Monday, December 24, 2007

2 Things That Are Making Me Smile

1) I am into Miami Law. It's probably 75 degrees there right now, and I could totally see myself there next year. I'm still waiting for schools I'm more interested in, but Miami is a good thing to fall back on.

2)A guy got pulled over for going the wrong way down a one-way street. He was asked if he was drinking. He told the officer that that was irrelevant. IRRELEVANT!?! YOU'RE DRIVING A CAR THE WRONG WAY DOWN A ONE WAY STREET AND YOUR ALCOHOL LEVEL IS IRRELEVANT!?!?!?! He now has a case pending with the Internal Affairs Bureau because he is alleging that there was no probable cause to pull him over, it was racially motivated. The sad thing is, with all the bureaucracy this system facilitates, he will get a hearing on this. He will be found to have no grounds for his complaint as it seems to be a pretty legit traffic stop. He will then appeal (because everyone does) and this case won't go away for another 9 months at the earliest. But after today...I will never see it again. So best of luck sir, I don't know what kind of argument you can possibly make which not only legitimates you driving drunk the wrong way down the street, but will also change the penal law making it about 1239823498% less likely that anyone will ever be pulled over again and made it stick.

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