

This is not a nice story about cops.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by cj »

BoorishBears wrote: post #59
cj wrote: post #55

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Such a negative attitude is incredibly counterproductive. You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Innocent engagement with a banana car helps with that, doesn't hurt.

If being a positive presence in the community isn't enough incentive to be that, you don't deserve to be police. And if that sounds hackneyed and like a ridiculous standard, you're damn right it is: we let them have outsized influence in our existence as otherwise free people. Their standard has to be a double standard.

There's a lot of anger towards police coming through in your comments. It's just a banana car.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by ceejayoz »

cj wrote: post #62
BoorishBears wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If being a positive presence in the community isn't enough incentive to be that, you don't deserve to be police. And if that sounds hackneyed and like a ridiculous standard, you're damn right it is: we let them have outsized influence in our existence as otherwise free people. Their standard has to be a double standard.

There's a lot of anger towards police coming through in your comments. It's just a banana car.

It's a banana car that has been pulled over illegally hundreds of times.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by [deleted] »

ceejayoz wrote: post #63
cj wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a lot of anger towards police coming through in your comments. It's just a banana car.

It's a banana car that has been pulled over illegally hundreds of times .

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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by [deleted] »

andy99 wrote: post #51
init2null wrote: post #14

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

Meh, you might technically be right but the world is better if everyone can have a bit of fun, even police. I’m not super sympathetic to the “I was minding my own business driving a giant banana when the police pulled me over to ask me about it” argument - this guy seems fine with it too, but it’s not like there’s any reason to drive it other than for the attention. And the “I pulled you over because you peeled out”…

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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by tjrlx »

superkuh wrote: post #26
allenrb wrote: post #9

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While absolutely and sadly true, something tells me that rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop. Besides, his family would surely win the resulting case… on a peel.

It could never be against the police officer themselves due to qualified immunity. They are free to break the law however they wish. And that completely lack of accountability creates the risk inherent in every (US) police interaction.

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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by schmookeeg »

I enjoyed this, in all of its silly big banana energy.

I have an overdeveloped anti-authority streak, and I did not like to read that he was pulled over so often, but... I mean... that surely isn't a surprise, right? It's almost like reverse entrapment of the officers :)

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by eschulz »

ceejayoz wrote: post #37
eschulz wrote: post #31

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There's almost a zero percent chance of a police officer harming him during one of these stops. Annoying him a perhaps violating his civil rights, possibly, but not harmed.

"Violating his civil rights" is harm.

Yes, you're totally right, I was referring to being beaten or killed on the side of the road. I should have been clear.
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