I had a funny incidient back in 1993. It was around 10pm, and I saw this car weaving in and out of traffic. The closer it got, you could tell he was tailgating like something fierce, and cutting people off. He rode my a** for 4 miles, because he was boxed in by myself and the car in the slow lane (not deliberately, traffic was just not forgiving). I flipped this car off for about 2 of the miles (at times, I could NOT see headlights). He cut off the car in the slow lane (he in fact, grazed and hit this car, I heard it). He pulled up to the side of my car I saw it was a Wayne County Sheriff. He flipped his lights on NOW, and motioned me to pull over (I had not broken a civil infraction).
As I pulled into a driveway of a business, the car that was HIT, pulled in as well. The Sheriff got agitated and told the other guy to "get the hell out of here and it didn't involve him". He had the gull to ask me "Do you know why I have pulled you over?" I said: "We'll let's see I watched a car cut NO LESS Than 10 cars off, you rode every cars a** in front of you with blatant disregard. IMO, you have broken more than 8 moving violation codes. Furthermore, you hit this guys car and I heard it. The way I see it, if this is either one of us (pointing to the pissed off guy) we're not only losing our license, we're looking at LEAST jail time. You didn't EVEN have your light bar OR siren on, while breaking all of the said violations in the pitch black of darkness."
He continued to be a d**k and I mentioned my neighbor (at the time a Captain at a local PD) and that I would be talking both him and a lawyer. This d**k had the balls to write me a ticket for flipping him off! The other guy and myself exchanged phone numbers because he was pissed off and wanted Wayne County to repair the damage (fender and bumper pad slightly dented and scratched).
I get home and go right next door and have about a 20 minute discussion with my neighbor. He could not believe this guy wrote this ticket. He said he knew a couple of WCS's and would get more dirt on this guy, because something was not right. He even asked me "Are you telling the truth, this is mindboggling." I gave him the other number and told him "Go ahead right now, call this guy. I'll wait here, and watch the reaction." He hung up the phone and had a look of fear on his face. "This guy is a badge?!", he exclaimed.
I called the other driver and informed him of my court date. He showed up on the said date, and my case is called in front of the magistrate. The magistrate even does a double take "Cited for flipping off an Officer of the Law". He asks the a**hole "what happened?" The Sheriff is telling lie after lie to protect his cushy job.
I finally had enough after 3 minutes of drivel and called the other guy up. I spent about 2 minutes setting up what ACTUALLY transpired. The magistrate then asks who the gentleman who this person is standing up with me, and I told him "this is the guy who's vehicle was hit". The magistrate called me up to the bench "You are off the hook, in fact, hand me your copy of the ticket." He called the Sheriff back to his quarters and cancelled an hours worth of cases (you should have heard some pissed off people!).
About a week went by and I talked to my neighbor and told him what had happened. He said "He was fired and lost his license for 4 years over this. He will also NEVER carry a badge again."
Now, with this tool. He should be charged with Vehicular Manslaughter. The only thing seperating a Cop from a Civilian is the "ability to arrest for a misdemeanor."
