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Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by kube-system »

sidewndr46 wrote: post #25
kube-system wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm speaking about a traffic stop specifically, I am aware other crimes exist.

your statement was "The police can only stop a driver". This is completely false. It is based off the belief of the officer, not fact or reality.

> It is based off the belief of the officer, not fact or reality.

A belief that they have violated some law. They cannot do it for these reasons, from the article:

> Often officers simply wanted photographs.

> Other times they invented reasons to start a conversation.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by rozap »

petcat wrote: post #18
4chandaily wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More like 100s of cops have abused their authority to harass a middle aged artist. At even just 10 minutes a stop, that is over 30 hours of this poor man's life he has spent staring at the berries and cherries just because some entitled cop thought he deserved a photo op.

> harass a middle aged artist This man is driving a homemade banana car across the continent specifically because he wants the attention it garners. It's the whole point.

Yea, he should be driving the state sponsored crossover suv like the rest of the country.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by sixothree »

petcat wrote: post #26
Arodex wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the attention of armed people with the authority to order him around. See how ridiculous that sounds?

I would advise you not drive a homemade fruit car around your town if you are this terrified of the attention it will bring. He clearly said in the article that he enjoys the encounters. He is doing this on purpose.

You seem to have misunderstood the reason this country was founded in the first place.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by classified »

> Often officers simply wanted photographs. Other times they invented reasons to start a conversation.

Who knew that abuse of privilege could be fun! But then I think it's only natural that the LEOs of a banana republic would feel a magnetic attraction to a giant banana.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by 4chandaily »

petcat wrote: post #18
4chandaily wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More like 100s of cops have abused their authority to harass a middle aged artist. At even just 10 minutes a stop, that is over 30 hours of this poor man's life he has spent staring at the berries and cherries just because some entitled cop thought he deserved a photo op.

> harass a middle aged artist This man is driving a homemade banana car across the continent specifically because he wants the attention it garners. It's the whole point.

Wanting to attract attention and wanting to be constantly interrupted by law enforcement are not the same thing. This is the "well if she didn't want to be raped, she shouldn't have worn that skirt!" argument, and it doesn't look any better here.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by teraflop »

williamdclt wrote: post #16
saghm wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "For the first eight or nine years I was the most pulled-over man in America," he said. "It was constant." > Often officers simply wanted photographs. > Other times they invented reasons to start a conversation. > His favorite stop happened in a small mountain town in West Virginia. > A traffic light turned red. Braithwaite stopped. The light turned green and he made a leisurely turn through the intersection. > A f…

I'll happily live in a world where this is the extent of police authority abuse.

If you tolerate small abuses, and let people get accustomed to abusing their power in small meaningless ways, the abuses will only grow.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by 4chandaily »

petcat wrote: post #26
Arodex wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the attention of armed people with the authority to order him around. See how ridiculous that sounds?

I would advise you not drive a homemade fruit car around your town if you are this terrified of the attention it will bring. He clearly said in the article that he enjoys the encounters. He is doing this on purpose.

Him enjoying the attention doesn't make the actions of the police right or just. He enjoys the attention, they are abusing their authority, Both things are true.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by cindyllm »

4chandaily wrote: post #35
petcat wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> harass a middle aged artist This man is driving a homemade banana car across the continent specifically because he wants the attention it garners. It's the whole point.

Wanting to attract attention and wanting to be constantly interrupted by law enforcement are not the same thing. This is the "well if she didn't want to be raped, she shouldn't have worn that skirt!" argument, and it doesn't look any better here.

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Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by eagerpace »

classified wrote: post #34

> Often officers simply wanted photographs. Other times they invented reasons to start a conversation. Who knew that abuse of privilege could be fun! But then I think it's only natural that the LEOs of a banana republic would feel a magnetic attraction to a giant banana.

He's calling the adventure "The World Needs More Whimsy Grand Tour." Sometimes it's ok to have fun. Nobody drives a big banana thinking they're not going to attract attention. It's part of the fun and whimsy.

Re: Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times

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Post by petcat »

4chandaily wrote: post #35
petcat wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> harass a middle aged artist This man is driving a homemade banana car across the continent specifically because he wants the attention it garners. It's the whole point.

Wanting to attract attention and wanting to be constantly interrupted by law enforcement are not the same thing. This is the "well if she didn't want to be raped, she shouldn't have worn that skirt!" argument, and it doesn't look any better here.

He said that he enjoys it. Why not just let him have fun in his banana car if he wants to? HN commenters seem to be the only people upset about this. He specifically said that he enjoys the banter and photo-ops with the police.
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